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Celebrating the End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Overhead view of bar and crowd in Fauerbach Brewing Co. tavern at 651 Williamson Street, celebrating the end of Prohibition.
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Dealer Preparing Truck

Date: 11 22 1937
Description: McCormick-Deering dealer Edward Gumienick smoking a cigar as he is loading dairy equipment into his International truck for a sales "canvassing" trip. His ...
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Wine Room

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Description: People sitting at tables, drinking and talking. A large banner with a picture of Thaddeus Kosciuszko hangs on the wall.
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Greensboro Massacre Response

Date: 02 02 1980
Description: Protest march called in response to the murder of five activists, labor organizers, and members of the Communists Workers Party by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) o...
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Protest March

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Description: Unidentified protest march, with the banner of the Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice (SOC) in front. The banner of the Milwauk...
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Temperance Procession

Date: 07 1892
Description: Procession of children and adults at the second convention of the Wisconsin Loyal Temperance League at Delavan. The LTL was a branch of the Women's Christi...
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Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage

Date: 03 2007
Description: A group of people holding a banner while marching down a road as they take part in the Faith and Politics Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Selma.
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Man Juggling Tin Cans

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A man smoking a cigarette and wearing a hat is juggling tin cans in front of the "Prize Cakes and Coffee" booth at a Civilian Defense Rally.
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Fur Workers Rally

Date: 05 28 1963
Description: Fur workers rally outside the Radley Fur Company.
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Willie McGee Rally

Date: 1952
Description: An unidentified rally in support of the rights of Willie McGee who was convicted of raping a white woman in 1945. His case attracted the attention of many ...
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Rally for the Panther 21, Central Park

Date: 1968
Description: Two protesters hold a banner in Central Park that reads, "Smash Racist Courts! Free the Panther 21, sds." Park benches are stacked on top of each other in ...
Historical Object

Manchester Massacre Handkerchief

Date: 1819
Description: A commemorative handkerchief created by a wood engraving on white cotton fabric. The scene is the Manchester Reform Meeting, in England. A crowd of demonst...
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Grape Boycott Picket

Date: 1968
Description: Francisco Rodriguez of Crystal City, Texas is picketing a Wautoma grocery store during the grape boycott in 1968. Grape boycotts in Wisconsin were organize...
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Farm Worker Gives Oath

Date: 1967
Description: Jesus Salas, center, is the leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Chicano migrant workers' rights group started in the 1960s for the improvement of ...
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Wautoma WERC Hearing

Date: 1967
Description: Migrant farm workers testify at the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) hearing after a strike in Bancroft. Seated on the left is Obreros Unid...
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Obreros Unidos Office

Date: 1968
Description: At the center of the photograph, in hat, is Manuel Salas. One is Father Michael Garrigan, dressed in black. Chuck Miller is shown at left, and Father Mich...
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Salas and Sanchez Leading March to Madison

Date: 08 15 1966
Description: 30 marchers of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) march from Wautoma to Madison on Highway 21 to petition lawmakers to hold farms and food industry corporatio...
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Jesus Salas at Waushara Courthouse Rally

Date: 1966
Description: Jesus Salas, in a white shirt and standing in front of the microphone with his arm raised, addresses a rally at the top of the steps in front of Waushara C...
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Freedom School Convention

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: A group sings freedom songs at the Freedom School Convention during Freedom Summer.
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Obreros Unidos March — Contact Sheet

Date: 1966
Description: A series of images from a contact sheet containing scenes of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) leaving Wautoma and marching towards Madison along Highway 21 ...

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