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| Date: | 01 15 1987 |
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| Description: | View looking out window at a man who is washing the window. Caption reads: "Edgar Gordon spreads cleanliness and happiness." Edgar William Gordon was a ... |
| Date: | 03 30 1979 |
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| Description: | Two women in costumes posing and stretching out their arms towards the camera. Caption reads: "Phyllis Bickham (left) and Amber Kelly will alternate in the... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Photographic print of an ink drawing of James "John" Adams Riley aka Snowball. He is pictured wearing a striped coverall and billed cap. Gloves and window ... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of James "John" Adams Riley aka Snowball. |
| Date: | 11 14 1964 |
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| Description: | A young man on the left is talking and gesturing to an older man on the right who is partially turned away towards an automobile in the background. Caption... |
| Date: | 11 14 1964 |
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| Description: | A boy is looking at a person in the foreground, who is out of focus. Another object — possibly a microphone stand — is also in the foreground and out of fo... |
| Date: | 03 09 1965 |
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| Description: | A boy is standing and resting his arms on a windowsill and smiling while looking over his shoulder towards the camera. Caption reads: "Kevin Stark, 2, of 2... |
| Date: | 10 23 1985 |
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| Description: | A man us sitting on concrete steps, and is wearing a beret, eyeglasses, and a sweater. Caption reads: "Phillip Moreland, a Milwaukee longshoreman idled by ... |
| Date: | 05 20 1989 |
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| Description: | Two young men stand together. One is holding a sign that is barely visible. Next to him is another sign that reads "Come and help STOP the VIOLENCE". Capti... |
| Date: | 10 01 1977 |
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| Description: | Several African-American teenagers are standing outside a building, some wearing coats and some under umbrellas. A sign reads: "Fight for the Right." Capti... |
| Date: | 07 24 1983 |
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| Description: | Close-up of two people holding hands, one white and one black. Caption reads: "Black-white couples say that racial difference is no big deal for them, but ... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Two African American men smiling while holding a poster. The poster includes a drawing of two smiling police officers and the text: "Milwaukee Policemen ar... |
| Date: | 12 24 1966 |
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| Description: | Followed by father James Groppi, their advisor, four members of the Milwaukee Youth Council of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP), are walk... |
| Date: | 03 13 1968 |
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| Description: | A young man is sitting at a table with a microphone in front of him. He is facing an older man, whose back is to the camera. Caption/article excerpt reads:... |
| Date: | 05 14 1968 |
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| Description: | Three young women are sitting on one side of a table facing two men and a woman, whose backs are to the camera. Similar arrangements of groups are in the b... |
| Date: | 04 01 1968 |
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| Description: | A woman and a man are sitting on either side of a table, both looking at a slip of paper the man is holding. They appear to be inside a large vehicle. Capt... |
| Date: | 03 13 1968 |
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| Description: | A woman and a man are sitting at a table. The woman is speaking into a microphone. A tape deck in the foreground is connected to a television. Caption read... |
| Date: | 07 05 1989 |
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| Description: | A man with a backpack-powered leaf blower is blowing trash along the ground between picnic tables. Another man with a similar blower is in the background. ... |
| Date: | 07 29 1983 |
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| Description: | A man is using a hose to wash a street. Behind him, a man is driving by in a car. A sign for Doc's Coin Mart is on the building behind the car. Caption rea... |
| Date: | 07 05 1989 |
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| Description: | A boy is posing wearing a hat. Behind him is a star-shaped balloon with an American flag pattern. Caption reads: "Raymond Taylor, 8, waited for the judging... |
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