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| Date: | 12 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Children of members of Local 75, United Automobile Workers (Seaman Body Company) performing at the union Christmas party. There are accordion players and a... |
| Date: | 12 20 1947 |
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| Description: | Members of Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (Harnischfeger Corporation) at a holiday costume party. |
| Date: | 11 08 1947 |
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| Description: | Prize winners at a costume dance sponsored by Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (Harnischfeger Corporation). |
| Date: | 01 08 1956 |
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| Description: | Men sew as a joke at a party for a prospective bridegroom. Jack Bayliss, with bow tie, is facing the camera. |
| Date: | 08 21 1963 |
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| Description: | Couple poses behind carnival cutout of a sailor and mermaid. |
| Date: | 07 18 1963 |
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| Description: | Father, mother and daughter all celebrate their special birthday with three candles on one cake. |
| Date: | 10 05 1955 |
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| Description: | Children and adults gathered in front of the gorilla cages at the Washington Park Zoo to celebrate the fifth adoptive birthday party for Samson and Sambo. ... |
| Date: | 10 15 1955 |
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| Description: | Children leaning against a fence at the fifth adoptive birthday party for Samson and Sambo at the Washington Park Zoo. Several of the children are drinking... |
| Date: | 10 1957 |
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| Description: | Crowd in front of the home of Lew Burdette after the Milwaukee Braves defeated the New York Yankees to win the 1957 World Series. Pitcher Burdette won thr... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A man stands at a podium speaking into a microphone. There is a cake with the number 10 on it, and letters on the curtain behind him spell out "...gratulat... |
| Date: | 11 08 1947 |
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| Description: | "Arabian" group at the Harnishfeger Masquerade Ball wearing embroidered and sequined costumes, eye makeup, fake beards and moustaches. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Louise Carter of Milwaukee, 17-years-old, the winner of a popularity contest at a dance held by the Katty Club (Knowledge and Truth Through Youth) at the M... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Physicians and their guests around the punchbowl and refreshment table at the Mt. Sinai Hospital Ball, at the Sheraton-Schroeder Hotel. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Group of four standing women conversing informally at a social occasion. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Middle-aged woman seated at an outdoor table with refreshments. She is wearing a hat made out of newspaper. The occasion is a card party arranged for older... |
| Date: | 03 29 1962 |
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| Description: | Three women with leis around their necks. Caption reads: "It was Hawaiian night Wednesday for patients at the Sky-View nursing home, 901 S. 3rd St. Mrs. Ca... |
| Date: | 11 11 1958 |
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| Description: | A man in uniform and a woman are standing together looking at each other; behind them is a cake on a table with frosting that reads: "U.S. Marines" and has... |
| Date: | 08 04 1965 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of four couples dancing near airplanes, while several other people look on. One person is playing the accordion. Caption reads: "They moved t... |
| Date: | 02 01 1989 |
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| Description: | Two people in costume posing on the dance floor. A few other dancers and band members are in the background. Caption reads: "Masked Ball — At the second an... |
| Date: | 01 23 1955 |
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| Description: | A man is reading from a piece of paper, while a man and three women are looking on. Caption reads: "The first debutante to arrive at the 21st annual ball o... |
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