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Pickled Peppers

Date: 11 21 1963
Description: A variety of canned and fresh peppers is artfully displayed by the woman who serves them to her family and gives them as gifts.
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Reading Circle

Date: 08 06 1963
Description: A mother reads stories on her front steps to children from around the block.
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Students with a Skeleton

Date: 09 10 1963
Description: Three freshman students inspect a skeleton at the Marquette University medical school.
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Apiary of August Diehnelt

Date: 1919
Description: Apiary of August Diehnelt with a large group of people. Mr Diehnelt is just above the arrow.
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Passing the Time

Date: 11 1976
Description: Paula Fails and her young niece looking out of an ornate window in a building.
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Milwaukee Home for Aged Lutherans Piano Player

Date: 1967
Description: Miss Lydia Henie, 76 years old, playing the piano in the devotional room of the Home for Aged Lutherans, 7500 West North Avenue.
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Card Player; Esther Lewis

Date: 07 11 1968
Description: Close-up of a woman wearing a newspaper hat playing cards. Identified as Esther Lewis playing with the Golden Agers club members in Washington Park, Milwau...
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Ed Fernandez and Bernadette Davantes

Date: 04 13 1989
Description: A man and woman performing a dance over two bamboo poles. Caption reads: "Students from around the world brought their customs and culture to Marquette Uni...
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Bronwyn Jones

Date: 09 11 1963
Description: A woman is smiling while posing with her right leg lifted. She is wearing a dress and standing in front of a fireplace and wood-paneled wall. Caption reads...

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