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Neighborhood Garage Sale

Date: 09 13 1984
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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Mowing the Lawn with Baby

Date: 05 05 1985
Description: Father carrying his infant son on his back while mowing the lawn.
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Lighted Jack-o-Lanterns

Date: 10 31 1986
Description: Parents with children at a carved pumpkin, or jack-o-lantern, display on lawn on Halloween night.
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Backyard Swimming Pool

Date: 07 25 1980
Description: A family relaxes by their backyard pool, while a father tosses his infant son gently in the air.
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Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
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Daisy Bates, the Little Rock Nine and the 101st Airborne Division

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: Daisy Bates looks out from her front window as members of the 101st Airborne Division prepare to escort members of the "Little Rock Nine" to Central High S...
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Sea Island Family

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Description: A family from Sea Island that participated in the Citizenship Group. Cats can be seen to the left and in the doorway.
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Friends of Hebrew University at Picnic

Date: 08 21 1967
Description: About 80 Israeli students and members of the Milwaukee chapter of American Friends of Hebrew University attended a picnic Sunday at the Beaver Lake home of...
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Family Reunion

Date: 08 10 1980
Description: Freida Heberer Oppermann, 81, the oldest member of the Heberer family at the reunion, had a place in the foreground for a family portrait.
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Outdoor Family Portrait

Date: 07 07 1980
Description: Large family gathered in front of house for a group portrait.
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Colleen Moore in "So Big"

Date: 1925
Description: A scene from the film "So Big" in which Jean Hersholt (left), Colleen Moore sitting on couch with a child laying his head in her lap, and Charlotte Merriam...
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1554 West Windlake Avenue

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Description: Woman holding child standing in front of the home at 1554 W. Windlake Avenue. There is a small garden in the front yard.
Painting

Burch-Bolden Family Homestead

Date: 1906
Description: This oil painting is a fine weave cotton support (perhaps a bed sheet). It is signed and dated (1906) and depicts an early twentieth century rural southwes...
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"Bigger Than Life" Movie Still

Date: 1956
Description: Dramaic scene still from the Twentieth Century-Fox movie "Bigger Than Life," featuring Walter Matthau (playing Wally Gibbs), James Mason (playing Ed Avery)...
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"School Days" Scene Still

Date: 1921
Description: Arnold Lucy (playing a valet) wraps a towel around Wesley Barry (Speck Brown) who has just gotten out of the bath in a scene still from "School Days" (Warn...
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Natchez, Mississippi

Date: 1965
Description: Several cars are parked outdoors. To the right, a man washes his pickup truck. To the left, a man leans against a car. Nearby, a child is seated on a short...
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Scene still with Dorothy Gish and Ernest Marion.

Date: 1918
Description: Jane the waif (played by Dorothy Gish) offers Baby Sheldon (Ernest Marion) a pancake in a scene still for the silent film "Battling Jane." Behind them is a...
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Jodi, P.J., and Nicki Colosimo

Date: 09 21 1989
Description: A woman is holding a plate over a bowl while a girl is scraping food from it into the bowl. A small child is sitting on the woman's lap. Caption reads: "Jo...
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Ascension Ortiz Family

Date: 12 10 1971
Description: Two adults and seven children are posing together in a room. The adults are sitting on a sofa, and behind the children is a table with a vase on it. Captio...
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Weekend Voyagers

Date: 1963
Description: Elevated view from East College Avenue bridge of motor boats exiting Lock #4 on the Upper Fox River.

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