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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Woman sweeping snow off a porch. She is wearing a dress and apron. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Young children reading at the library. A librarian works near the circulation desk in the background. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seating cap... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of crowd gathered at a Civilian Defense Rally. Booths are in the background, including a game booth where you can "Deflate The Axis,... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | General office of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company in the Mitchell Building in Milwaukee. Left to right: the individual seated in left ... |
| Date: | 03 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Woman stirring the contents of an Osterizer blender that is sitting on the stove. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Eight nurses in uniform posing in front of a building (probably their workplace). Some of the women are holding a bedframe, pail, and a broom, and other it... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Stenographers at the law firm of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum, & Vilas. |
| Date: | 08 27 1971 |
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| Description: | Deborah Weishapl of Union, NJ tosses a stuffed Snoopy doll to new roommate Kathy Vokaty of Edina, MN as they move into their dorm in O'Donnell Hall at Marq... |
| Date: | 05 1909 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view from front of students and teachers in an early 20th century school classroom. The names of all the students are written on the blac... |
| Date: | 09 10 1968 |
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| Description: | Elderly women sit around a card table and play cards at a new senior center. |
| Date: | 05 08 1964 |
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| Description: | A waitress sets restaurant tables in anticipation of evening business. |
| 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. |
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| Description: | Tables are set up at a City Hall basement lobby as a venue for public access to the polio vaccine. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a gymnasium that has been converted into a place where citizens can vote on election day. |
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| Description: | Republican Harold Stassen giving a speech on a stage in Milwaukee during his campaign for the Republican nomination. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Women switchboard operators at the sole Milwaukee telephone exchange. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Mary E. (Mrs. Joseph) Smith, third from right, with family members on the porch, wave as two men at the bottom of the steps doff their hats. |
| Date: | 05 28 1955 |
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| Description: | The Riesen family, John, Jeanne, Linda and Jon, playing in their home. |
| Date: | 12 20 1958 |
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| Description: | Mother and children enjoy baking, decorating, and eating Christmas cookies. |
| Date: | 11 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Women campaign workers call voters to support the Labor Political League and vote for candidates sympathetic to Labor issues. |
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