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Card Players

Date: 03 20 1965
Description: Several men engaged in a serious card game at the Milwaukee Municipal Social Center, one of several centers devoted to social and recreational programs for...
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Scrabble Game

Date: 04 11 1965
Description: A hospital patient plays a scrabble game with an occupational therapist.
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Senior Citizens Card Game

Date: 09 10 1968
Description: Elderly women sit around a card table and play cards at a new senior center.
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Caning Chairs

Date: 10 17 1968
Description: An elderly man and woman make new cane seats for chairs at the Cedar Lake Home for the Aged.
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Suitcases

Date: 11 12 1967
Description: Women unpack their suitcases at rest home.
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Relaxing in the Barber Chair

Date: 06 1971
Description: Barber Mike Godsell sitting back and relaxing in his shop.
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Family Reunion

Date: 08 10 1980
Description: Freida Heberer Oppermann, 81, the oldest member of the Heberer family at the reunion, had a place in the foreground for a family portrait.
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Outdoor Family Portrait

Date: 07 07 1980
Description: Large family gathered in front of house for a group portrait.
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Milwaukee Home for Aged Lutherans Piano Player

Date: 1967
Description: Miss Lydia Henie, 76 years old, playing the piano in the devotional room of the Home for Aged Lutherans, 7500 West North Avenue.
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Card Party

Date: 1967
Description: Middle-aged woman seated at an outdoor table with refreshments. She is wearing a hat made out of newspaper. The occasion is a card party arranged for older...
Poster

"Die englische Heirat" (The English Marriage) Film Poster

Date: 1956
Description: German film poster for the re-release of the film. Illustrated image of an older woman wearing eyeglasses and a long dress. She is sitting in a chair holdi...
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Art Borowiak with Toy Poodle

Date: 03 13 1989
Description: A smiling man is petting a dog held by a woman. Caption reads: "Art Borowiak patted Buttons, a toy poodle owned by Ann Turney."
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Penny-A-Point

Date: 1978
Description: A group of senior citizens, all men, playing cards at a picnic table in an outdoor setting.

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