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Milwaukee March

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of a group of people marching in the street with Father James Groppi. There is a man driving a Milwaukee police vehicle in front, and one man...
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Daniel J. Travanti

Date: 1958
Description: Daniel J. Travanti smiles as he stands outside on a lawn. He is wearing a suit with a flower pinned to his lapel and is dressed up for his high school grad...
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Washing Their Car

Date: 11 17 1986
Description: A man and his son washing their car together. Caption reads: "Victor Driver, 4, helped his stepfather, Thomas Holder, wash his car Sunday on N. 13th St. as...
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Edgar William Gordon

Date: 01 15 1987
Description: View looking out window at a man who is washing the window. Caption reads: "Edgar Gordon spreads cleanliness and happiness." Edgar William Gordon was a ...
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Paul and Leif Rock

Date: 08 29 1932
Description: Paal and Leif Rock, twin brothers from Norway, sitting in the front seat of a car. The pair, also known as the Rocky Twins, were dancers and drag queens in...
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Lee Benefee

Date: 11 14 1964
Description: A young man on the left is talking and gesturing to an older man on the right who is partially turned away towards an automobile in the background. Caption...
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David Lee Roth

Date: 08 20 1979
Description: David Lee Roth, lead singer for the band Van Halen, getting into a limousine after visiting the Lake Street Station record store on State Street. The band ...
Painting

Wienermobile Airbrush Rendering

Date: 02 16 1956
Description: Airbrush rendering of Brooks Stevens' vision for a redesign of the Oscar Mayer promotional wiener vehicle. The view is an elevated, three-quarter view from...
Painting

Wienermobile Airbrush Rendering

Date: 03 13 1956
Description: Airbrush rendering of Brooks Stevens' vision for a redesign of the Oscar Mayer promotional wiener vehicle. The view is of the left side, and the sign on th...
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First Deer

Date: 11 23 1987
Description: A teenage boy is posing in the back seat of a vehicle with a dead deer, which is partially concealed under a tarp. Caption reads: "FIRST DEER - Ryan Sherma...
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Phillip Moreland

Date: 10 23 1985
Description: A man us sitting on concrete steps, and is wearing a beret, eyeglasses, and a sweater. Caption reads: "Phillip Moreland, a Milwaukee longshoreman idled by ...
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Ida Lupino

Date: 1949
Description: Director Ida Lupino sitting in a chair, getting her foot bandaged by an unknown man on the outdoors set of the 1949 film "Never Fear." A foot cast is next ...
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New Bridge

Date: 06 20 1985
Description: View of a bridge, with cars parked along the sides, and a "Road Closed" sign in the left foreground. Caption reads: "NEW BRIDGE — Work on the Falls Rd. bri...
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A Close Look

Date: 06 29 1989
Description: Two boys and a man are looking into the cockpit of a race car. Caption reads: "A CLOSE LOOK — David Berner (left), 11, of West Allis, and Jay Gmeindl, 9, o...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 15 1940
Description: Crowds gather under the marquee of the Capitol Theatre for the New York premiere of Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" the evening of October 15, 1940....
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Portable Bond Station

Date: 08 12 1984
Description: Two men are standing in front of a table, flanked by uniformed police officers. Other people are sitting at the table, looking through paperwork. Another o...
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Parting for Progress

Date: 1961
Description: Two automobiles driving on a highway cutting between two halves of a rock outcropping. The rock was blasted to build the road.
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Saturday Chore

Date: 1977
Description: View down hill towards a man washing his car in the alley of a neighborhood. Rooftops are in the background.
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Spring-Time Project

Date: 04 11 1985
Description: Five men are working on a highway, placing tar and covering it with tissue. A line of cars are passing in the opposite lane. A field and farm buildings are...
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Flushing Tar Dye

Date: 07 29 1983
Description: A man is using a hose to wash a street. Behind him, a man is driving by in a car. A sign for Doc's Coin Mart is on the building behind the car. Caption rea...

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