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Bronzeville All-Star Bowling Team

Date: 06 1946
Description: In the Money: The Bronzeville All-Star Bowling Team which finished in the money in the recent Wisconsin state CIO-sponsored bowling tournament.
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Bronzeville Bombers Bowling Team

Date: 04 05 1947
Description: Bronzeville Bombers just after coming through with a score of 2690, putting them in tenth place in the state CIO tournament on April 5. The five men are a...
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Children and Adults Participating in Milwaukee Labor Day Parade

Date: 09 03 1945
Description: The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa...
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African American Tenant Farmers at Barbecue

Date: 02 22 1915
Description: African American tenant farmers assembled for a barbecue. The tenants worked for Louis Frank Sessions who is in the front row, third from the left (wearing...
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Quitting Time

Date: 08 25 1967
Description: Construction workers enjoying a beer after pouring concrete for a bridge structure.
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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing dressing gown, stands in the doorway of a train and signs autographs for clamoring fans, with a train porter in uniform standing by.
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Baptism in Lake Monona

Date: 06 07 1933
Description: Evangelist W.P. Butler with hand upraised and Rev. Joseph Washington, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church stand beside Lulu Elroy who is about to be baptized...
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University of Wisconsin-Michigan Football Game

Date: 11 15 1947
Description: Michigan halfback, Gene Derricette, intercepting a pass intended for Wisconsin's Clarence Self, during their football game at Camp Randall Stadium.
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Farmers Union Workshop Members

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Description: Members of a Farmers Union workshop at Highlander Folk School are seen relaxing in the men's dormitories on bunk beds.
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Farmers Union Baseball Game

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Description: Farmers Union baseball game at Highlander Folk School.
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Workers Take a Break from Building Farmers Union Coop

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Description: Workers taking a break from building Farmers Union coop.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 10 1948
Description: Group portrait of eight veteran Soap Box Derby racers who will be making their second or third attempts to win the city championship. They are shown liste...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Curlee Seals, Jr. discussing plans for his 1949 Soap Box Derby racer with three members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce, Curlee's sponsor for the...
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Packinghouse Picnic

Date: 1953
Description: Children playing outdoors at the Packinghouse Workers summer picnic.
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CIO Fair Booth

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Description: A booth at an Alabama fair (probably at Florence) sought support for the striking members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 680 who worked for the R.L. ...
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Company Unions Memorial Float

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: May Day parade with a closeup of a "memorial" float for company unions. A man leans on the parked float. The float features a faux grave and the gravestone...
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UAW Bowling Team Captains

Date: 1946
Description: Nat Ferral and Vernon Brady, CIO bowling team captains, pose for a picture sitting on a bench at a bowling alley. Ferrel was captain of the all African Ame...
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Activities at the Neighborhood House

Date: 03 11 1958
Description: A favorite activity for the 11- and 12-year-old-girls group at the Neighborhood House at 768 West Washington Avenue is basket weaving. Mrs. Wendall V. Har...

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