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Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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Description: | Overhead view of bar and crowd in Fauerbach Brewing Co. tavern at 651 Williamson Street, celebrating the end of Prohibition. |
Date: | 02 12 1984 |
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Description: | A man shows his cow in front of Penneys during an auction held at the Mid-Cities Mall. |
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Description: | Immigrants buying tickets at Ellis Island. |
Date: | 1967 |
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Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison students clash with riot police during campus demonstration to protest Dow Chemical involvement in the Vietnam conflict. He... |
Date: | 05 28 1963 |
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Description: | Civil rights sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter. Seated at the counter from left to right are by John Salter, Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody. People pour ... |
Date: | 12 21 1947 |
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Description: | R.J. Thomas playing Santa Claus for children of Allis-Chalmers strikers. "Santa Claus Has Come To Town: You may not know it but that's UAW-CIO Vice-Pres... |
Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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Description: | Slightly elevated view of crowd in the Fauerbach Brewery tavern at 651 Williamson Street, with men and women drinking and toasting and celebrating the end ... |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | A welfare demonstration led by Father James Groppi (center) in the Wisconsin Assembly chambers. |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | Father James Groppi with his fist in the air at the Wisconsin State Capitol during welfare demonstrations.He is surrounded by other protesters. |
Date: | 10 15 1935 |
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Description: | Interior view of the Congress Tavern, 111 Main Street, on a busy night. |
Date: | 12 30 1976 |
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Description: | Elevated view of young people playing foosball in The Game Room, a former pizza restaurant, owned by Rosemary Mantekas at 2655 S. Kinnickinnic Avenue. |
Date: | 03 14 1981 |
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Description: | Onlookers watch as participants flail around in a mud pit wrestling ring. One spectator wears a bird costume. |
Date: | 07 1952 |
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Description: | The Democratic convention, with Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson standing at a podium. |
Date: | 03 31 1963 |
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Description: | A model walks down the runway during an Easter dress fashion show. Ticket sales benefitted the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee community center. |
Date: | 10 23 1960 |
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Description: | View of audience at a rally for John F. Kennedy for president. |
Date: | 12 26 1982 |
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Description: | A Target retail store is flooded with customers returning Christmas gifts. |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Exhibit tent featuring International Harvester gasoline engines. One engine is powering a board of light bulbs as men mill around and tend to the exhibit t... |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | Employees of a McCormick dealership and family members standing in a pavilion with a display of McCormick farm machinery. A crowd is pressed up against the... |
Date: | 09 1910 |
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Description: | Crowd gathered under a tent to view the new line of Osborne wagons at International Harvester's Osborne Division exhibit at the New York State Fair, Septem... |
Date: | 1957 |
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Description: | Spectators at a high school basketball game are urged to support the team by jumping cheerleaders. |
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