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Man Walking in the Sand, Coney Island

Date: 1968
Description: A man walking with a cane in the sand dunes on Coney Island. A dilapidated fence cuts across the foreground of the beach and a rock jetty juts into the ba...
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School for the Deaf

Date: 1902
Description: Group portrait taken at the 50th anniversary of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, entitled "Semi-Centennial Visitors". Identified are: second from left in...
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Leo Kehl

Date: 1940
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Leo Kehl. It is inscribed, "To Marion Hughes, May you always be happy to the dancing profession. Your teacher, Leo Kehl".
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The Sidell Family

Date: 02 1930
Description: From left to right are Angeline Sidell, August (Uncle Sid) Sidell (seated), Violet (Billie) Sidell and Pierre Sidell.
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The Sidell Sisters and Uncle Sid

Date: 02 1930
Description: The Sidell Sisters pose on either side of August Sidell (Uncle Sid). From left to right are Pierre Sidell, August Sidell and Violet (Billie) Sidell.
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Three Western Union Messengers Pose with Woman

Date: 04 1930
Description: Three Western Union messenger boys with two bicycles and one woman stand on the sidewalk in front of the branch office at 650 State Street. There is snow o...
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Western Union Messengers Pose with Bicycle

Date: 04 1930
Description: Three Western Union messenger boys pose with a bicycle in front of the Western Union sign at 650 State Street. There is snow on the ground. The messenger b...
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Man Sits at Desk in Western Union Office

Date: 1930
Description: Leon Lamoreux sits at his desk in the Western Union office at 21 West Main Street. (This building no longer exists.) He and his wife, Beatrice, later taugh...
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Leon Lamoreux on South Pinckney Street

Date: 1930
Description: Leon Lamoreux walking down the sidewalk on South Pinckney Street, Capitol Square. The building on the right is the First National Bank (now the "glass" ban...
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Group Taking Messages at Air Base

Date: 1943
Description: Six women and one man take messages at the Truax Field Message Center, during World War II. Beatrice Lamoreux is sitting at the back table on the left side...
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Robert A. Taft

Date: 1952
Description: Robert A. Taft outdoors shaking hands in a crowd after giving a speech in the Municipal Building during his campaign. He was ultimately unsuccessful in his...
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Men Stand Outside of Western Union Telegraph Office

Date: 1939
Description: Leon Lamoreux (on the right) and an unidentified man stand outside of the Western Union Branch Office doorway, 650 State Street. The date is between 1937 a...
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Isaiah Pyant and Wife

Date: 1945
Description: Isaiah Pyant, C.I.O. union member, and his wife sitting on a couch in their home. They are smiling and relaxed and a print of a bouquet hangs on the wall b...
Postcard

Fletcher's Park

Date: 1900
Description: View from center field of baseball game being played in Fletcher's Park. A group of spectators are sitting under a covered grandstand on the right. Caption...
Photograph

Man Photographing Hay Baler

Date: 1961
Description: A man stands on an elevated platform attached to a tractor in a field while taking photographs of a hay baler in use at Hickory Hill, International Harvest...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thresher Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines). Features a photograph of two men with a McCormick-Deering harvester-...
Book or Pamphlet

No. 60 Harvester-Thresher Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the McCormick-Deering No. 60 harvester-thresher (combine.) Features a photograph of a Farmall tractor pulling a harves...
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Jesus Salas Addresses Rally Crowd

Date: 1966
Description: Wisconsin agricultural labor union Oberos Unidos founder Jesús Salas addressing a rally crowd from a podium after a farm worker demonstration. The crowd is...
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Fall River Canning Company Entrance

Date: 1969
Description: Entrance to Fall River Canning Company. A number of trucks full of vegetables are in the parking lot or driveway in front of low sprawling warehouse buildi...
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Workers Discuss Strategy after Walkout

Date: 1969
Description: Jorge Vasquez (wearing beret) discusses strategy with Fall River Canning Company workers after walkout. Children, youth and adults stand clustered in a cir...

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