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| Description: | Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Two men posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. James Gorman, standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is un... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | The machine shop at the "Normal School for Negroes" or the Tuskegee Institute in action. The students are diligently working at the machinery in the shop. |
| Date: | 09 26 1967 |
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| Description: | Young children listen to a story through earphones as a teacher's aid looks on. |
| Date: | 12 11 1965 |
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| Description: | Boy inserting coin into a gumball vending machine in anticipation of a sweet treat. |
| Date: | 11 18 1965 |
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| Description: | Elementary school students collect nonperishable food to be distributed by the Salvation Army. |
| Date: | 07 27 1941 |
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| Description: | An elderly man looking blissful, sitting in a boat getting ready to cast his line. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | African American students work on a school paper as part of the Farm Security Administration sharecropper resettlement project. |
| Date: | 10 31 1977 |
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| Description: | Thousands of people from the inner city flocked to a Halloween Party given to help keep children off the street during the holiday. |
| Date: | 04 11 1969 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Lloyd Knox demonstrating the technique of making spoon bread. |
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| Description: | Two women boarding the Slumbercoach car on a B&O Railroad passenger train. A Pullman porter carries two suitcases as a stewardess greets customers. ... |
| Date: | 09 20 1989 |
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| Description: | Melodie Albritton holds up an origami crane she folded at St. Nicholas School. |
| Date: | 09 1958 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a boy in a baseball cap peeking over a fence. There are several sets of hands curling over the top of the fence on either side of... |
| Date: | 05 26 1958 |
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| Description: | A boy in a Boy Scouts uniform for Milwaukee County Council 406 is sitting on a camp stool and peeling carrots. Caption reads: "Peeling carrots was unexciti... |
| Date: | 12 04 1963 |
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| Description: | Two girls are focusing on cutting a piece of lace. Caption reads: "Junior homemakers are intent with their work, making Christmas stockings. Delores Taylor... |
| Date: | 01 27 1958 |
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| Description: | Ten young women in formal gowns are holding bouquets and posing together. Caption reads: "Debutantes were the guests of honor at the 24th annual ball of th... |
| Date: | 09 04 1967 |
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| Description: | A family posing together indoors; the father is bouncing a young girl standing on his knees. Caption reads: "Mrs. Alan S. Smith and her two sons watched as... |
| Date: | 08 27 1989 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 15 1967 |
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| Description: | A young man in a Milwaukee N.A.A.C.P. Youth Council t-shirt is standing and talking to a group of children. Caption reads: "Richard E. Green, 22, of 3233 N... |
| Date: | 06 26 1988 |
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| Description: | A man is smiling while holding up a handful of greens from a garden. In the background, several people are standing in a lined. Caption reads: "Milwaukee r... |
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