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| Description: | Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas... |
| Date: | 05 29 1974 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Bob Ross, president of Bob Ross Buick, Richmond, Indiana, is the first black International truck dealer in the United States. Twen... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Farm worker, Frank White, stops harvesting to pose with watermelon found among the cotton crop. The field, part of the O'Neill Ranch located in Helm, Calif... |
| Date: | 09 09 1943 |
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| Description: | Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef, proudly displaying his spice collection. |
| Date: | 08 13 1936 |
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| Description: | African American factory worker in a ragged sweater standing outside International Harvester's Osborne Works (later Auburn Works). |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of Mr. William W. Hendricks, a Black River Falls barber, dressed in his best, posing in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 11 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Samuel Pierce is seated at a desk in the executive offices of the Governor. |
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| Description: | Barber shop with customers and shaving mug rack. African American man is probably Frank Lyons. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Composite of portraits of the men of the Wisconsin Assembly. Clerks and employees: 1. T.B. Reid, Sgt-at-Arms 2. W.A. Nowell, Chief Clerk 3. M. Knig... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Chef Carson Gulley, University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall chef, chopping vegetables. |
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| Description: | A member of the Food, Tobacco and Agriculture workshop at Highlander Folk School posing near a tree with a fedora and cigar in his hand. |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of a well-dressed, African-American man, identified as H.F. "Frank" Lyons. He is wearing a suit jacket, vest, and necktie. Lyons was the ... |
| Date: | 05 13 1937 |
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| Description: | John W. Brown, likely an employee of International Harvester, posing against a white background. The caption identifies the location as "recreation room . ... |
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| Description: | Lewis R. Arms poses in front of a Greyhound Bus that displays the destination "Madison" above the windshield. Arms worked for Greyhound at the time. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an African American man carrying a bushel basket full of cotton, location unknown. |
| Date: | 08 1963 |
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| Description: | John McFerren, a leader of the civil rights movement in Somerville, working on the construction of a new building for the organization. |
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| Description: | Bill Mootz (left) and Lewis Arms pose with a truck that advertises "Kayser's, 702 E. Wash. Ave., Madison" on the door. Both men were employees at Kayser Mo... |
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