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| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation" |
| Date: | 09 13 1984 |
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| Description: | People working and shopping at a neighborhood garage sale in the Walker's Square Park area. Several neighborhood groups collaborated to sponsor the annual ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation. |
| Date: | 04 06 1969 |
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| Description: | Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street. |
| Date: | 05 05 1985 |
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| Description: | Father carrying his infant son on his back while mowing the lawn. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a man and young boy shoveling snow from a sidewalk after a heavy snowfall. |
| Date: | 11 20 1966 |
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| Description: | As a crowd of onlookers watch, Santa Claus alights from his special holiday helicopter with the help of an aide at Southgate Shopping Center. |
| Date: | 08 29 1966 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi leading a fair housing march. |
| Date: | 08 03 1981 |
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| Description: | Despite rain and fog, people turned out to enjoy a street festival sponsored by the Guadalupe Center at 239 W. Washington Street in Milwaukee. There were e... |
| Date: | 07 1969 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire hands his cards to constituents outside a Milwaukee grocery store. |
| Date: | 10 31 1977 |
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| Description: | Thousands of people from the inner city flocked to a Halloween Party given to help keep children off the street during the holiday. |
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| Description: | Elaborate gateway, in the shape of an arch, to the National Soldiers Home, with man and boy standing in entrance. The gateway is made of trees, covered wit... |
| Date: | 08 28 1962 |
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| Description: | At Mitchell Airport, Senator Alexander Wiley greets the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Underborg of Waukesha with a kiss. Mrs. Wiley, holding a bouquet of ... |
| Date: | 07 1900 |
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| Description: | A group of people enjoy a summer day in the Pabst Park beer garden at North 3rd Street and West Garfield Avenue. |
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| Description: | Group of people on steps in front of unknown building in Milwaukee. A car is parked on the street. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Fountain in center, with trees along the border of the small square. A man sits on a bench and children are on the left. The courthouse is visible in the b... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Lithograph showing the projected plan for the memorial. Monument is on top of a hill, looking out over the city, with a fenced off park area. Seven people ... |
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| Description: | Church located at the corner of Broadway and Division Streets. A group of men, women and children stand at the corner near a large lamp post. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | It was in this shop that Christopher Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, did much of his work on various inventions. This photograph may be as early as th... |
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