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Rainy Day Traffic

Date: 1941
Description: Automobile traffic, with a street railroad car in the background, on a rainy day.
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Milwaukee Farmers Market

Date: 1941
Description: Milwaukee Farmer's Market during the late 1930s. A customer carries produce purchased at the market.
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UAW Auxiliary Luncheon

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Description: Luncheon for members of the United Automobile Workers Auxiliary #2 in Milwaukee.
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Allis Chalmers Picketers

Date: 11 01 1946
Description: Members of the United Automobile Workers on strike at the Allis-Chalmers plant in Milwaukee.
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UAW Strikers

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Striking members of the United Automobile Workers union at the Allis Chalmers plant in West Allis.
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Striker Arrested, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 12 07 1946
Description: During a march in support of the striking Local 75 of the United Automobile Workers, the police arrest one participant.
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Heil Basketball Team

Date: 01 28 1948
Description: Basketball game between the electrical shop and machine shop employees of the Heil Company in Milwaukee.
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Union Harvest Dance

Date: 09 06 1947
Description: Employees of the Seaman's Body Corporation gather at the bar during their annual Harvest Dance.
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Campaign Mailing

Date: 10 1946
Description: Members of the United Automobile Workers Auxilary #2 preparing literature for the political campaign of E.V. Bobrowicz. Bobrowicz, an officer of the Fur an...
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Carnival Scene at the Fair

Date: 1936
Description: Midway area of the Wisconsin State Fair, showing a truck advertising peanuts at 5 cents in the center background.
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Goodyear Blimp at the Fair

Date: 1936
Description: The blimp of the Goodyear Tire Company hovers above the carnival area of the Wisconsin State Fair, tethered to the ground with ropes. The fairgoers, howev...
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Accordionist at the Fair

Date: 1936
Description: A young accordionist plays a solo for the crowd at the Wisconsin State Fair, while another young player watches.
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State Fair Crowd

Date: 1936
Description: Audience at the Wisconsin State Fair, probably watching the children's pony races. One mother holds her daughter in her arms so that she can see better.
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Midway Scene

Date: 1936
Description: Midway performer (left) at the Wisconsin State Fair and an audience, primarily boys and men listening to an unseen speaker.
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Midway Scene

Date: 1936
Description: A costumed young woman who danced as part of the Carioca Revue stands on a stage in the midway of the Wisconsin State Fair, perhaps waiting to perform.
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Milwaukee Pedestrians

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Description: Well-dressed pedestrians walking in downtown Milwaukee.
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Fruits and Flowers Building

Date: 1935
Description: The Fruits and Flowers Building at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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State Fair Dining Room

Date: 1935
Description: Interior view of the Fruits and Vegetables Building at the Wisconsin State Fair, showing the dining room and the tables decorated with lavish floral displa...
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Entrance to the Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: The ornate entrance to the Schlitz Palm Garden. Located on N. 3rd Street, south of W. Wisconsin Avenue, the Schlitz Palm Garden opened on July 3, 1886 and ...
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: An interior view of the Schlitz Palm Garden, which was located on North 3rd Street, south of West Wisconsin Avenue. This image includes a drawing of a wait...

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