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Electric Hair

Date: 01 10 1966
Description: Gail Lukas' hair stands on end when she places her hand on a Van de Graalf generator in a demonstration by the Atomic Energy Commission for junior high sch...
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Out of Action

Date: 01 13 1967
Description: Dejected skier at home with cast and crutches, after breaking her leg practicing for competition.
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Splash Party

Date: 08 01 1970
Description: To escape the heat, teenage girls have a water fight in the backyard pool they built.
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Daisy Bates Standing Behind Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: Daisy Bates, the head of the Arkansas NAACP, stands behind seven of the Little Rock Nine, who are seated on a sofa in her living room. They have assembled ...
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Vegetable Display, Milwaukee County 4-H Fair

Date: 07 24 1983
Description: Tammy Meiller, 16, of the Blue Eagles 4-H Club, looks over a display of vegetables in the Milwaukee County 4-H Fair at the Mayfair Mall Shopping Center.
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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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Youthful Republicans for Barry Goldwater

Date: 09 22 1964
Description: Three young men displaying some campaign materials outside their own GOP headquarters in a garage at 8608 W. Meinecke Avenue in Wauwatosa. They are, from l...
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Three Teenagers Playing on Sidewalk

Date: 02 28 1987
Description: Stephanie Johnson (from left), 16, Chanell Biami, 15, and Letesa Evans, 16, played a childhood game Friday after seeing their little sisters playing a rope...
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Students Tour Hospital Delivery Room

Date: 01 23 1968
Description: Students wearing face masks and sterile gowns visit the delivery room at Doctors Hospital as part of a family living class. The student on the right who is...
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Skill and Safety Class

Date: 10 15 1966
Description: Instructor George Finco (right) teaches skill and safety to students Michael Edler (left) and Jeff Zinuticz in the Custer High School foundry.
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Students in Automotive Class

Date: 01 17 1967
Description: Charles Richter (foreground) works on an engine as William Pritzl (left, background) and Timothy Hendricks work on a chassis in a high school vocational ca...
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Automobile Club Members

Date: 10 10 1966
Description: Four auto club members work on a 1932 Ford Coupe. Rick Burkee (right, foreground) and Robin Friberg work on engine parts as Greg Beaster polishes the car h...
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Two Algerian Children

Date: 08 1957
Description: Two Algerian children sitting outside, posing for a photograph. An older girl with braids in her hair is sitting with her arm around a younger child. They ...
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Algerian Girl

Date: 08 1957
Description: A teenage Algerian girl posing outdoors. The girl is wearing two necklaces and bracelets. She has her hair in braids and is wearing a flowered dress. She i...
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Milwaukee: Let's Keep It Clean

Date: 08 1967
Description: Mike Zitke, 14, of 4737 N. 78th Court holding a broom and wearing a shirt reading "We like it here. Milwaukee: Let's keep it clean." Zitke received the shi...
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Young Sculptor

Date: 05 13 1968
Description: Thurman Butler, 16, with the sculpture he made while practicing cutting and welding techniques in a foundry course at Milwaukee Technical college. He calle...
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Swear In To Vote Day

Date: 01 15 1980
Description: "New Voters — It was "Swear In to Vote Day' at Pulaski High School. Students who have reached 18 were sworn in as voters during a ceremony at the school, a...
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Boy Riding Unicycle with His Pet Raccoon

Date: 07 25 1967
Description: Newspaper caption reads: "Passersby don't know it, but what appears to be a coonskin cap around the neck of Todd Vasas, 16, of 2773 S. Shore Drive, is the ...
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Daniel J. Travanti

Date: 1958
Description: Daniel J. Travanti smiles as he stands outside on a lawn. He is wearing a suit with a flower pinned to his lapel and is dressed up for his high school grad...
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Teenagers at Lunch Counter Sit-In

Date: 05 28 1963
Description: A group of white teenage boys pour drinks and condiments on African American students sitting at a Woolworth's lunch counter in a non-violent demonstration...

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