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Window Washer

Date: 05 14 1989
Description: A man leans out a window to clean the outside glass.
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Mitchell Weather Watching

Date: 12 29 1987
Description: Bored travelers at General Mitchell International Airport, apparently taking their cue from a droopy travel poster advertising vacations in the sunny Carib...
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Nelson Campaigning for Obey

Date: 03 1969
Description: Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson speaking to an audience in northern Wisconsin in behalf of the congressional campaign of David R. Obey who is seated to Ne...
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Nomis McNamara

Date: 1965
Description: Nomis McNamara, supporter of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), in an image tentatively identified as taken at a barbeque hosted by Mr. Step...
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Joel McCrea in "Foreign Correspondent"

Date: 1940
Description: In this scene still from the film "Foreign Correspondent," Joel McCrea, wearing a dressing gown, prepares to climb out a window.
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Herman Goering and Louis P. Lochner

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Description: Herman Goering, Louis Lochner and an unidentified man standing in a row indoors in a room with a large window in the background. In the room is stuffed fur...
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Edgar William Gordon

Date: 01 15 1987
Description: View looking out window at a man who is washing the window. Caption reads: "Edgar Gordon spreads cleanliness and happiness." Edgar William Gordon was a ...
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C.L. Shearer

Date: 10 16 1967
Description: View across sidewalk towards a man sitting on a bench outside a storefront with a screen door that has a sign on it for Purity Bread. An American flag is h...
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Problem Solved

Date: 01 04 1978
Description: A man on a ladder is using a snow rake to rake his roof. The ladder is propped against the portico of his house. Caption reads: "PROBLEM SOLVED — Homeowner...
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Brother Norbert Karpfinger

Date: 06 08 1989
Description: A man is smiling and leaning against a school desk. Caption reads: "Brother Norbert Karpfinger will be leaving Milwaukee."
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Harry Lynde Bradley

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Harry Lynde Bradley as a young man, standing posing outdoors in front of a building. He is wearing a suit and hat, and has...
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Scene from "The North Star"

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Description: Unidentified film crew member spraying what appears to be fake blood on the back of an unidentified actress for the 1943 film "The North Star." The person ...
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Yankie Fogel at Lubavitch House

Date: 04 14 1989
Description: A man in an apron and baker's hat is smiling and holding a pole, with several rolled matzoh on it. On the left are several children wearing paper hats. At ...
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Walter and Judy Rasner

Date: 05 08 1979
Description: Portrait of a man and woman sitting together on a sofa, with curtains framing windows behind them. Caption reads: "Walter and Judy Rasner relaxed in their ...
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Mary and Mark Drews

Date: 06 08 1984
Description: A woman and a man are posing together in a room. The man is sitting in a chair, and the woman is sitting on the arm of the chair. On a table in the foregro...
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Lewinski Family

Date: 11 13 1965
Description: A family with a man, a woman, and three children, are posing in front of a house. Caption reads: "Born on Friday the 13th 30 years ago, Mrs. James [Delores...
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Kubicki Family

Date: 09 05 1977
Description: A man, a woman, and two children are sitting together on the front walk steps in front of a house. Caption reads: "Dennis Kubicki, his wife, Sandy, and the...
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Wisconsin Farm Kitchen

Date: 1951
Description: Lawrence Sherman sitting in a chair by the window, reading the paper in his farm kitchen. On the left is a Jungers Model E stove with kettles and a teapot....
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Policemen Paint Injured Officer's Home

Date: 08 18 1967
Description: Several men, many wearing T-shirts, are gathered on the lawn outside a house, with some men standing on ladders. One man is lying on the roof and painting ...
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Radish Back at Work

Date: 12 1967
Description: A man in work overalls is posing standing along a carpentry table, under a banner that reads: "WELCOME BACK JOHN". Additional signs read: "Welcome JOHN" an...

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