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Isaac Coggs with Police Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Two African American men smiling while holding a poster. The poster includes a drawing of two smiling police officers and the text: "Milwaukee Policemen ar...
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Persuasion

Date: 1975
Description: The State Legislature in session at the State Capitol. The board indicating votes cast is overhead.
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Sauk County Junior Deputy Sheriff Shooting Practice

Date: 04 06 1968
Description: Two men assisting two children in firing guns. Caption reads: "Shooting on a rifle range is part of the program for the Sauk county junior deputy sheriff p...
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Barn Dance

Date: 05 1969
Description: A crowd of various ages square dancing at a Barn Dance, Three women in the foreground are sitting on hay bales and talking.
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Patriotic Observance

Date: 07 1978
Description: A crowd of people gather for Flag Day on Wilson Street. Many have their hands on their hearts.
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Youth Council Delivers Christmas Donations

Date: 12 24 1966
Description: Followed by father James Groppi, their advisor, four members of the Milwaukee Youth Council of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP), are walk...
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Radish Back at Work

Date: 12 1967
Description: A man in work overalls is posing standing along a carpentry table, under a banner that reads: "WELCOME BACK JOHN". Additional signs read: "Welcome JOHN" an...
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Jobmobile

Date: 04 01 1968
Description: A woman and a man are sitting on either side of a table, both looking at a slip of paper the man is holding. They appear to be inside a large vehicle. Capt...
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Manpower, Inc. Sales Promotion "Convention"

Date: 10 31 1968
Description: Several people wearing straw boaters are holding signs and posing with a man dressed as Uncle Sam. Signs include such slogans as: "WIN with WINTER, SHINE w...
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Walther Supporters

Date: 04 03 1968
Description: Many people are standing or sitting in a room with "Walther for Mayor" signs on the wall. Some are looking at a television in the foreground. Caption reads...
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Vintage Finds?

Date: 04 21 1989
Description: Two men examining bottles they are holding. Other people are standing in the background. Caption reads: "VINTAGE FINDS? — John Brandt (foreground) of Hartf...
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George Wallace Supporters

Date: 03 18 1964
Description: Supporters of Alabama Governor George Wallace stand behind a rope at a Wallace rally during the 1964 Presidential primary campaign. One woman is holding a ...
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Samuel Ornitz at typewriter

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Description: Writer Samuel Ornitz sits at a desk and has one arm resting on a typewriter. He has a book propped open on the desk which he is looking at. There are ful...
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Four photographs of Samuel Ornitz

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Description: Four photographs of screenwriter Samuel Ornitz from either the late 1940s or 1950s. He is wearing a suit coat and tie and sits in a garden. Ornitz is tal...

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