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Ships Tied Up for Winter

Date: 1950
Description: Overhead view of ships tied up for the winter in slips.
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Milwaukee Zoo Grounds

Date: 1964
Description: Aerial view of the Milwaukee County Zoo grounds nearing its completion.
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Church on Easter Sunday

Date: 04 06 1969
Description: Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street.
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Edward N. Farber

Date: 09 06 1957
Description: Edward Farber, a prominent Milwaukee druggist, double checks a prescription order on the day before he retired. Farber operated his popular drugstore, loca...
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Milwaukee City Hall

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee's City Hall. Signs on the building read "Sinfonietta" and "Concert Tonight."
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Employees at Pioneer Drugstore Exhibit

Date: 08 25 1936
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Historical Society employees Dawn Young and Ray Lamb who are staffing the museum's historical drugstore exhibit.
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Northwest Airlines Pickets

Date: 07 09 1970
Description: Picket line of striking Northwest Airlines ticket agents and office workers who were represented by the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks.
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Parade Troopers

Date: 08 1958
Description: A group of people watching a parade along a sidewalk in the rain.
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Picketing Gimbel's

Date: 03 15 1955
Description: Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store.
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Winter Night Street Scene

Date: 12 01 1955
Description: Neon lights up Wisconsin Avenue on a winter night in Milwaukee.
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Mitchell Airport

Date: 06 18 1955
Description: Control tower and entrance to the new Howell Street passenger terminal at General Mitchell Field shortly before its formal opening in July 1955. The Milwau...
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Teachers Picket

Date: 11 08 1967
Description: Teachers protest the lack of a "concrete offer" for a new contract in front of the Milwaukee vocational school.
Map or Atlas

Ethnic Stocks Map

Date: 1940
Description: Map of the people of Wisconsin according to ethnic stocks.
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Walking in the Rain

Date: 1957
Description: A woman in business attire walking with an open umbrella on a rainy day in downtown Milwaukee. To her left is the Civil War monument, "The Victorious Charg...
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Milwaukee Railroad Yards

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of the Milwaukee rail yards.
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World Food Fair

Date: 09 18 1967
Description: Ferris wheels and agricultural machinery are some of the things that attract fair-goers at the World Food Fair.
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Fans in Stands

Date: 08 20 1965
Description: Fans at a baseball stadium watching an Andy Williams show.
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Wisconsin State Fair Parking

Date: 1947
Description: Left side of an elevated panoramic view of a full parking lot at the Wisconsin State Fair, with the grandstand and water towers in the background.
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Wisconsin State Fair Parking

Date: 1947
Description: Center of an elevated panoramic view of a full parking lot, with the grandstand in the background.
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Wisconsin State Fair Parking

Date: 1947
Description: Right side of an elevated panoramic view of a full parking lot with houses and electrical towers in the background.

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