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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
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Father Groppi Speaking in Assembly Chamber

Date: 1969
Description: Father James Groppi speaking at a demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber protesting welfare cuts. Father Groppi is seated on the lef...
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Packing Bacon

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Description: Three women packing "All Good" brand bacon.
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UPWA Vice President Addie Wyatt

Date: 12 1978
Description: Addie Wyatt, of the United Packinghouse Worker's Association, is shown seated at a desk speaking during the Merger Talks.
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McMahon Signs Autographs

Date: 07 25 1967
Description: Chicago White Sox pitcher, Don McMahon, signs autographs for fans before a game.
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Woman Doing Laundry Outdoors

Date: 07 07 1963
Description: Jehovah's Witnesses assembly camper doing laundry.
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Mother's Day

Date: 04 23 1963
Description: A grandmother with daughter and granddaughter. They are nicely dressed for mother's day.
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Rally for John F. Kennedy

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: View of audience at a rally for John F. Kennedy for president.
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Nixon/Lodge Supporters

Date: 1960
Description: Campaigners for the 1960 Republican ticket of Richard M. Nixon for president and Henry Cabot Lodge for vice-president.
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Rob Bake

Date: 11 15 1963
Description: Originally titled 'Rob Bake', two women count cash and receipts at Bernauer Bakeries & Delicatessen after an attempted robbery.
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Susan B. Anthony

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Description: A portrait of an elderly Susan B. Anthony. She is known primarily for her leadership in the women's rights movement, but was also an activist for other soc...
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Kohler Opens History Exhibit

Date: 10 08 1955
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., cuts a ribbon to open the "They Did It Themselves: 50 Years Ago" exhibit at the State Historical Society. Mrs. Vincent W. K...
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AMCBWNA Reps at CLUW Convention

Date: 1974
Description: Delegates from the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen union at the convention of the Coalition of Labor Union Women.
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Lew Burdette, Spring Training

Date: 05 16 1958
Description: Milwaukee Braves pitcher Lew Burdette and unidentified woman, probably taken during spring training 1958. Burdette is wearing silly eyeglasses.
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Dickey Chapelle Looking Up

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Description: Close-up of Dickey Chapelle as she looks up at something in the sky.
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Peggy Algren and Henry Lawrence Ahlgren

Date: 1966
Description: Peggy Algren (b. 1943) and her father Henry Lawrence Ahlgren at her graduation from the University of Wisconsin in 1966. At the time Henry Ahlgren was a Un...
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Elmer Berger and Dorothy Thompson

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Description: Dorothy Thompson and Elmer Berger are seated together, smiling.
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Bernard Arms and Nofsinger Family

Date: 06 03 1929
Description: Bernard Arms is standing high on a scaffold attached to a house, while two women from the family of his neighbors, the Nofsingers, are standing below him o...
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Carol Commack Banks and Aunt Mary

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Description: Carol Commack Banks poses with Lewis Arms's aunt Mary. They are standing outdoors on a road, and there is a bridge in the background. The shadow of the pho...
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Betsy Nofsinger with Rabbits

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Description: Betsy Nofsinger, a neighbor of Bernard and Nellie Arms, sits on the grass with several rabbits next to a rabbit hutch.

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