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Father Groppi and Demonstrators

Date: 1968
Description: Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation"
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Milwaukee Zoo Grounds

Date: 1964
Description: Aerial view of the Milwaukee County Zoo grounds nearing its completion.
Postcard

Oneida Street, Looking West

Date: 1910
Description: View down Oneida Street, looking west, showing City Hall. Caption reads: "Oneida Street, looking West, Milwaukee."
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Lawn Maintenance

Date: 08 12 1977
Description: A man picks up grass from a lawn, with garbage bags of mowed lawn clippings lined up behind him. A lawn mower stands on the sidewalk nearby.
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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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Skateboarding

Date: 10 10 1977
Description: View down sidewalk of a skateboarder doing a handstand on a skateboard. Pedestrians are watching from the left.
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Children Sledding

Date: 1975
Description: A winter scene with excited children on a toboggan.
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Fallen Tree on Automobile

Date: 10 04 1963
Description: A man surveys the damage to his car, and the aged tree that toppled onto it.
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World Series Traffic Jam

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of city traffic of bumper-to-bumper cars leaving Milwaukee County Stadium after the 1957 World Series.
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Kids on Roller Skates

Date: 06 26 1986
Description: Kids make a "train," with the bicyclist in the front pulling three girls on roller skates along a sidewalk.
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Mailman

Date: 07 11 1981
Description: A male mail carrier taking a break sitting in a mailbox on the sidewalk in a neighborhood.
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Postal Employees Demand Higher Wages

Date: 08 1919
Description: View down long line of workers from the United States Postal Service demonstrating for an increase in salary to meet war-time cost of living increases.
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Two Women Near Campers

Date: 04 07 1968
Description: Two women in bikinis are walking their dogs by a row of campers at Terry Andrae State Park.
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Cemetery Workers Using an I-12 Tractor

Date: 1935
Description: Workers tending the grounds of the Forest Home Cemetery using a McCormick-Deering I-12 tractor and wagon.
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Bird's-Eye View of Milwaukee in 1853

Date: 1937
Description: Bird's-eye view of Milwaukee in 1853 details building features and city layout from southwest. Important buildings are numbered in a silhouette drawing bel...
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Walking in the Rain

Date: 1957
Description: A woman in business attire walking with an open umbrella on a rainy day in downtown Milwaukee. To her left is the Civil War monument, "The Victorious Charg...
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CM&SP Railroad Engine

Date: 1931
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #6414, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia and purchased in 1931. The train is near the 26th...
Postcard

Streetcar Viaduct

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view across valley toward a streetcar viaduct on the Waukesha Interurban Line, near Milwaukee. Caption reads: "Street Car Bridge on Waukesha Inter...
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Milwaukee Streetcar

Date: 06 10 1906
Description: View of car #466, which was then one of Milwaukee's newest streetcars. The car was put in service by TMERL about 1905 and was rebuilt as a duplex car in 1...
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Schley Home

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of the Schley home on the corner of North Astor Street and East Juneau Avenue. It was built ca. 1850.

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