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| Description: | Man sitting outdoors surrounded by children on Pulaski Street. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Men looking for a job during the Great Depression waiting their turn in the Employment Office waiting room, while another man is sitting with a clerk and f... |
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| Description: | Unemployed men on a street with the word "Unemployment" collaged above. Part of a series of Highlander collages from the film center. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster for a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) march against racist unemployment, taking place March 20, 1971, in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento, C... |
| Date: | 05 18 1936 |
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| Description: | A Works Progress Administration (WPA) crew at work laying a stone terrace in Stevens Point. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Opening ceremonies for a Work Progress Administration (WPA) exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | As part of a Wisconsin unemployment project, workmen dig a sewer trench by hand for the city of Spooner. |
| Date: | 01 1935 |
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| Description: | Sewing project for Milwaukee County women to make and repair clothing for relief families. |
| Date: | 04 26 1975 |
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| Description: | Speakers platform for the Jobs Now Rally called by the AFL-CIO at R.F. Kennedy Stadium. The rally was called to draw attention to the problems caused by th... |
| Date: | 04 26 1975 |
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| Description: | Banner displayed by Milwaukee's Amalgamated Meatcutters locals at the Jobs Now Rally sponsored by the AFL-CIO in R.F. Kennedy Stadium. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Children of unemployed members of the Amalgamated Clothing workers picket with their parents to protest low-wage clothing imports. They carry signs that re... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View of the atrium of Milwaukee's City Hall with a crowd of people gathered to register for unemployment compensation. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from behind the counter of men lined up in the Second Office of the State Employment Agency. Three people in the foreground are providing assistance, ... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Arthur J. Altmeyer, a key figure in the creation of the United States Social Security system. Altmeyer was a student of John R. Commons at UW-M... |
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