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Woman with Headphones

Date: 1965
Description: A woman, identified as Tracy, friend of Rob McNamara and supporter of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), wears headphones and eats. Behind h...
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Nomis McNamara

Date: 1965
Description: Nomis McNamara, supporter of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), in an image tentatively identified as taken at a barbeque hosted by Mr. Step...
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Janet Jamott [Jemott], Lorne Kreps, and Dorie Ladner

Date: 1965
Description: Three SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) workers in an image tentatively identified as taken at a barbeque hosted by Mr. Steptoc for SNCC sta...
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Marshall Ganz and Jesse Harris

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Description: An image taken at a barbeque hosted by E.W. Steptoe for SNCC staff in McComb County, Mississippi. The man in the center wearing a hat is Marshall Ganz, a s...
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Couple Sitting on the Rocks

Date: 1908
Description: Unidentified elderly man with younger woman sitting on rocks.
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Stony Hill at Brule River State Forest

Date: 1960
Description: Tall trees in a snowy forest on a sunny day.
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Stony Hill Logs at Brule

Date: 1960
Description: Several men are working with logs and equipment in Brule River State Forest.
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Park Street during Back To School Filming

Date: 1985
Description: Park Street at the State Street intersection during the filming of Back To School. The pedestrian overpass bears a sign for the fictional Grand Lake...
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Fresh Casualty

Date: 1945
Description: Marine corporal with his arm in a sling after being shot in the upper arm at Iwo Jima. Another wounded soldier sits beside him with a bandage on his head.
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4th Marines in Ishikawa

Date: 04 05 1945
Description: Several members of the 4th Marines, some standing in the road and others seated on vehicles at Ishikawa shortly after the city fell.
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Vel Phillips Giving Child Flowers

Date: 06 1972
Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a brown and blue patterned dress is standing and holding a bouquet of flowers. A young girl sitting on a pile of watermelons holds a ...
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Vel Phillips and Child with Flowers

Date: 06 1972
Description: Vel Phillips is in a brown and blue patterned dress standing and holding a bouquet of flowers up to a young girls' nose. The girl is holding a plaque in he...
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Phillips, Johnson, Lindsay

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Reverend Lovell Johnson is on the left wearing a coat. On the right is Bernice Lindsay who is wearing a hat and carrying a handbag and cane. In the middle ...
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Installing Lindsay Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is wearing a colorful dress. On the right is Bernice Lindsay, who is wearing a coat and a hat. Both are looking at a worker who is installing ...
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Sid Posing with His Sculptures

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Description: Sid standing in the backyard on Waubesa Street among his forest of concrete cast sculptures, like the "Multi-Tiered Pagoda," "Blue Tripod," and "Biomorphic...
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Sid Standing with "Gnome"

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Description: Sid standing with the "Gnome" sculpture in his backyard. Holding a cigar in his mouth, he wears a dark beret, a short-sleeved white button-down shirt, dark...
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Aerial Control of Mosquitoes

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Description: View of a crop duster spraying a pesticide to control Malaria mosquitoes over a pond. The caption under the image reads: "Aerial 'Gas' Attack Annihilates a...
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Fuel Oil for Mosquito Control

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Description: View from front of a man on a motorcycle squirting fuel oil into a sewer opening at a curb to control mosquitoes. The motorcycle has an oil tank attached l...
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Young Woman Sitting on "Polar Bear Chair"

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a young woman sitting on the "Polar Bear Chair," a concrete cast sculpture in Sid's front yard. She is wearing sunglasses, shorts and s...
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Astrolabe in Red

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Description: Metal astrolabe mounted on concrete base in Sid's backyard. The base is painted red with yellow Chinese characters, and the astrolabe is painted gold, with...

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