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Wedding Dance

Date: 10 16 1948
Description: Unidentified couple dancing at the wedding of Kenneth Hoerres: a little girl and an adult man, perhaps her grandfather. In background are several other cou...
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Alice in Dairyland and Honey Queen

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Description: Alice in Dairyland and the Wisconsin Honey Queen standing at a Wisconsin State Beekeepers Association stand, possibly at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Indian Protest

Date: 04 26 1971
Description: Led by James White, president of DRUMS, members of the organization and sympathizers staged a protest Monday at the First Wisconsin National Bank, 743 N. W...
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Wendell Willkie with Milwaukee Campaign Workers

Date: 02 06 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie dining with campaign workers in Milwaukee in 1944. Left to right: William J.P. Aberg, Madison; Assemblyman Vernon Thomson (R-Richland Cent...
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Enola the Welder

Date: 02 1943
Description: Enola O'Connell, the only woman welder at the Heil Company during World War II, working on gasoline trailer tanks. A 32-year-old widow and the mother of o...
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Campaign Mailing

Date: 10 1946
Description: Members of the United Automobile Workers Auxilary #2 preparing literature for the political campaign of E.V. Bobrowicz. Bobrowicz, an officer of the Fur an...
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Night Session Art Class

Date: 1949
Description: A night session art class, for University of Wisconsin Extension Center in Milwaukee.
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Wine Room

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Description: People sitting at tables, drinking and talking. A large banner with a picture of Thaddeus Kosciuszko hangs on the wall.
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Milwaukee Dance Hall Wine Room

Date: 11 02 1913
Description: People sitting at tables, drinking and talking at 2 a.m. in one of two wine rooms at the South Side Kindergarten Hall, 396 Greenbush Street.
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Nurse Ada Straub

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Description: Studio portrait of nurse Ada Straub in her uniform. Ada Straub was a cousin of Mrs. Anton Nelson (the mother of Gaylord Nelson), who was also a nurse.
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Joe McCarthy's Milwaukee Tribute

Date: 12 11 1951
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered for a dinner that honored Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Behind the elevated head table is a large portrait of the Senator.
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Packard Auto

Date: 1931
Description: Two employees of Packard Auto in front of the service department office with a parked automobile.
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GOP Convention Delegates

Date: 06 13 1952
Description: A group of Wisconsin Republicans, probably all supporters of the Presidential candidacy of Robert A. Taft, taken at the state convention in Milwaukee, June...
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Hannah (Barber) Billinghurst

Date: 05 1875
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Hannah (Barber) Billinghurst (1832-1900) of Horicon. Hannah was the wife of lawyer Charles Billinghurst (1818-1865), who served...
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Female Employees at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1921
Description: Female factory workers standing at work stations at Milwaukee Works. The women are likely engaged in the manufacture of cream separators.
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Woman Inspecting a Gear Reducer

Date: 1978
Description: Lynnette Hartwig, a Falk employee, inspects a gear. This unit was later purchased by the Wisconsin Bearing Company. Original Falk caption reads: "Illustrat...
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Republican State Convention

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: Group portrait of Dane County delegates attending the Republican State Convention. Pictured left to right: George Rude, Dane County Register of Deeds; Will...
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Republican State Convention

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: A general view of the Dane County delegation at the Republican State Convention, with Reuben W. Peterson, Madison attorney and one-time Public Service Comm...
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Mary Rennebohm

Date: 08 06 1948
Description: Mary Rennebohm, wife of Governor Oscar Rennebohm, is shown dressed in a nineteenth century gown and bonnet while serving as a hostess at the opening day of...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Painesville Memorial Chapel

Date: 07 20 1942
Description: Newspaper clipping giving information about the chapel. Above the article is a photograph of a meeting in progress.

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