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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buil... |
| Date: | 05 18 1919 |
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| Description: | Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee's new citizens. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buildi... |
| Date: | 01 17 1956 |
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| Description: | Men and women holding United States flags after a ceremony in the federal courtroom making them naturalized citizens. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A convention of Russian immigrants at Beethoven Hall in New York City. The newspaper caption for this photograph describes the Bolshevik communist faction... |
| Date: | 05 1940 |
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| Description: | Adult students pose in class at a night school, where they took classes in English and citizenship at Neighborhood House. |
| Date: | 01 17 1956 |
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| Description: | The oath of citizenship is administered to a class of 31 in the Madison Federal Court. Edgar Alstad, clerk of court, administers the oath as Judge Patrick ... |
| Date: | 02 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Stan Lesar, laboratory manager at the American Scientific Laboratories and an immigrant from Yugoslavia, looks forward to voting for the first time in the ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Page from an album kept by Neighborhood House, with images of infants and young children being cared for at the settlement house, including a group outside... |
| Date: | 02 05 1959 |
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| Description: | Rose Sussman, a former ballet dancer and teacher, shopping for a dress in a Madison store. The former Rose Goloff was born in the southern Ukraine section ... |
| Date: | 03 29 1960 |
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| Description: | Richard D. Carleton, left, instructor from the Madison Vocational school, stands at a blackboard with two of his students, Frank Vanhontte, from Belgium, a... |
| Date: | 03 29 1960 |
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| Description: | Lt. Charles Grimminger Jr., Truax education officer, left, hands a Certificate of Training to Mrs. Midori Fugate of Japan and Romeo Downer from British Wes... |
| Date: | 03 29 1960 |
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| Description: | Wives of three airman based at Truax Field participate in an American citizenship course offered by the Truax Field Education Center. Left to right: Shie B... |
| Date: | 07 17 1860 |
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| Description: | A certificate granting United States citizenship to Frederick Anneke. |
| Date: | 05 26 1964 |
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| Description: | New citizens Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Vognar of Ft. Atkinson, with their twin daughters, Daniella (left) and Stella, at the Naturalization ceremonies. They are... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | A large crowd of protesters standing on the street outside the Republican presidential debate. The group are mostly college age, although a young boy is st... |
| Date: | 05 03 1926 |
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| Description: | Border crossing papers issues by the U.S. Department of Labor for Jovita Prado who was going from Mexico to Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 05 01 2006 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large group of people, largely from the Latino community, marching from Walker's Point, through the downtown, to the Lake Michigan lakef... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of several people, presumably immigrants, standing in the foreground. Behind them is an American flag, and behind it is a ... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard of the American Club during the time it was a dorm for immigrant workers. |
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