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Houses and Water Tower

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view over trees of village. In the background is a water tower on a hill with trees.
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July 4th Parade

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: People riding decorated bicycles in a 4th of July parade.
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Crowd at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Slightly elevated view of crowd gathered at a Civilian Defense Rally. Booths are in the background, including a game booth where you can "Deflate The Axis,...
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Automobile Exhaust

Date: 02 1977
Description: Automobile exhaust on a cold February morning in Milwaukee.
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Water Street

Date: 1867
Description: West Water Street south from Spring Street.
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Fighting Dutch Elm Disease

Date: 1974
Description: Two men applying systemic fungicide to an American Elm on a residential street through a gravity-feed.
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Removing Elm Trees

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Description: Two men stand near a piece of machinery used to cut trees. An American Elm removed to prevent the spread of Dutch Elm Disease is laying in the foreground.
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Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A...
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War Memorial Center

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Description: View uphill towards the War Memorial Center.
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Dyeing Fingerlings for Later I.D.

Date: 1971
Description: A man is bending over and standing on a flat metal rail over a vat of water. The man is wearing a dust mask over his face, and is holding two screens dyed ...
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Inside the Mitchell Park Conservatory

Date: 1967
Description: A man and woman are walking along a dirt path near a gazebo. Flowers and trees and bushes are growing inside the horticultural conservatory.
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Mitchell Park Conservatory

Date: 1969
Description: View towards the three glass domes at the Mitchell Park Conservatory. In the foreground three people are walking up a stairway on the grounds of the park. ...
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Mitchell Park Conservatory

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over trees towards the three glass domes of the Mitchell Park Conservatory.
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Playing on Bradford Beach

Date: 07 1972
Description: A group of African American children are playing in the sand on Bradford Beach. Other children and adults are wading into the lake or are sitting on the sa...
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Teenagers Wearing Different Types of Ethnic Clothing

Date: 1967
Description: A group of young men and women are standing in a line outdoors wearing various types of ethnic clothing at the Holiday Folk Fair.
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Polynesian Dance

Date: 1967
Description: A group of women wearing green Polynesian dance costumes are dancing on a stage at the Holiday Folk Festival. A group of musicians are playing drums on the...
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King Gambrinus

Date: 1967
Description: Men in white jumpsuits are steadying a statue of King Gambrinus on a parade float at the Holiday Folk Fair. A line of men and women in various ethnic cloth...
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Standing with King Gambrinus

Date: 1967
Description: A man wearing Medieval European clothing is gesturing towards a statue of King Gambrinus on a parade float at the Holiday Folk Fair. Two boys, in matching ...
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Korean Women at the Holiday Folk Fair

Date: 1967
Description: Three women in traditional Korean hanbok are riding in the back of a horse-drawn wagon and waving to the photographer.
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Irene Janokuchi

Date: 1967
Description: Irene Janokuchi, the official Holiday Folk Fair hostess, is wearing a white and red Japanese kimono and holding a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums.

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