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| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A ticket collector for the Milwaukee Electric Railway is sitting at her station. |
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| Description: | Photographers demonstrating strobe light functions at Frank Scherschel's Strobe Research Lab. Frank Scherschel is in the back on the righthand side, wearin... |
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| Description: | Winter view of exterior of Lappley Bros. Lumberyard and Feed Mill. |
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| Description: | View down dirt road towards the Lappley Bros. Lumber Yard. There are houses on the right and in the far background. There are horses and carriages parked a... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve... |
| Date: | 09 23 1946 |
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| Description: | Public Workers Strike - Milwaukee members of the United Public Workers, tiring of a series of stalls on their legitimate wage demands, take to the street a... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Bell Center depot with five men posing on the platform. |
| Date: | 08 23 1946 |
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| Description: | Crew of the railroad car ferry "City of Milwaukee" demonstrating for a 40-hour week and overtime pay. The "City of Milwaukee" ferried Grand Trunk Western ... |
| Date: | 12 07 1946 |
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| Description: | Striking Allis Chalmbers workers and CIO supporters on parade in 1946. In later years it was common suggested that the Communist-dominated Milwaukee CIO h... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Hausmann Brewery Bar with spittoons on the floor. A sign behind the bar reads: "No intoxicating drinks sold to minors." The patrons an... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | State Street view looking toward the University of Wisconsin, with the 200 block in the foreground. The marquee for the Capitol Theatre reads "'Jealousy,' ... |
| Date: | 03 1946 |
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| Description: | CIO members joined Lincoln Brigade veterans in a demonstration on Wisconsin Avenue last week to demand the breaking off of U.S. diplomatic relations with F... |
| Date: | 08 12 1948 |
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| Description: | One of the many demonstrations organized by the People's Progressive Party in Milwaukee to fight the ever-rising cost of living. The campaign includes the ... |
| Date: | 09 03 1945 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 19 1946 |
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| Description: | Young demonstrators at the CIO's "Don't Buy a Depression" rally. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | International Harvester Model S truck with delivery body, Pacifico and Petlovany Bakery. |
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| Description: | View outside John Royal's office door. There are milk bottles and newspapers piled at the door and on it hangs a sign that reads "Out As Usual". |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated group portrait of men and women gathered around the Turner House, which was erected by John Turner to house railroad men and construction... |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| Description: | TWUA officials are shown seated at a table during a strike meeting with picket signs in front of the table. From left to right are business manager Charles... |
| Date: | 01 1901 |
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| Description: | Lithograph cover illustration in a mosaic styled design for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog of a woman holding a miniature McCormick grain... |
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