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Sit-in at Lunch Counter

Date: 05 28 1963
Description: Civil rights sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter. Seated at the counter from left to right are by John Salter, Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody. People pour ...
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"Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"

Date: 1950
Description: Scene still from "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye."
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Rhudra Gets Surgery

Date: 12 13 1985
Description: Overhead view of Rhudra, an Indian rhinoceros, receiving surgery for a non-healing wound on the sole of his right, rear foot at the Milwaukee County Zoo. T...
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Classroom

Date: 10 06 1971
Description: Early childhood classroom in which two volunteer teachers are instructing children.
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Judo Throw

Date: 04 19 1967
Description: Woman judo student taking down a male opponent in practice for judo tournament.
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Judo Throw

Date: 10 26 1966
Description: Woman student instructor throwing a male instructor in a class demonstration.
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Department Store

Date: 11 30 1966
Description: Sears Roebuck department store interior.
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Christmas Returns

Date: 12 26 1982
Description: A Target retail store is flooded with customers returning Christmas gifts.
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Video Portraits

Date: 04 02 1987
Description: Three school children are posing for a video camera portrait, one attraction at a school fair sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
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Breakfast Club

Date: 11 12 1987
Description: A waitress serves a group of older Italian-American men in a diner.
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Irene Castle and Vernon Castle in Uniform with German Shepherd Dog

Date: 08 21 1917
Description: Original caption:

"The above picture is the first that has been taken of Mrs. Vernon Castle and her soldier husband since he returned to this country aft...

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Vernon and Irene Portrayed by Fred and Ginger

Date: 1939
Description: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the motion picture, "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" (RKO, 1939). Although Astaire and Rogers were ideally cast to...
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Caning Chairs

Date: 10 17 1968
Description: An elderly man and woman make new cane seats for chairs at the Cedar Lake Home for the Aged.
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Man and Woman Smoking in Audience

Date: 09 02 1965
Description: Avant garde patrons smoke and listen to poets, singers and guitarists.
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Child with Injured Foot

Date: 08 1957
Description: A young Algerian girl has her foot treated by a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker in a tent. The man is wrapping the girl's foot in bandages. She ...
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Indian Protest

Date: 04 26 1971
Description: Led by James White, president of DRUMS, members of the organization and sympathizers staged a protest Monday at the First Wisconsin National Bank, 743 N. W...
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Army McCarthy Hearings Begin

Date: 04 22 1954
Description: Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens (left) watches as Senator Joseph R. McCarthy raises a point of order as the Army-McCarthy hearings begin. Also seated...
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University of Wisconsin Registration

Date: 09 14 1967
Description: A group of students register for classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Robert Rauschenberg Making a Print

Date: 1951
Description: Robert Rauschenberg makes cyanotype art by shining a light over a nude female model who is lying on photosensitive blueprint paper. The print was to be use...
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Nita Naldi in a Scene Still from Blood and Sand

Date: 1922
Description: Doña Sol de Guevara (played by Nita Naldi) relaxes smoking a cigarette on a divan as her male servant plays the lute in the 1922 Famous Players-Lasky produ...

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