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Bootleg Days

Date: 08 23 1933
Description: Elevated view of six customers celebrating Bootleg Days at Arthur Janik's tavern "The Balcony Inn" at Lincoln and 33rd Streets. Arthur Janik was the propri...
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Switchboard Operator

Date: 01 23 1958
Description: Female telephone switchboard operator at work.
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Operators

Date: 10 22 1957
Description: Female telephone operators busy at work.
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The Grill Room

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: A waitress sets restaurant tables in anticipation of evening business.
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Strike!

Date: 02 20 1963
Description: Union members of Local 317 in Milwaukee strike outside the Electric Co.'s N. Edison Street plant. It was a very cold night.
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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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Get Out the Vote Telephone Drive

Date: 11 05 1958
Description: Women campaign workers call voters to support the Labor Political League and vote for candidates sympathetic to Labor issues.
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Telegraph Operator

Date: 09 27 1956
Description: Miss Nellie Millane sits at the telegraph key at Western Union Telegraph Co. where she worked as a Morse Code operator for 49 years.
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Card Game

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Description: A bartender behind the bar is reflected in the mirror of a cigarette machine, while men drink beer and play cards in the foreground.
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Milwaukee Panorama Artists with Panorama

Date: 1886
Description: Group portrait of a group of German panorama painters on a scaffolding in their Milwaukee studio, with The Atlanta Cyclorama as a backdrop. Included in the...
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Union Harvest Dance

Date: 09 06 1947
Description: Employees of the Seaman's Body Corporation gather at the bar during their annual Harvest Dance.
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Ice Harvesting

Date: 1910
Description: Poling ice blocks to the hoist on the Milwaukee River.
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: An interior view of the Schlitz Palm Garden, which was located on North 3rd Street, south of West Wisconsin Avenue. This image includes a drawing of a wait...
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State Bar Association in front of New Pfister Hotel

Date: 1929
Description: Panoramic group portrait of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin outside of the newly-built Pfister Hotel.
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Herold Newspaper Building

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Description: Herold Newspaper building and surrounding commercial area at the southwest corner of Broadway and Mason Street. Pedestrians are crossing the street, and ho...
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Maynard Meyer Office Building

Date: 1958
Description: Elevated view of building facade, which has a light-colored wall pierced with holes, designed by Maynard Meyer, architect. On the right is a restaurant, th...
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Maynard Meyer Office Building

Date: 1958
Description: Designed by Maynard Meyer, architect. The one-story building has a mural near the entrance, and a pierced wall on the other. To the right is a restaurant, ...
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Building on Fire on City Block

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Description: Fire fighters work to put out a fire in a four-story building on a city block. In front of a fire hose spraying water, a photographer is kneeling in front ...
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Chief Clancy

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Description: Fire Department chief, sitting at a desk in a profile view.

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