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Bowling

Date: 02 13 1969
Description: The Wonder Bread team, an all-female bowling team getting ready to compete.
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Vending Machines

Date: 04 20 1967
Description: High school freshman use vending machines for lunch.
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Waiting out the Rain

Date: 06 21 1987
Description: Shoppers take refuge in the open doorway of a shop during a downpour.
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Labor Day Festival

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: A young girl listens to a speech at the Racine Laborfest. She holds a balloon imprinted with the slogan, "Buy Union Buy American."
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Soldier with Dog

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier at a base in Panama sitting with the base's mascot, a small dog. The dog has matted, muddy fur and is sitting on wooden steps. A few steps above ...
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Break on Patrol, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement soldiers rest by a river in Oriente Province while on patrol during the Cuban Revolution. They are sitting on a rocky bank of the riv...
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Irene Castle and Augusta Anderson in "The Amateur Wife"

Date: 1920
Description: In a backstage dressing room, the straight-laced and innocent Justine Spencer (played by Irene Castle) is shocked to find that her mother (Augusta Anderson...
Print

"If It's Brewdated-It's Blatz," Beer Label

Date: 04 10 1934
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Brew-Date label for a bottle of Blatz beer. The label features two cartoon gnomes hol...
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Throwing Rice After the Ceremony

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: As a bride and groom leave the First Unitarian Society Meeting House, they are showered with rice.
Poster

"Mister Freedom" Film Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Grove Press International Film Festival film poster for the French film. Illustrated image of a man carrying a woman. They are both dressed in red, white, ...
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Sid on a Fire Engine

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Description: View across street towards Sid standing on the back of a fire engine with a cigar in his mouth. A police officer wearing a uniform and a badge is standing ...
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Visiting Japanese Students at Leon's Frozen Custard

Date: 1980
Description: View across parking lot towards a group of Japanese woman posing in front of Leon's Frozen Custard. Caption reads: "Visiting Japanese students posed in fro...
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Abu

Date: 10 1977
Description: A man is sitting on a bar stool with his legs crossed, smoking a cigar. Behind him is an American flag, along with a poster or calendar for Greece. Caption...
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Warlock Blessing a Man

Date: 06 1970
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...
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Concertina Dancing Music

Date: 07 11 1985
Description: Several people, most of them women, dancing on a dance floor in front of a band on a stage. Caption reads: "CONCERTINA DANCING MUSIC — The woman outnumbere...
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Wauwatosa Cafeteria and Custodial Workers Protest

Date: 06 13 1968
Description: Several people are walking down a sidewalk carrying signs. Some of the signs read: "Tax Dollar Wasted by Tosa Board," "Wauwatosa School Board Unfair," and ...
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C.L. Shearer

Date: 10 16 1967
Description: View across sidewalk towards a man sitting on a bench outside a storefront with a screen door that has a sign on it for Purity Bread. An American flag is h...
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Jackie Robinson

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Description: Jackie Robinson filming a scene from the 1950 movie "The Jackie Robinson Story." Robinson is sitting on a box on a baseball field holding two baseball bats...
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UWM Protest Against Apartheid

Date: 12 10 1977
Description: Several people wearing coats, hats, and gloves are walking in a circle outside a building. One person is holding a sign that reads: "Drop the Holdings, Est...
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Faye Emerson and Scoop Crawford

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Description: Faye Emerson and her son William "Scoop" Crawford standing on a set of stairs leading up to a TWA airplane. Faye is holding several magazines and a purse. ...

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