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Buses Replace Streetcars

Date: 09 20 1953
Description: A posed photograph taken for the Milwaukee & Suburban Transport Corp. to mark the substitution of buses for streetcars on the West Burnham Street line.
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Alice in Dairyland and Elsie the Cow

Date: 1948
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, and Elsie the Cow and her calf Beauregard, stand on a parade float with two men in downtown Milwaukee, while a male o...
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Group on the Grass

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Description: A group of well-dressed people at repose on the grass, possibly having a picnic. Second from left is Alma Reinhardt Taylor.
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Senator Proxmire and Constituents

Date: 07 1969
Description: Senator William Proxmire hands his cards to constituents outside a Milwaukee grocery store.
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Proxmire Parade

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Description: Senator William Proxmire waves to the crowd from an open antique automobile during a parade in downtown Milwaukee.
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Channel 10 Auction

Date: 04 27 1976
Description: The set of the fundraising auction of Channel 10, Milwaukee's public television station. Senator William Proxmire is standing to the left of the closed B B...
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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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Proxmire Supporters Celebrate

Date: 08 28 1957
Description: Jubilant Proxmire supporters dance in the streets in Milwaukee after Democrat William Proxmire won the special election to fill the seat left vacant by the...
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Time for a Change

Date: 07 10 1954
Description: Publicity photo at a pre-convention session of the Wisconsin State Democratic Party that includes William Proxmire and James E. Doyle, rival candidates for...
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Workers with Newspaper Photographs

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Description: Newspaper workers perusing hundreds of photographs. There are three men holding some of the photographs and the rest are mounted on the walls around them.
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Wedding Dance

Date: 10 16 1948
Description: Unidentified couple dancing at the wedding of Kenneth Hoerres: a little girl and an adult man, perhaps her grandfather. In background are several other cou...
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Ezekiel Gillespie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ezekiel Gillespie. Gillespie was born in 1818 and died March 31, 1892. In 1866, Milwaukee's Ezekiel Gillespie successfully s...
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Ezekiel Gillespie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ezekiel Gillespie.
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Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee

Date: 09 01 1912
Description: Theodore Roosevelt in front of the Deutscher Club. The club later became the Wisconsin Club.
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Wendell Willkie with Milwaukee Campaign Workers

Date: 02 06 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie dining with campaign workers in Milwaukee in 1944. Left to right: William J.P. Aberg, Madison; Assemblyman Vernon Thomson (R-Richland Cent...
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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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Night Session Art Class

Date: 1949
Description: A night session art class, for University of Wisconsin Extension Center in Milwaukee.
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Throwing the First Ball

Date: 04 11 1961
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson throwing the first ball of the season at County Stadium.
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Panoramic Group Portrait of Wisconsin Medical Association

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic group portrait of the Wisconsin Medical Association outside of the Layton Art Gallery.
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Joe McCarthy and Admirers

Date: 12 11 1951
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy greets admirers at a Republican Party dinner that honored him.

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