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Girl Scouts Making Punch

Date: 11 14 1966
Description: African American junior Girl Scouts pouring fruit juice into a punch bowl as they prepare to entertain their parents.
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Crane Operator at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1907
Description: A worker lifting a stationary gas engine frame with an overhead crane at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee ...
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Worker Tending Machine at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works

Date: 1914
Description: A worker at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works draining fluid from a machine with a large gear poised over his head. The factory was owned by the Mi...
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Woman Curler

Date: 01 24 1963
Description: Elderly woman taking a break from a curling. She is a member of the "curling Scots" who toured the United States in 1963.
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Baker and Bread

Date: 05 14 1964
Description: A baker removes multiple loaves of bread from the oven for consumption in both bakery and restaurant.
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Mother's Day

Date: 04 23 1963
Description: A grandmother with daughter and granddaughter. They are nicely dressed for mother's day.
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An Ebullient Warren Spahn

Date: 1959
Description: Warren Spahn, of the Milwaukee Braves enjoying a moment in the bullpen.
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Milwaukee Works Employee at Machine

Date: 03 09 1937
Description: Factory worker employee boring holes into engine crankcases at Milwaukee Works.
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Internal Grinding of Tractor Roller Shell

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Factory worker operates a machine that grinds the inside of a TracTractor (crawler tractor) track roller shell at Milwaukee Works. Photograph taken by Don ...
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Hannifin Quenching Press at Milwaukee Works

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Description: Factory worker operating a "Hannifin quenching press" at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.
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Man Milking Cow

Date: 1939
Description: Harvey Schmidt sits on a stool in a barn to milk a cow by hand.
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Woman Milking Cow

Date: 1939
Description: Mrs. Harvey Schmidt sits on a stool in a barn to milk a cow by hand.
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NAACP Youth Council Commandos

Date: 1968
Description: Three members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council Commandos (Milwaukee) kneel over George Wallace presidential ...
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Franklin Roosevelt Visiting the Allis Chalmers Plant

Date: 09 19 1942
Description: Presidential Tour - Series IV. Official party views women at work in Allis Chalmers factory.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt is looking through rear wind...

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First Day of School

Date: 08 27 1989
Description: A man is sitting on his sofa, watching his son write a card. Caption reads: "Joe Gofoe said he and his son Elton, 5, were 'big boys' and could handle the f...
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IH Exhibition Hall with Giant Cream Separator

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: A group of men are standing on the left looking up at a giant cream separator on display in an exhibition hall.
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"Soft" Water Meeting

Date: 01 23 1968
Description: A man sitting in an inner tube and wearing swim trunks and a boater hat is using a cane to point to a document, which he is showing to a woman standing in ...
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Mrs. Santa Claus at the Golden Age Club

Date: 12 19 1956
Description: A woman in costume is smiling and stands near two women who are sitting. One of the women is holding a wrapped present. Caption reads: "Mrs. Santa Claus vi...
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"High Society" Dress

Date: 06 05 1956
Description: A woman is modeling a dress with a shawl and a train. Behind her women are sitting at tables watching her go by. Caption reads: A dress worn by actress ...
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Richard F. Redfield in Costume

Date: 01 24 1958
Description: A man is posing in a leather fringed costume and fur cap, with what appears to be a fake beard. He is holding two dead animals up in his right hand. Two ot...

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