Date: | 1968 |
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Description: | Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation" |
Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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Description: | A scene from the Greendale Civilian Defense Rally. Mothers and children sit at a picnic table outside of the "Bendfelt House of Fine Ice Cream" stand opera... |
Date: | 08 23 1946 |
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Description: | Crew of the railroad car ferry "City of Milwaukee" demonstrating for a 40-hour week and overtime pay. The "City of Milwaukee" ferried Grand Trunk Western ... |
Date: | 03 1946 |
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Description: | CIO members joined Lincoln Brigade veterans in a demonstration on Wisconsin Avenue last week to demand the breaking off of U.S. diplomatic relations with F... |
Date: | 08 12 1948 |
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Description: | One of the many demonstrations organized by the People's Progressive Party in Milwaukee to fight the ever-rising cost of living. The campaign includes the ... |
Date: | 09 03 1945 |
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Description: | The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa... |
Date: | 07 19 1946 |
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Description: | Young demonstrators at the CIO's "Don't Buy a Depression" rally. |
Date: | 1964 |
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Description: | A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation. |
Date: | 05 18 1919 |
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Description: | Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee's new citizens. |
Date: | 1925 |
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Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee's City Hall. Signs on the building read "Sinfonietta" and "Concert Tonight." |
Date: | 01 14 1964 |
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Description: | Civil rights group CORE picketing the Board of Realtors at Coach House Motor Inn for fairness and equality in housing. |
Date: | |
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Description: | Elevated view of exterior of Plankinton House from across the street. |
Date: | 06 1963 |
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Description: | Children, adults, and a Northwest Airlines Boeing 707 jetliner on the tarmac at General Mitchell International Airport. The children, all first graders fro... |
Date: | |
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Description: | Elevated view of a gymnasium that has been converted into a place where citizens can vote on election day. |
Date: | 03 15 1955 |
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Description: | Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store. |
Date: | 08 1919 |
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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. |
Date: | 01 19 1968 |
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Description: | Protesters, members of the Milwaukee Americans for Freedom, demonstrate against presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy and in favor of the Vietnam war. |
Date: | 10 28 1964 |
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Description: | Women representatives of Democrats for Goldwater from Central Wisconsin rally to support their candidate. |
Date: | 02 25 1988 |
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Description: | A man hands out information while holding a sign reading "Stop All Nuclear Testing" in front of the Reuss Federal Building. |
Date: | 03 07 1955 |
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Description: | Men looking over charts at a Boy Scout circus ticket sales meeting. |
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