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Triplets with Birthday Cake

Date: 12 26 1954
Description: Triplets blowing out the candles of their birthday cake.
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Registering to Vote

Date: 09 02 1954
Description: A group of newly naturalized citizens registering to vote at City Hall.
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Silver Dollars

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: A table full of silver dollars where bank workers are preparing them to be sent to American Can Co., a Milwaukee-based company which plans on paying its em...
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Vel Phillips at Bat

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Description: Vel Phillips grips the bat and ducks as the ball is pitched at a baseball game. The catcher is on the right. Chain link fencing, a bicycle and a residentia...
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 31 1962
Description: View along side of street towards a teenage brass band marching down the street in a Memorial Day parade in West Allis. A group of young children stand on ...
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Walter J. Keller

Date: 1957
Description: Walter J. Keller, vice-president of the Marine National Exchange Bank, at a desk at the bank.
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Winter Traffic

Date: 1956
Description: Elevated view looking on downtown street with traffic, in winter.
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Frank Zappa and Mothers of Invention Backstage

Date: 10 20 1971
Description: Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Howard Kayland, Gail Zappa, and Frank Zappa discuss science around a backstage table at the Milwaukee Arena following a show by...
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Donald A. Buchanan in Profile

Date: 08 03 1957
Description: News portrait of Donald A. Buchanan of Minneapolis. Buchanan, then living at the Rescue Mission in Milwaukee, was overcome by gas while he was trying to re...
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"Miss Wisconsin"

Date: 06 05 1958
Description: Miss Carmen Shields, 23, Milwaukee entry in the 1958 “Miss Wisconsin” contest, crowned at Pabst Blue Ribbon hall.
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Mt. Sinai Hospital Ball

Date: 1967
Description: Physicians and their guests around the punchbowl and refreshment table at the Mt. Sinai Hospital Ball, at the Sheraton-Schroeder Hotel.
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Wisconsin State Fair at Night

Date: 1957
Description: Illuminated wheel at night, probably at the Wisconsin State Fair, photographed by time exposure so that it appears as a whirl of light.
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Young Couple at a Cafe

Date: 1965
Description: Head and shoulders view of young couple, seated in subdued light in the Avant Garde Cafe Espresso.
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Group of Four Women

Date: 1965
Description: Group of four standing women conversing informally at a social occasion.
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Banquet Guests

Date: 1967
Description: Guests enjoying themselves at a banquet of the Executives' Secretaries, Inc.
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Two Elderly Women in Fur

Date: 1963
Description: Two elderly women at a reception at the Pabst Theater.
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Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Jones

Date: 1932
Description: Informal double portrait of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Jones, 81 and 80, respectively at the time of their 60th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were both bo...
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Architectural Views of City Buildings

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of a detail on the Marshall & Ilsley Bank building, under construction. There is a crane on the roof. On the left is the tower of St. John's ...
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View from the Top

Date: 1965
Description: Overhead view looking down from a tall building at passing traffic and workmen on suspended scaffolding near the sidewalk.
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Card Party

Date: 1967
Description: Middle-aged woman seated at an outdoor table with refreshments. She is wearing a hat made out of newspaper. The occasion is a card party arranged for older...

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