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Beer and Sweet Corn

Date: 08 24 1968
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kress, dressed in lederhosen, enjoy beer and sweet corn at the Mid-summer Festival.
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Steelworkers Costume Party Winners

Date: 11 08 1947
Description: Prize winners at a costume dance sponsored by Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (Harnischfeger Corporation).
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Janke

Date: 11 14 1957
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Janke taking care of last minute details in their prescription department before closing their drugstore's doors at 1658 W. Hopkins permanentl...
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Couple Looking at Record

Date: 11 10 1963
Description: A couple that used a "couple computer" that matched preferences choose a record.
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Quiet Moment

Date: 05 14 1987
Description: A couple holds hands and reads together while sitting on a bench.
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Card Game

Date: 08 22 1963
Description: Group plays cards underneath the shady trees in Mitchell park.
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Hungarian Wheat Festival

Date: 08 09 1942
Description: Two couples in Hungarian costumes, one man holding a scythe (kasza), admiring a sheaf of wheat in a wheat field. The twig tied to the scythe in a triangle ...
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Alma and J. Robert Taylor

Date: 1905
Description: A studio portrait of Alma and J. Robert Taylor. Alma is sitting in a chair holding a sock to be darned, while putting her hand over J. Robert's mouth. He i...
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Family on Rustic Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: The J. Robert Taylor family on a log pedestrian bridge in a wooded area. Identified as Alma Reinhardt Taylor, Donna Taylor Adams, J. Robert Taylor, and El...
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Gagliano Florist Shop

Date: 1938
Description: A sidewalk view down 318 North Jefferson Street with Sebatian Gagliano's Florist Shop in the foreground. Several people stroll on the sidewalk.
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Dancing at a Bowlers Dinner Dance

Date: 04 24 1948
Description: A man and a woman dance together at the Lithographers Intercity Bowling Dinner Dance. She is wearing a large tag that says "ALA 'Windy' Ill. 48" and he is ...
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WMVS-TV Mobile Unit Filming Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

Date: 1961
Description: The operators of the mobile unit of WMVS-TV, a community station out of Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools, film an interview with Roy Rogers and Dale ...
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Romney, Great for '68

Date: 01 05 1968
Description: A man and woman get ready for the arrival of Mrs. George W. Romney at the Romney for President headquarters. Several campaign posters and banners are sprea...
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The Gargoyle Menu

Date: 09 13 1911
Description: Middle front outer panel and tri-fold menu from The Gargoyle, with a gargoyle sitting atop the framed illustration of the entryway of the restaurant and a ...
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Souvenir Menu for Dinner for Kletzsch, Ott, and Kremer

Date: 10 08 1914
Description: Interior pages of the souvenir menu for a dinner given by Mr. Edward A. Uhrig to Mr. Alvin P. Kletzsch, Mr. Emil H. Ott, and Mr. Waldemar Kremer at Republi...
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Young Couple at a Cafe

Date: 1965
Description: Head and shoulders view of young couple, seated in subdued light in the Avant Garde Cafe Espresso.
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Two Dancing Couples

Date: 10 24 1966
Description: Two couples are dancing in a ballroom with full-length curtains in the background. Caption reads: "The dance music appealed to (from left) Mr. and Mrs. Jos...
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Helen and Jim Alherton

Date: 05 25 1989
Description: A couple is dancing in the foreground while several people are dancing in the background. The woman is wearing a sweater with an M stitched to it. Caption ...
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Holding Hands

Date: 07 24 1983
Description: Close-up of two people holding hands, one white and one black. Caption reads: "Black-white couples say that racial difference is no big deal for them, but ...

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