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Laying Asphalt

Date: 07 07 1988
Description: A worker wipes his brow as he spreads asphalt on a driveway on a hot summer day.
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Tilt-a-Whirl

Date: 06 17 1987
Description: Kids smiling gleefully on the Tilt-a-Whirl carnival ride while workers manage the controls in the background on a sunny summer day.
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School Crossing Guard

Date: 09 10 1987
Description: A traffic crossing guard reading while she is waiting for a Grafton elementary school to dismiss its students for the day.
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Circus Tent Construction Workers

Date: 08 16 1984
Description: Young men, workers for the Carson & Barnes Circus, carrying heavy circus tent poles through a field.
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Tubing Down Mule Hill

Date: 01 02 1988
Description: Bundled-up boys ride their tubes down an icy slope in Mee-Kwon Park.
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Grape Stomp

Date: 09 15 1984
Description: Patricia Mallach of Waukesha demonstrating grape stomping to a crowd of onlookers during the Wine and Harvest Festival. She has a balloon tied around her n...
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Port Washington, Wisconsin

Date: 1989
Description: This pictorial map shows Lake Michigan, businesses with phone numbers, schools, parks, other points of interest, and includes a brief history of the town. ...
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Art Borowiak with Toy Poodle

Date: 03 13 1989
Description: A smiling man is petting a dog held by a woman. Caption reads: "Art Borowiak patted Buttons, a toy poodle owned by Ann Turney."
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Suzy Michel and Nicholas Appleby

Date: 09 21 1989
Description: A woman is helping a boy pour an ingredient from a measuring spoon into a mixing bowl. Next to the bowl is a recipe for Spiced Apple Muffinettes. Caption r...
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Fran and Samuel Kozel

Date: 09 21 1989
Description: A woman is holding a boy who is scooping an ingredient out of a container into a mixing bowl. Caption reads: "Fran Kozel and her son, Samuel, 2, measured c...
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New Bridge

Date: 06 20 1985
Description: View of a bridge, with cars parked along the sides, and a "Road Closed" sign in the left foreground. Caption reads: "NEW BRIDGE — Work on the Falls Rd. bri...
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Saukville Driveway Construction

Date: 10 23 1985
Description: A group of five people are working on freshly poured cement outside a shop called Mac's Archery Supplies, Inc. Caption reads: "A group from Wiggins Constru...
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Jim Kreilkamp and Roy Heldt

Date: 09 29 1983
Description: Two shirtless men are standing in freshly poured cement using shovels. A third man is standing behind them. Caption reads: "Jim Kreilkamp (left) and Roy He...
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The Cabbage Patch

Date: 10 20 1988
Description: A man is sitting on a flatbed covered in baskets of cabbages, and is holding up two cabbages. He is wearing overalls, and a cap that reads: "Puerto Rico." ...
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Louis Felix

Date: 10 28 1988
Description: A man in the foreground is holding up a cauliflower in one hand and holding a machete in the other. In the background six other people are working in a cab...
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Vintage Finds?

Date: 04 21 1989
Description: Two men examining bottles they are holding. Other people are standing in the background. Caption reads: "VINTAGE FINDS? — John Brandt (foreground) of Hartf...
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Trying Stilts

Date: 09 05 1989
Description: A boy walking on a pair of stilts. Caption reads: "Mark Emiley, 13, stands tall as he tries a pair of stilts during a garage sale in Cedarburg Monday."
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Circus Parade

Date: 07 03 1989
Description: Three children are sitting on a platform. They are wearing animal costumes and holding American flags. Caption reads: "Two youngsters dressed as animals to...
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Summer Show

Date: 07 07 1989
Description: View of a stage rehearsal. A man is standing and pointing at a man who is lying on the stage. A woman is grabbing the standing man's arm. Caption reads: "S...

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