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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over trees of village. In the background is a water tower on a hill with trees. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Commercial building with road (Broad Street) in foreground. Cars are parked in the lot, with Village Hall and residences in the background. |
| 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: | 04 1948 |
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| Description: | Portrait of photographer Edmund Eisenscher. |
| Date: | 03 22 1948 |
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| Description: | Strike kitchen of Local 50, United Packinghouse Workers of America (Plankinton Packing Company). Left to right: Al Herold (chef), Ernie Bernie, Jimmy Glov... |
| Date: | 10 30 1944 |
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| Description: | View across railroads tracks towards the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad station. A number of children and adults are standing around the station. S... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Boys, in background, watching as a pig, in the foreground, is taking a stroll around the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Jeremiah Curtin house located at 8685 West Grange Avenue. This stone and stucco residence was erected in the mid-1830s by Irish immigrants Davi... |
| Date: | 08 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Margaret Mueller of Milwaukee, who had the distinction of being the first lost child at the Wisconsin State Fair. She is sitting in front of the sign that ... |
| Date: | 08 16 1941 |
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| Description: | Eugene Barter, Jack Rosenthal, and Roland Small snack on popcorn on Children's Day at Wisconsin State Fair in 1941. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Elevated view during a meal at the Wisconsin State Fair, where a crowd of Boy Scouts mug for the camera. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Schley home on the corner of North Astor Street and East Juneau Avenue. It was built ca. 1850. |
| Date: | 10 1946 |
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| Description: | Members of the United Automobile Workers Auxilary #2 preparing literature for the political campaign of E.V. Bobrowicz. Bobrowicz, an officer of the Fur an... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A night session art class, for University of Wisconsin Extension Center in Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 04 07 1945 |
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| Description: | The D.M. Benjamin residence on Prospect Avenue. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | International Harvester Company booth at the Wisconsin State Fair. A sign on the booth reads: "Check Your Parcels Here." |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | International Harvester reaper float, the first prize winner in the Wisconsin State Fair dairy parade. The text on the float reads: "Working Replica of the... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | International Harvester Company displays its products under a tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. The text on the sign reads: "Equipment Display Courtesy Sha... |
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