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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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Post Office

Date: 01 13 1968
Description: Post Office workers in mail room.
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Vending Machines

Date: 04 20 1967
Description: High school freshman use vending machines for lunch.
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Postal Employees Demand Higher Wages

Date: 08 1919
Description: View down long line of workers from the United States Postal Service demonstrating for an increase in salary to meet war-time cost of living increases.
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William Proxmire's Victory

Date: 08 27 1957
Description: William Proxmire, his wife, Ellen (to Proxmire's right), and his supporters celebrate his victory in the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated u...
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Deep Rock Service Station

Date: 1938
Description: View across street towards Harry Rodin's service station at the intersection of North 7th and West Galena. People are standing at the corner near the bus s...
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Romney, Great for '68

Date: 01 05 1968
Description: A man and woman get ready for the arrival of Mrs. George W. Romney at the Romney for President headquarters. Several campaign posters and banners are sprea...
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Governor Heil Squirting Milk

Date: 06 08 1939
Description: Governor Julius Heil squirting milk from a cow on a parade float. The Governor climbed aboard the float during the dairyland parade, a part of Milwaukee's ...
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Wisconsin Beekeepers Association

Date: 1921
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association at the Wisconsin Markets Expo.
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Greene & Button Co. Store

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Description: A group of men, possibly employees, pose in front of Greene & Button Co. store among boxes and crates of various goods.
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Governor Tommy G. Thompson at a Ribbon Cutting

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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...
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Vel Phillips and Milwaukee Turners

Date: 1992
Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a checkered suit is displaying a glass award while standing next to a podium. A man wearing a suit stands next to her. The sign on th...
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Watertown Plank Road Historic Marker

Date: 11 01 1955
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 ...
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Unidentified Men

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype full-length portrait of three young unidentified men wearing hats, sitting on a twig bench in front of a painted backdrop, facing forward...
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Fox Business News at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A reporter is standing outdoors under the awning of a building holding a microphone. A camera operator is aiming lights and a camera at him. A sign on the ...
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Trump Supporter Dressed as Captain America

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Todd Eiler, dressed as Captain America, holds up a sign reading: "Trump is Our Superhero. Mr. Trump Please Sign My Shield." Attached to that sign is a smal...
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Captain America at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Todd Eiler, dressed as Captain America, kneels and poses on one knee on the ground, next to a small pile of plastic bags. He is holding a sign reading: "Tr...
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Joe Davis Speaking to a Crowd of Protesters

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Joe Davis, Milwaukee's 2nd district Alderman, speaking through a megaphone to a crowd of protesters outside the Republican presidential debate. He is stand...
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Joe Davis

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Close-up view of Joe Davis, Milwaukee's 2nd district Alderman, as he is speaking through a megaphone to a crowd of protesters outside the Republican presid...
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The Spin Room

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Reporters and journalists standing in small groups around the spin room at the Republican presidential debates. A man in a red shirt is holding up a sign f...

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