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Buying Tickets at Ellis Island

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Description: Immigrants buying tickets at Ellis Island.
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Americanization Pageant

Date: 05 18 1919
Description: Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee's new citizens.
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AAA Driver Training Car

Date: 10 27 1938
Description: AAA dual-control training car parked at East High School, 2222 East Washington Avenue. Several students are in the car, a Pontiac, with a man standing next...
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Raquel Torres with DeSoto Automobile

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: Raquel Torres, actress, RKO star, is standing next to a DeSoto automobile.
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Crossing Guard Helping Student

Date: 09 1956
Description: A crossing guard helps a young student to cross the street at a cross walk at Abert and Green Bay streets in Milwaukee. Two cars (one a Chevrolet), have en...
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Weber Works Office Staff Portrait

Date: 1917
Description: The office staff of International Harvester's Weber Works are posing beneath an American flag in front of the exterior office door. Weber Works produced wa...
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Group Posing Near Motorcycle

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Description: Four people posing in front of a storefront with an advertisement for Schreier beer. A woman in the group is holding two flags. There is a motorcycle on th...
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Stepping Stones

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men and women standing on stepping stones laid across a river. The stones are painted to read "STEPPING STONES" and the river is surrounded by w...
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Two Women on Bridge

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Description: View from road of two women posing standing on a bridge. Both women are wearing black skirts/dresses and capes along with elaborate hats. Behind them is th...
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Blackhawk Country Club Western Party

Date: 07 20 1957
Description: "Boot Hill Cemetery" at Blackhawk Country Club's Western Ranch Party. Shown on one knee at tombstone, left to right: Otto Heyer and Harold Scales. Standing...
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Truck Towing Santa Claus Float in Parade

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Macy's storefront can be seen in the background. A cream and white International Harvester Scout 4x4 is pulling a float...
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Truck Towing Santa Claus Float in Parade

Date: 11 26 1976
Description: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. A cream and white International Harvester Scout 4x4 is pulling a float with a Santa Claus theme. On the float, a group of r...
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Sawyer Livery

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Description: Outdoor view across road towards a man posing sitting in a wagon pulled by a pair of horses in front. In the background a woman is posing standing in the d...
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She Digs In

Date: 10 11 1967
Description: Caption on reverse of wire photo: "She Digs In--An unidentified anti-war protester with designs painted on her face and carrying sign, "Sifting and Winnowi...
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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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Fire Engine

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Description: A woman wearing a fire department officers cap, with a white shirt, red skirt, and tall white boots is posing standing on a fire truck, holding onto one of...
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The Mobilization Period in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: A group of people on a sidewalk in Berlin during the mobilization period in August 1914. Extra editions of newspapers with the latest war news are being di...
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Dedication of Service Flag and Honor Board

Date: 08 18 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd in a public space. A man wearing a suit is standing on what may be a wagon, and he appears to be addressing the crowd. A ...
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Milwaukee Motorcycle Club

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of men and women posing on the lawn in front of their clubhouse. The front row of the group is kneeling, the middle row is sitting o...
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Belgian Refugees Returning Home

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees receiving their railway tickets in Bergen op Zoom for the trip to Merxen. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of the border was...

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