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Family Bomb Shelter

Date: 1952
Description: A Wisconsin family inside their new bomb shelter.
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Meeting Santa Claus

Date: 12 22 1956
Description: Apprehensive young child on Santa's lap.
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Children Playing in Bedroom

Date: 02 10 1955
Description: Elevated view of boy sitting on a toy fire engine, another boy dressed as a cowboy, and a girl with a toy cash register playing in the bedroom.
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Bath Time

Date: 05 08 1955
Description: A boy in the bath tub being bathed by his mother.
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Pet Hamsters

Date: 03 17 1955
Description: A boy plays with his pet rodents (hamsters).
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Polio Shot Time

Date: 11 15 1955
Description: All seven siblings in the Marnell family lining up for their polio inoculations.
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 1953
Description: Mary Ellen Jenks, the 1953 Alice in Dairyland, inspecting a frog with three young boys.
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Smokey The Bear, Woodsy Owl and Kids

Date: 06 05 1989
Description: People costumed as Smokey The Bear and Woodsy Owl play outdoors with children as a forest service worker looks on.
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Indian Protest

Date: 04 26 1971
Description: Led by James White, president of DRUMS, members of the organization and sympathizers staged a protest Monday at the First Wisconsin National Bank, 743 N. W...
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Women with Young Campers

Date: 07 10 1967
Description: Two women and several children are sitting in a low-walled enclosure filled with hay. In the background is a barn.
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Officer Rutowski and Figuaroa Sisters

Date: 02 28 1958
Description: A uniformed police officer is handing a teddy bear to a young child, as another child is eating and smiling. Caption reads: "Wauwatosa's police station<...

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