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Filter: Creator Name of Gessert, Sherman A., Jr.
| Date: | 08 16 1984 |
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| Description: | Young men, workers for the Carson & Barnes Circus, carrying heavy circus tent poles through a field. |
| Date: | 08 19 1963 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a girl with cartoon-decorated balloons eating ice cream at a social. |
| Date: | 08 06 1963 |
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| Description: | A mother reads stories on her front steps to children from around the block. |
| Date: | 06 30 1975 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire taking a lunch break during a workday spent collecting trash. These events kept Proxmire in touch with his Wisconsin constituents,... |
| Date: | 08 10 1980 |
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| Description: | Freida Heberer Oppermann, 81, the oldest member of the Heberer family at the reunion, had a place in the foreground for a family portrait. |
| Date: | 11 14 1964 |
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| Description: | A young man is smiling and looking at a jazz trumpeter, of whom only his hands and trumpet can be seen. Caption reads: "Morris Gray, 11, of 2801 N. 11th St... |
| Date: | 06 23 1979 |
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| Description: | A man and several children, all wearing handmade masks, playing in a field. Caption reads: "Jay Wigdale, who runs a private day camp, brought his charges t... |
| Date: | 11 14 1964 |
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| Description: | A young man on the left is talking and gesturing to an older man on the right who is partially turned away towards an automobile in the background. Caption... |
| Date: | 11 14 1964 |
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| Description: | A boy is looking at a person in the foreground, who is out of focus. Another object — possibly a microphone stand — is also in the foreground and out of fo... |
| Date: | 09 10 1962 |
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| Description: | Two women are wearing scarves and paper plates on their heads. One woman has a name tag, on which her name is given as Chris. Caption reads: "Paper plates ... |
| Date: | 06 20 1985 |
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| Description: | View of a bridge, with cars parked along the sides, and a "Road Closed" sign in the left foreground. Caption reads: "NEW BRIDGE — Work on the Falls Rd. bri... |
| Date: | 03 19 1985 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man driving a tractor, which is pulling a manure spreader. Caption reads: "GETTING READY FOR SPRING - A farmer took advantage of a nice wint... |
| Date: | 10 22 1966 |
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| Description: | A young man and woman are seated at a booth and speaking to one or more people who have their backs to the camera. Behind them is a sign that reads: "le bo... |
| Date: | 10 31 1963 |
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| Description: | A group of children in Halloween costumes are reaching out their hands. Caption reads: "Night for Beggars Spooks and goblins prowled the city... |
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