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| Date: | 07 1959 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 04 06 1969 |
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| Description: | Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street. |
| Date: | 09 18 1984 |
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| Description: | Jennie Youn Haeng Seider, 4, of Milwaukee, used her father Jeffrey Seider's back to display her new certificate of naturalization. |
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| Description: | Ten people at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the 41 Outdoor Theatre. |
| Date: | 07 04 1917 |
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| Description: | A crowd gathers for the dedication of the flag pole at Mitchell Park. The conservatory is in the background. |
| Date: | 10 06 1918 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathering in Kosciusko Park to celebrate the first anniversary of the formation of the Polish Army in France. Caption on glass plate reads: "Celebrat... |
| Date: | 10 01 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Milwaukee Braves and the New York Yankees standing on the first and third baselines for the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner... |
| Date: | 04 27 1951 |
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| Description: | Bruce Foote sings the National Anthem (note salutes and hands on hearts) at a Marquette University convocation ceremony honoring General Douglas MacArthur.... |
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| Description: | Governor Tommy Thompson (second from the right) holds a large pair of scissors ready to cut a long ribbon. Six other men stand in with him, all (except for... |
| Date: | 08 20 1964 |
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| Description: | View of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Washington, standing on the sidewalk in the foreground with their backs to the camera, who were the first tenants of the Lapham P... |
| Date: | 11 01 1955 |
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| Description: | Raymond Sivesind, director of the sites and markers program of the State Historical Society, as a speaker in the dedication and unveiling ceremony, stands ... |
| Date: | 08 22 1919 |
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| Description: | A woman, identified elsewhere as "Mrs. John Pfingsten, wife of one of the Lawson company stockholders" is preparing to christen the Lawson Air Liner. A man... |
| Date: | 06 1970 |
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| Description: | A caped man standing on a sidewalk is placing his hands on the head of a kneeling man, while another man in a suit and sunglasses is looking on. Caption re... |
| Date: | 04 12 1955 |
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| Description: | Pitcher Warren Spahn bows his head as the fans in Milwaukee County Stadium pause during the pre-game ceremonies for a minute of silent tribute to the late ... |
| Date: | 05 30 1965 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a white shirt and pants is holding the arms of a woman who is wearing a white robe and spreading her arms out. They are both standing knee de... |
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