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"Transtar Rose" on Truck Stop Tour

Date: 08 1975
Description: Bonnie Nelson (a.k.a. "Transtar Rose") singing country music with a band on her truck stop tour. The tour ran in the summer of 1975 from Omaha to Des Moine...
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Algerian Children and Woman

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian woman with braids posing in front of a dwelling with three children. The family is barefoot, and one of the children is holding two rocks.
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Algerian Girl

Date: 08 1957
Description: A teenage Algerian girl posing outdoors. The girl is wearing two necklaces and bracelets. She has her hair in braids and is wearing a flowered dress. She i...
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Cranberry Processing

Date: 1983
Description: Harvested cranberries being unloaded from a truck for cleaning and processing. A woman stands over the cranberries with a rake while adjusting the flow of ...
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Red Crescent Woman

Date: 08 1957
Description: A Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker is standing in the Red Crescent tent with a tube of medicine in her hands. She is wearing a flowered dress and...
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Vel Phillips and Son

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Description: Vel Phillips sitting in a chair with her son, Dale Phillips, in her lap. She is helping him put on shoes and a coat.
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Vel Phillips at Common Council Desk

Date: 1971
Description: Rear view of Vel Phillips sitting at her desk in the Milwaukee Common Council chamber. Other unidentified council members are sitting at their desks. The m...
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Vel at Meeting with Women

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a striped dress, is sitting at a table with a group of unidentified women. There is a chalkboard in the background.
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Mary Griggs at Nassau

Date: 1950
Description: Head-shot of Mary Griggs (Burke) at the beach, Nassau, Bahamas.

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