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Grape Boycott Picket

Date: 1968
Description: Ernesto Chacon, a grape boycott organizer from Milwaukee, is wearing a jacket, sunglasses and a necklace around his neck. He is holding a United Farmworker...
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Milwaukee Grape Boycott Picketers

Date: 1969
Description: Picketers in front of Kroger supermarket in Milwaukee carrying United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO signs that read, "Boycott Grapes" to support the grape boyc...
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Demonstration Signs

Date: 1969
Description: Obreros Unidos (United Workers) demonstrators painting signs at a Milwaukee rally. In the background, a man is painting the National Farmworker's (NFW) Azt...
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Crowds at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of crowds at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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View of McMyron Street

Date: 10 31 1925
Description: View of dirt road running through homes and trees in a neighborhood. An automobile is parked in the foreground, at the end of the road. Text at foot of pho...
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Governor Heil Squirting Milk

Date: 06 08 1939
Description: Governor Julius Heil squirting milk from a cow on a parade float. The Governor climbed aboard the float during the dairyland parade, a part of Milwaukee's ...
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Motorcycle Collision

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Description: Motorcycle race contestant overturned on the track after collision with haybales.
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Wisconsin Beekeepers Association

Date: 1921
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association at the Wisconsin Markets Expo.
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Robert Neureuther Inspecting Frame

Date: 03 27 1980
Description: Beekeeper Robert Neureuther examines a frame of honeycomb partly filled with honey. Behind him are hives wrapped up for cold weather.
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Rico Carty Banner at County Stadium

Date: 10 04 1964
Description: Elevated view of banner in the bleachers shows support for Braves outfielder Rico Carty for National League Rookie of the Year. A freight train, the Mitche...
Photograph

Summer Construction

Date: 08 17 1958
Description: Building for a new “supermarket” food and household necessities store, under construction on the outskirts of the Milwaukee area. In the background is a ba...
Postcard

Milwaukee Vinegar Works And Red Star Yeast Company

Date: 1944
Description: Photographic postcard view down curving road and fields toward the works. Caption reads: "Milwaukee Vinegar Works And Red Star Yeast Company, Cudahy, Wis."
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International Motor Trucks at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view looking down at the International Motor truck display at the Wisconsin State Fair. Every truck in the display was sold to a customer and lett...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Passengers and Crew of the Lawson Airplane Pose Just Before the Start

Date: 1919
Description: Two images: at the top is a Lawson Air Liner parked outdoors near a hangar; and at the bottom are passengers and crew members standing in front of the airp...
Photograph

Lawson Airplane Co. Factory

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view from field with tall plants towards one of the entrances to a factory building with the Lawson Airplane Company sign over it.
Postcard

Railroad Crossing

Date: 1908
Description: View across the railroad crossing at Hales Corners. Wagons are parked along the side of the road in the background. Two men are standing on the corner near...
Photograph

Peeling Carrots

Date: 05 26 1958
Description: A boy in a Boy Scouts uniform for Milwaukee County Council 406 is sitting on a camp stool and peeling carrots. Caption reads: "Peeling carrots was unexciti...
Photograph

Eddie Patterson

Date: 06 26 1988
Description: A man is smiling while holding up a handful of greens from a garden. In the background, several people are standing in a lined. Caption reads: "Milwaukee r...
Photograph

White Pine State Fair Exhibit

Date: 1936
Description: Part of a white pine blister rust exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair, including a cross section of a white pine tree.
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Masked Campers

Date: 06 23 1979
Description: A man and several children, all wearing handmade masks, playing in a field. Caption reads: "Jay Wigdale, who runs a private day camp, brought his charges t...

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