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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Monroe. A large building with a clock tower, commercial buildings, parking lots and automobiles can be seen. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men standing at the rear of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture dairy laboratory truck, which has wooden steps leading up to the open rear doors. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | American Dairy Association truck with 17 men standing in front. Six faces of men are imposed over the building in the background above the truck. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A factory worker handles metal parts at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A man working with metal parts as they are carried in baskets along a conveyor suspended from the ceiling at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Male and female factory workers at West Pullman Works wrap items in paper and package them in boxes as they roll down a conveyor belt. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of downtown area, including a river. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | City Hall near the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | 1917 Model H half-ton dump truck. Accompanying text states: "The first low-wheeled International Harvester trucks were produced in 1915 and offered greater... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the house at 1717 Fremont Avenue. Two small children are riding tricycles in front of the house. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | The Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor as photographed by Holocaust survivor, Louis Koplin. Taken from the ship carrying him from Europe to the United S... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison, from Park Street to the men's dormitories. Part of Lake Mendota is in the top right corner. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Walter Wolf Peltz and his son, Andre, in Memmingen, Germany. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Fred Platner driving a Volkswagen for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; Bergen Belsen, Germany. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Refugees on their way to Bremerhaven, Germany to sail to the United States. The man in the center is Max Neumann, director of HIAS in Germany. On the left ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | The Weinschenker family poses for a portrait in a train car. From left to right are an unidentified man, an unidentified woman, Frieda Weinschenker (sittin... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a refugee child, Milo Weinschenker, wearing sunglasses. He is standing next to a train, as he and his family were about to leave Germany to sai... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Elizabeth Waters women's dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the upper right corner is Camp Randall. A long pier... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Exterior from road of the women's dormitory, Elizabeth Waters Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Built in 1940 as the campus home for fou... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A group of unidentified refugees are standing near baby carriages at a Displaced Persons camp in Germany. |
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