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Reed Sound Service Car

Date: 03 03 1937
Description: John P. Reed's Sound Service car with two loud speaker horns and a sign on top. The automobile is a Plymouth provided by Gillespie Blumer of Madison.
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Madison Radio Shop Sound Car

Date: 04 03 1933
Description: "Sound car" with loud speakers on the front hood, and a large sign on top that reads: "Norge, Madison Radio & Refrigerator Co., Borgrud Hardware Co., Ander...
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Girl on Stage with Microphone

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A smiling young girl stands on a raised platform in front of a microphone being used for the Civilian Defense Rally. A record player and other electronic d...
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Musical Equipment Cases for the Grateful Dead

Date: 04 26 1970
Description: Musical equipment cases for the Grateful Dead, sitting backstage. A large case in the center is decorated with a hand-painted logo.
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Group of Bikers near Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A group of bikers wearing leather jackets representing their gang affiliations sit and stand on the ground. In the background is a crowd of people near the...
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Bassist and Drummer in the Band Tongue

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Bassist Bob Collins (with a peace symbol on his instrument) from the band Tongue performs at the Sound Storm music festival with drummer Dick Weber visible...
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Support for Allis-Chalmers Strike

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Demonstration march down city street in support of Allis-Chalmers, local 248, strike. Most of the marchers are women. Truck in front with megaphone reads "...
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Milwaukee Picketers Supporting Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: A group of picketers supporting the nationwide United Farmworkers/AFL-CIO grape boycott in front of Kroger Supermarket. Picketers are carrying signs that s...
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Frame 19: "We Want to Vote"

Date: 1964
Description: Two men holding protest signs are walking down a sidewalk past a white police officer who is holding a bullhorn at a Greenwood Freedom Day. In the backgrou...
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Protesters for Fair Housing

Date: 09 08 1967
Description: Protesters at a rally for fair housing. One man is holding a sign that reads: "We Demand Fair Housing Now," while others behind him are using a bullhorn.
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Philip Fox La Follette

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Description: Philip Fox La Follette speaking into a WTMJ microphone. There are audio speakers behind him. He is wearing a suit and necktie.
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Open House Day at the Madison Fire Department

Date: 09 25 1964
Description: Jerry Hauser, 10, son of Fireman Michael and Barbara Hauser, is shown wearing a fireman's helmet equipped with a microphone and loudspeaker. An open house...
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Waterfront Festival

Date: 06 2014
Description: View from behind of an audience of men and women standing, or sitting in folding chairs, in front of a large stage. Four men are playing guitars, bass, and...
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Life on the River

Date: 07 2014
Description: View from back of river boat on a tour of a river. People are sitting on benches wearing hats and holding up umbrellas. A man is piloting the boat from a s...
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No Justice, No Spending

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View towards a man walking alone down the middle of the closed street outside of the Republican presidential debate at the Milwaukee Theater. The man is ho...
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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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Protesting Donald Trump

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A large group of people gathering outdoors at the Donald Trump rally. Luke McGowan-Arnold is playing his guitar, (with a harmonica and American flag attach...
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Solidarity Day Rally

Date: 09 19 1981
Description: A crowd of people are gathered around a man standing center left and speaking into a microphone attached to a vehicle which has megaphones attached to its ...
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Kirch Building and Thomas P. Coyne Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street, on the corner of West Gorham Street, towards the Kirch Building and the Thomas P. Coyne Building. The upper floors of the Kirch B...
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Henry Pecher Building, Michael Davy Building, and Borenstein Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards three buildings. On the far right, with the year 1898 in relief at the top, is the Henry Pecher Building. Next to it is th...

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