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Jumping Rope

Date: 04 09 1956
Description: Male and female teenagers participate together jumping rope.
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F-12 Tractor and African American Field Workers

Date: 04 10 1935
Description: African American field worker levels the ground with a McCormick-Deering F-12 tractor and a rotary scraper in preparation for planting a new crop of celery...
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Norman M . Ward

Date: 04 23 1948
Description: African-American man, Norman M., Ward (aka Paul Nokomis) 18-year-old Chicagoan who was sent to jail to await sentence when he pleaded guilty to larceny and...
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Jefferson Thomas of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 08 17 1959
Description: Jefferson Thomas of the Little Rock Nine is harassed by Central High School students as he waits for transportation after the first day of school.
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Gloria Ray, One of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Portrait of Gloria Ray, one of the Little Rock Nine.
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Melba Pattillo, One of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Melba Pattillo, later Melba Pattillo Beals, of the Little Rock Nine.
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First Attempt to Enter Central High School by the Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: First attempt of the Little Rock Nine to enter Central High School. They were denied entrance by the Arkansas National Guard who had been called up by Gove...
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Terrence Roberts, One of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Terrence Roberts of the Little Rock Nine.
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Carlotta Walls, One of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Carlotta Walls of the Little Rock Nine.
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Thelma Mothershed Reading a Book

Date: 1957
Description: Thelma Mothershed, one of the Little Rock Nine, reading a book.
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Y-Teen Club Members

Date: 10 05 1948
Description: Three Madison Y-Teen Club members placing candles in the Y-Teen emblem as an observance of Nation Y-Teen Week. Left to right are Robereta Polkinghorn, West...
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WIAA State Prep Track Meet

Date: 05 27 1950
Description: A new state record was established when Shelvy Bandy of Beloit (left) won the Class A 200-yard low hurdles at the WIAA prep track meet held at Camp Randall...
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Emmett Till Trial Witness

Date: 09 22 1955
Description: Willie Reed, an 18-year-old "surprise" witness who bravely testified during the murder trial of 14-year-old Emmett Till, correctly identifying the white de...
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Madison YWCA Y-Teens

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Beverly Hill, left, and Carol Sterling make posters for the Y-Teen open house and style show at the YWCA. Mary Ellen Kruger, standing, the Y-Teen adviser, ...
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Madison West High School Track Relays

Date: 04 12 1952
Description: Group portrait of Beloit high school 880 yard relay team. They won their event by 3/10s of a second. Their time was 1:35.1, 8/10s off the record. They are,...
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WIAA Track Meet

Date: 05 31 1952
Description: Beloit High School's 880-yard relay team raced to its 19th straight victory in that event and its second consecutive relay triumph in the state meet. The ...
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Lewis Arms in a Fedora

Date: 12 25 1942
Description: Lewis Arms wearing a fedora at the age of 15.
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Lewis Arms in Military Hat

Date: 12 25 1942
Description: hand-colored portrait of 15-year-old Lewis Arms wearing a neck scarf and military uniform hat.
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Lewis Arms on Graduation Day

Date: 1943
Description: Lewis Arms poses in his Navy uniform holding a rifle on the day he graduated from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
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Lewis Arms at Age 17

Date: 1946
Description: A portrait of Lewis Arms at the age of 17 wearing his Navy uniform. There is an inscription that reads, "To Mom & Pop Berry with Love," referring to his ne...

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