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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
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Prison Cook Preparing Food

Date: 03 26 1968
Description: Slightly elevated view of prison cooks preparing dinner for inmates.
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Homer Bigart

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Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" on far right in group portrait.
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O.N. Falk

Date: 1948
Description: Stoughton druggist, O.N. Falk, sorts the mail with a smile.
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McMahon Signs Autographs

Date: 07 25 1967
Description: Chicago White Sox pitcher, Don McMahon, signs autographs for fans before a game.
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Television for Patients

Date: 1950
Description: Hospital or nursing home patients are able to view television in their rooms.
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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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Breakfast Club

Date: 11 12 1987
Description: A waitress serves a group of older Italian-American men in a diner.
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Pharmacist and Pharmacy Clerk

Date: 10 24 1944
Description: Rennebohm drugstore pharmacist showing a bottle of Pepto Bismol to a clerk.
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Public Works Department

Date: 12 1954
Description: Department of Public Works workers look over signs to be posted on city streets.
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Boy at Bat

Date: 06 20 1963
Description: Helmeted boy swings a bat at city of Brown Deer's recreation department baseball camp.
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Lab Work

Date: 1950
Description: Holding a dropper over racks of test tubes, a man in a lab coat aims to place drops in the receptacles.
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U.S. Navy Veteran

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Description: Elderly Milwaukee veteran of the U.S. Navy salutes.
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Rennebohm's Pharmacist

Date: 10 24 1944
Description: A Rennebohm Drug Store employee shows a bottle of Drene shampoo to a male customer while the pharmacist looks on.
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Father Groppi in Police Wagon

Date: 1966
Description: Father Groppi is seated in the back of a police wagon with police officer after being arrested in front of his parish for the second night in a row.
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King Tarz, The Lion

Date: 11 06 1941
Description: King Tarz, The Seasonal Jungle Actor, (a lion) was brought to Madison to publicize "Tarzan's Secret Treasure" which stars Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sul...
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Chapelle with Soldiers and Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle posing in Cuba with Major Antonio Lusson, and a group of male and female soldiers.
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Girls Scouts and Dormitory

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: A group of girls, including several Girl Scouts in uniform, photographed in the youth residence hall at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Rennebohm Employees

Date: 1979
Description: Two Rennebohm employees take a break to read the newspaper. Although unidentified, this photograph by Chuck Patch, is thought to be the Rennebohm Drug Stor...
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Waitress at Rennebohms

Date: 1979
Description: A waitress identified only as Helen clears dirty dishes from the tables at the Rennebohm Drug Store No. 19 restaruant, 204 Cottage Grove Road. This is the ...

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