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Beach Toss

Date: 08 12 1984
Description: A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe...
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Cheerleaders Rally the Crowd

Date: 1957
Description: Spectators at a high school basketball game are urged to support the team by jumping cheerleaders.
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At Bat

Date: 1958
Description: Wes Covington swinging his bat at the Milwaukee Brave's spring training camp.
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Card Game

Date: 08 22 1963
Description: Group plays cards underneath the shady trees in Mitchell park.
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Ringling Brothers' Circus Clowns

Date: 1901
Description: Two early Ringling Brothers' circus clowns, whose photographs appeared in the "Ringling Annual" under a section titled "Last of the Old-Time Clowns".
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Ice Age Trail Hikers

Date: 
Description: U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, Henry Reuss, leading a fall hike along the Ice Age Trail near Holy Hill.
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Automatic Foul Detector

Date: 11 12 1944
Description: Emil Andel of the American Bowling Congress demonstrates an automatic foul detector in a bowling alley.
Photograph

Agent Arresting Three Women and One Man

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: A state agent arrests three women and one man, a bartender, in Jeanne's Chateau. A sweeping raid was staged on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest ...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: Play School

Date: 1932
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House with images from the Play School: a group of children posing outdoors with buckets and a parasol, director...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: Kiwalan Christmas

Date: 12 1935
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with Kiwalan Camp Fire girls with preschoolers, posing at a Christmas celebration near a tree decorated w...

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