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Capitol Interior (Third) — Turner Seminar in Historical Society Alcove

Date: 1893
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner with his History Seminar in an alcove of the Historical Society rooms in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, about 1893-1894. Back ...
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Joe Fedele Receives Badge

Date: 10 17 1932
Description: Captain Leo Kinney, Captain of Detectives, pinning a detective's badge on Joe Fedele, member of Post's Junior Detective Club, an organization sponsored by ...
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I.O.O.F. Band

Date: 02 02 1931
Description: Group portrait of the I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) band, taken at the Odd Fellows Lodge, 308 W. Mifflin Street. Text on back of print reads:...
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Strike Vote, Louis Allis Co.

Date: 04 1946
Description: Members of Local 1131, United Electrical Workers (Louis Allis Company) cast votes for a strike.
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First Farmers Alliance

Date: 1877
Description: The first Farmers Alliance — also known as the Southern Alliance — is shown in front of the cabin in which their first formal meeting was held in 1877 in P...
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Presenting Door Prize at Lithographers' Dance

Date: 04 23 1955
Description: Presenting an outboard motor door prize at the annual dance of Local 7, Amalgamated Lithographers of America.
"Howie Roth presented the prizes with the ...
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Packinghouse Workers Strike Kitchen

Date: 03 22 1948
Description: Strike kitchen of Local 50, United Packinghouse Workers of America (Plankinton Packing Company). Left to right: Al Herold (chef), Ernie Bernie, Jimmy Glov...
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Frederic March on Fraternity House Steps

Date: 1920
Description: Frederic March as Freddy Bickel, photographed on the steps of his fraternity house when he was president of the 1920 senior class.
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UAW Advisory Committee on Guaranteed Annual Wage

Date: 1954
Description: Arthur Altmeyer poses with the other 19 members of the United Automobile Workers Advisory Committee on Guaranteed Annual Wage.
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Altmeyer at Inter-American Conference on Social Security

Date: 1951
Description: Arthur Altmeyer speaking at the Inter-American Conference on Social Security, which took place in Buenes Aires. Eva Peron is seated to his left, wearing he...
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Charles Crownhart

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Description: Portrait of Chas Crownhart, a member of the Industrial Commission from May 4, 1911 to August 12, 1915.
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L.C. Bates

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of L.C. Bates, editor and publisher of the the "Arkansas State Press," a crusading Little Rock newspaper and the husband of the Ark...
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Daisy Bates at Woolworth's Boycott

Date: 1962
Description: Daisy Bates and others at Woolworth's boycott.
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University of Wisconsin Students with Senator Mueller

Date: 03 09 1933
Description: University of Wisconsin students representing the U.W. Student Budget Committee present a petition to Senator Otto Mueller at the Wisconsin State Capitol. ...
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Milwaukee Public School Board Walk Out

Date: 01 21 1964
Description: Lloyd Barbee, NAACP state president, walking out of a Milwaukee Public School Board meeting when Chairman Harold W. Story refused to allow the participatio...
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Elks Cross Country Car

Date: 06 03 1931
Description: Elks Magazine purple and white free wheeling Studebaker President 8 roadster convertible parked in front of the Elks Club, 120-124 Monona Avenue. The car's...
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Milk — The Best Bargain

Date: 1963
Description: Milton C. Geuther, Illinois American Dairy Association Manager, holding a glass of milk in one hand and a bag of cow manure in the other. Geuther claimed t...
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County Agent Demonstrating Methods of Judging Swine

Date: 1928
Description: Sitting on pig pen fence, a county agent is demonstrating methods of judging swine to a local Boys & Girls club youth.
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Italian Women's Mutual Society Banquet

Date: 02 23 1941
Description: "Jobo" Joe Puccio, leads the singing at the Italian Women's Mutual Society 7th anniversary banquet in the Italian Workingman's Club, 914 Regent Street, in ...
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Locomotive Artifacts

Date: 03 29 1958
Description: A young boy rings a locomotive bell. Other artifacts of locomotive history are on the table before him with members of the Milwaukee chapter of the Nationa...

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