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Circus People with Fish

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Description: A crew of people from the circus, possibly Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey, holding up their catch after a fishing trip.
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Slot Machine Seizure

Date: 01 1924
Description: Gerald J. Boileau, assistant district attorney, and George Lippert, district attorney, and three other men, exhibiting slot machines seized during a raid i...
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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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Homer Bigart

Date: 1948
Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" with two unidentified individuals.
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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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Beach Toss

Date: 08 12 1984
Description: A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe...
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Waukesha Flying Club

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: The Waukesha Flying Club and their jointly owned Waco 10. The members are (row 1, left to right) Charles Gittner, Joe Rombough, and Roy Winzenreid and (row...
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International Truck Executives

Date: 1960
Description: Six International truck executives posed with model trucks on large globe at International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works.
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Female Snake Charmer

Date: 1935
Description: A female snake charmer with the Cole Brothers Circus, watched by two children.
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Clowns with Circus Performer

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Description: A group of 11 circus clowns poses with a pretty young female performer in a circus tent. This could possibly be part of a movie set.
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Kayser Motors Employees and Families

Date: 09 19 1937
Description: Group portrait of Kayser Motors employees and their families on a picnic at Burrows Park.
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Gardner Baking Co. Employees

Date: 10 14 1934
Description: Group portrait of Gardner Baking Co. drivers/salesmen from out of town, taken outdoors near 849 E. Washington Avenue. Breese Stevens Field is in the backgr...
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World's Fair Beauties

Date: 08 10 1934
Description: Three "most beautiful employees" of the Chicago World's Fair on a publicity tour: Patricia Marquan, Kay Griffith and Dorothy Le Fold.
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Kroger Air Show Hostesses

Date: 04 28 1934
Description: Ten hostesses dressed in white flying uniforms with helmets and goggles posing at the Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. air show and food exposition. They are ...
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Barbers at Kiddie Camp

Date: 08 10 1933
Description: Barbers cutting the hair of four children at The Capital Times Kiddie Camp, with other barbers and children looking on.
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Manchesters Store Employees' Picnic

Date: 07 20 1932
Description: Group portrait of Manchesters employees in the yard of Harry Manchester's house, 531 Farwell Drive, Maple Bluff.
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Manchesters Store Employees' Picnic

Date: 07 20 1932
Description: Group portrait of Manchesters Store employees picnic in front of Harry Manchester house.
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Barbers at YWCA Kiddie Camp

Date: 08 10 1931
Description: Eight barbers (S.R. Ashby, E.A. Sorenson, Louis H. Topp, Melvin Byom, Earl G. Carver, Melvin H. Randall, Joseph Fedele, and Claude E. Dyer) cutting hair of...
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Texas Company Picnic

Date: 07 16 1930
Description: Group portrait Texas Company (Texaco) picnic at Olin Park.
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Circus Group

Date: 1892
Description: A large group of circus performers and personnel, including a clown and band members, pose in front of a tent.

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