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Churning Butter

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Description: Woman using a dasher churn to make butter. She is seated on the stoop of a house and a young girl watches behind her.
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Grading and Sorting Cranberries

Date: 10 1969
Description: Women work along an assembly line grading and sorting cranberries.
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Grading and Sorting Cranberries

Date: 1970
Description: Cranberries being loaded onto a conveyor belt. Women are sorting cranberries as they move along the belt.
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Cranberry Washing

Date: 1970
Description: A large bath of cranberries being washed and loaded onto a conveyor belt for processing. Women are working on a conveyor belt in the far background.
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Truckload of Cranberries

Date: 10 1968
Description: A large truckload of cranberries being unloaded into a large open storage tank. The truck has been lifted into the air on a large platform, and a woman sta...
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Brown Siverson

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Brown Siverson [as written on portrait; also written as Brown Syverson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 and published roster: Wisconsin...
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Olaus Pederson Grimsrud

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Description: Full-length portrait of Olaus Pederson Grimsrud standing on the deck of a ship. Other people are sitting and standing behind him.
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Statue of a Norwegian

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Description: View across lawn of a two children standing at the base of a statue on a pedestal.
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Portrait of Laura Graf

Date: 1960
Description: Portrait of Laura Graf seated in a chair at her home in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. A bookcase is behind her. Laura was born September 2, 1898 in Pewaukee (Wa...
Poster

Rural Highways Poster

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Description: A poster promoting the importance of good roads. Image includes a horse-drawn wagon in the driving rain.
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Freedom School Lessons

Date: 1964
Description: A white male Freedom Summer volunteer teaches African-American students in a Freedom School in Priest Creek Baptist Church.
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Freedom School Students

Date: 1964
Description: A group of African-American children pose outdoors on and in front of a pickup truck during Freedom Summer. Likely at the Freedom School, Priest Creek Bap...
Photograph

Two Boys on Porch

Date: 07 1965
Description: Two boys on a porch pose for a civil rights volunteer. "Tyrone (right) and his brother — my first friends whose parents allowed me to use their large bed d...
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John Henry Davis, Civil Rights Worker

Date: 07 1965
Description: Portrait of John Henry Davis, taken by a fellow civil rights volunteer. "John Henry Davis, a most dedicated and brave freedom fighter, a warm personal frie...
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Ned Gillam with Two Ministers

Date: 07 1965
Description: Group portrait of three ministers taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Ned Gillam, Disciple of Christ minister, Fairfield, Iowa, was denied admittance to...
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Mariner Scout Troop

Date: 1961
Description: Patricia Mullins (3rd from right) and her Mariner Scout Troop pose outdoors.
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Mrs. Thompson and Nephew

Date: 07 1965
Description: A woman and a young boy pose for a civil rights volunteer. "Often one of Mrs. Thompson's nieces or nephews would come[?] to breakfast in order to have som...
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Woman and Two Children

Date: 07 1965
Description: A woman and two children pose for a photograph taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Mrs. Willie Thompson, my warmly gracious hostess for over two weeks. U...
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Alyene Quin and Clare Nesmith

Date: 07 1965
Description: A man and a woman stand next to each other in front of a home in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer.

"Mrs. Alyene Quin, one of the most courageou...

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Church Dedication Service

Date: 07 18 1965
Description: Image of a church dedication service taken by a civil rights volunteer.

"Church dedication — Society Hill Baptist Church — most of these people are minis...

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