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UAW Advisory Committee on Guaranteed Annual Wage

Date: 1954
Description: Arthur Altmeyer poses with the other 19 members of the United Automobile Workers Advisory Committee on Guaranteed Annual Wage.
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Smokey Bear with School Children

Date: 1954
Description: A man dressed in a Smokey Bear costume is standing with two Milwaukee school children. A young girl is sitting at a desk, and a boy is standing and holding...
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"The Bridges at Toko-Ri"

Date: 1954
Description: Publicity still from "The Bridges at Toko-Ri," a 1954 Paramount Pictures release about the Korean War that starred William Holden (right) as a bomber pilot...
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Reading the Scriptures

Date: 1954
Description: Rabbi Max Lipschitz, and a group of Bar Mitzvah students wearing prayer shawls and yarmulkes, (Jewish skullcaps) gather around the torah on the altar to re...
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Farmall 400 Tractor with "Electrall"

Date: 1954
Description: Farmall 400 tractor in a showroom display highlighting the features of the "Electrall" electrical power generator.
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Voting at AFL Convention

Date: 1954
Description: Raising their right hands, an unidentified group of union members voting at the American Federation of Labor (AFL) convention.
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Children Perform Hanukkah Program

Date: 1954
Description: Hanukkah program at the synagogue. Edward, son of Holocaust Survivor Eva Lauffer Deutschkron, is standing in back row, third from right.
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Rosa Goldberg Katz, Bernard, and Arthur Katz Dining in Their Oshkosh Home

Date: 1954
Description: Rosa Goldberg Katz, Bernard, and Arthur Katz dining in their home.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Holiday Tree

Date: 1954
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda during the holiday season. A man is standing on a ladder which is on top of scaffolding to decorate the tree.
Postcard

Dining Room at Syd's Resort of the Woods

Date: 1954
Description: View of the dining room which shows tables set for a meal. Large picture windows have views of the lake and woods surrounding the resort, and above the win...
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"Joe Must Go" Petition Signing

Date: 1954
Description: Members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 40 signing a "Joe Must Go" petition to recall Wisconsin's Senator Joseph R. McCarthy.
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Sophie Rosenberg and her Grandsons

Date: 1954
Description: After their parents' arrest, Robert (left) and Michael Rosenberg had no settled home. They were eventually placed with Abel and Anne Meeropol under the pro...
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Farmall Super M-TA Tractor with Cultivator and Plow

Date: 1954
Description: Farmall Super M-TA tractor with mounted plow and cultivator unit on display in front of a white backdrop. The equipment may be experimental.
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Lewis Arms, Jr.

Date: 1954
Description: Lewis "Lewie" Arms, Jr. poses wearing a Madison, Wisconsin t-shirt.
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In the Uranium Tunnel

Date: 1954
Description: Men and women seated on benches along both walls of Kenneth Crook's Uranium Tunnel in Lone Rock. Note the uranium pads visitors hold in their laps or on th...
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Lucille Lux

Date: 1954
Description: "Lucille Lux, employed by Dr. Greg Langenfeld for many years."
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Otis Elevator

Date: 1954
Description: Elevated view from stairway of the ornate Otis elevator in the Wisconsin Historical Society building. This elevator was installed as original equipment in ...
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Otis Elevator

Date: 1954
Description: A view of the ornate Otis elevator originally installed in the Historical Society building in 1900. This picture, taken on the second floor during remodeli...
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Elect Gaylord Nelson to Congress

Date: 1954
Description: The front cover of a four page election mailer/newsletter for U.S. Senate candidate Gaylord Nelson. A quarter-length portrait covers most of the page. The ...
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Lunch in the Police Car

Date: 1954
Description: Patrolman Stanley Szczepanski eats lunch while sitting in his police car.

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