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| Date: | 04 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Bronzeville Bombers just after coming through with a score of 2690, putting them in tenth place in the state CIO tournament on April 5. The five men are a... |
| Date: | 12 05 1947 |
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| Description: | George Weaver, secretary of the national CIO Committee to Abolish Discrimination, appearing at the Wisconsin State CIO convention. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | African American farmer pulling a trailer with a Farmall Cub tractor on McQueen Smith Farms. The trailer is loaded with large sacks, and a child is sitting... |
| Date: | 02 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Central High School boy's basketball team and coach, Front row l to r: Pat McCann, Al Dockery, Mel Troia, Bill Withers, Allen Sweet, ... |
| Date: | 02 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Five drum majors of the Four Lakes Council (Madison area) Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps. Left to right: Charles Harris, Charles Butler, James Berray, Stan... |
| Date: | 03 14 1947 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Beloit High School boys basketball team that won the WIAA State High School Basketball Tournament. Included on the team was an African A... |
| Date: | 07 18 1947 |
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| Description: | LeRoy J. Simmons (D.-Milwaukee) filling his "plunder box" with copies of statutes and bills, at the end of the State Legislative term. |
| Date: | 11 15 1947 |
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| Description: | Michigan halfback, Gene Derricette, intercepting a pass intended for Wisconsin's Clarence Self, during their football game at Camp Randall Stadium. |
| Date: | 12 09 1947 |
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| Description: | IUMM & SW Institute for Educational Techniques, Political Action! To keynote the intensive efforts this union would be making in the future, Jessie Dansby... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Food, Tobacco and Agriculture Workers session at Highlander. Connie Anderson, Educational Director for the organization, is standing in the center. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men load logs from a clearing onto the bed of an International KB-5 Pulpwood Special truck owned by the Johnson-Manville Corporation. The truck had a 1... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men load bundles of plywood(?) onto the bed of an International KB-7 owned by Burnside Construction Company. The truck had a 157-inch wheelbase and a B... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A stewards' training class conducted by local 108 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Members of the Arms family (and a friend?) pose on Bernard Arms's farm. From left to right are Nellie Arms, Bernard Arms, unidentified man with eyes rolled... |
| Date: | 05 10 1947 |
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| Description: | Conference room at the United Auto workers (UAW) farm implement conference. Attendees sit at banquet tables and stand along the walls in the crowded room. |
| Date: | 05 10 1947 |
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| Description: | Conference room at the United Auto workers (UAW) farm implement conference. Attendees sit at banquet tables and stand along the walls in the crowded room. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | This map of Racine has labeled streets, the Root River, Lake Michigan, and includes manuscript annotations of newly annexed areas and African-American neig... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Nine men are posing in front of a storefront for S.W. Robinson Real Estate. They are holding suitcases and coats and are all wearing suits. Caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of nine children sitting around a table working on craft projects. A woman is sitting with them at the top of the table. |
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