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Teenagers Listening to WVLR at the Eagle's Nest

Date: 1965
Description: Teenagers studying and playing pool at the Eagle's Nest, a popular teen hangout in downtown Sauk-Prairie. The Eagle's Nest had a juke-box, but the WVLR (Wi...
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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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The Answer Machine

Date: 11 13 1963
Description: A question is fed into a "computer" created by the mathematics club at John Marshall Junior High School. This was a project in observance of American Educa...
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Class in Session

Date: 05 01 1963
Description: A female student leads a class of fellow students. She is a member of the Future Teachers of America Club.
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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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Ida Banon Relles and Son George at George's Bar Mitzvah

Date: 1961
Description: Ida Banon Relles and son George at George's Bar Mitzvah, Superior Hebrew Congregation.
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Relles Family Portrait

Date: 1962
Description: Relles family portrait, from left: George, Ida Banon Relles, David, Rabbi Mayer Relles, Nathan.
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Students in Cabinetmaking Class

Date: 12 20 1961
Description: Three students work in the shop for a cabinetmaking class at Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools.
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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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Shoe Rebuilding Class

Date: 12 29 1961
Description: Students work in a shoe rebuilding class at the Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools.
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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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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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Andrew Goodman, Standing on Staircase

Date: 1962
Description: Andrew Goodman standing at the foot of a staircase, age 19, wearing a dark shirt. Andrew Goodman was a civil rights activist and volunteer for the Freedom ...
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Freedom School Students Drinking Coca Cola

Date: 07 1965
Description: Freedom School students photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"A free Coke for all - offered by the new superintendent of schools - helped to create ...

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We Saw You at Monona Grove Rehearsal

Date: 01 05 1960
Description: Monona Grove High School students rehearse for the musical "Call Me Madam." Left to right are Bob Jaeger, Bill DuBois, and Don Harvey.
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Order of DeMolay and Order of Rainbow Dance

Date: 01 11 1960
Description: A public semi-formal dance, "Winter Nocturne", will be sponsored by the Order of Rainbow for Girls and the Order of DeMolay for Boys in the Crystal Ballroo...
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We Saw You at Monona Grove Rehearsal

Date: 01 05 1960
Description: Monona Grove High School students Judy Dyson and Kent Toepfer rehearse for the musical comedy, "Call Me Madam."

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