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| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | An African-American man plays a djembe-like drum, with other people relaxing in the background on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrac... |
| Date: | 04 25 1970 |
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| Description: | Singer Minnie Riperton performing with psychedelic soul band Rotary Connection on stage at the Sound Storm music festival. Pictured from left to right are ... |
| Date: | 04 25 1970 |
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| Description: | View from below stage of singer Minnie Riperton performing with psychedelic soul band Rotary Connection at the Sound Storm music festival. She is wearing a... |
| Date: | 06 27 1978 |
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| Description: | Candid view of the Reverend Jim Wright sitting outdoors at Brittingham Park. |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Three children stand holding signs along with adults. They're protesting city neglect of the Ninth Ward in New Orleans. In the background are musicians on ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with three children of different races, Asian American, Caucasian and African American, sleeping in three beds. Each has a stocking pinned to ... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Holiday card showing four African Americans, two men and two women, sliding down a hill on a sled. More snow-covered hills are visible in the background. T... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with three African Americans, two men and a baby. Inside of a black and white border, on a black background, the people appear in the lower le... |
| Date: | 12 1978 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people with signs march to the Democratic Party mid-term convention during the first national ACORN convention. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin leans over to confer with Congressman Tim Wirth during a meeting of the House Budget Committee. Obey's aide Scott Lill... |
| Date: | 06 1978 |
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| Description: | Two boys are in the midst of a game of tug of war. They're dressed in overalls, jeans and t-shirts and are in full KISS makeup. KISS was a rock band which ... |
| Date: | 09 30 1978 |
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| Description: | Full-length group portrait of a bride and her mother and father walking towards the center aisle of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House as the ceremo... |
| Date: | 09 30 1978 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of some of the family of the bride at a wedding that took place at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House. |
| Date: | 06 02 1975 |
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| Description: | A group portrait taken at the home of Alga Shivers. In front, from left to right, are: Alga Shivers (in overalls), his wife Flora Shivers, Minnie Drake, an... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Several men and women watch as Governor Patrick Lucey signs the Equal Rights Amendment. Lloyd A. Barbee (left), Marlin Schneider, two unidentified people, ... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | View of a blue International Harvester Loadstar with lift gear in a Florida orange grove. The truck has no cab, and a crane-like lift behind the driver is ... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | View of a red International Harvester Loadstar flatbed with no cab and hi-lift equipment for harvesting oranges. An African-American man is driving the tru... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | International Harvester Loadstar with hi-lift equipment loading oranges into the trailer of an International Harvester Fleetstar 2070A Diesel truck. An Afr... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | An older man is standing in front of three subway advertisements for Levy and Son's Bakery rye bread of New York City. The man is company president Samuel ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | An African-American man, William McQuinn, is cutting material for sofas. He is wearing a striped shirt and standing at a long bench. He is using what appea... |
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