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Little Rock Crowd Control

Date: 09 1957
Description: The police used fire hoses to control the angry crowds that gathered near Central High School during the integration crisis. There is a boy on the ground w...
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Breakwater, Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 1900
Description: Long wooden pier with people fishing along the pier. Three males with their fishing poles and buckets are walking toward the viewer. A person next to a b...
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Erik Nelson Basness

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Description: Head and shoulders oval studio portrait of Erik N. Basness [as written on published Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 [Vol. 1...
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Logging Camp Crew

Date: 1905
Description: Logging crew posed in snow at a logging camp.
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Groppi and the NAACP Youth Council Meeting

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Description: Father James Groppi meets around a large table with the NAACP Youth Council. Several of the men are wearing shirts with the word "Commando" on the back.
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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University of Wisconsin Students Play on Canoe in Lake Mendota

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students play on a canoe in Lake Mendota near the campus.
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University of Wisconsin Students on Lake Mendota Pier

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students stand on a Lake Mendota pier while others paddle a canoe.
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University of Wisconsin Students on Pier

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students stand on a Lake Mendota pier watching others swim.
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Kentucky Alliance Meeting

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Description: A meeting at the Braden Center. Although unidentified, it is probably a meeting of the Kentucky Alliance. Identified individuals include local activists An...
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Loyal Temperance League Group

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Description: A group of Wisconsin Loyal Temperance League children and their teacher. The LTL was a branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union that focused on th...
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Thorsten Horton, Myles Horton, and Rosa Parks

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Description: Thorsten and Myles Horton, sitting on left, watching Rosa Parks, standing and speaking at Highlander Folk School.
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Temperance Procession

Date: 07 1892
Description: Procession of children and adults at the second convention of the Wisconsin Loyal Temperance League at Delavan. The LTL was a branch of the Women's Christi...
Poster

Vietnam Demonstration Recruitment Poster

Date: 11 1971
Description: Poster recruiting University students to travel to Washington, D.C., to protest the Vietnamese Conflict. Features an image of a Vietnamese boy, repeated fi...
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Apostle Islands Tour

Date: 1979
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson, Dave Obey, and Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus, walk along a beach with a park ranger during a tour of the Apostle Islands. ...
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Clear Lake High School Band in front of School

Date: 1930
Description: The band poses for a group portrait, most likely in front of a school building; the boys are dressed in uniform and are holding their instruments. Gaylord ...
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Keshena Baseball Team

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Description: Group portrait of the Kenshena Baseball team with a bat boy in the foreground.
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Forest Middleton with Pets

Date: 1905
Description: Forest Middleton on a settee holding a dog in his lap. A rabbit and cat lie next to him.
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Man, Woman and Child with Dog

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Description: Man, woman, and young girl in a living room. A dog is sitting on the man's lap
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Agricultural Workshop

Date: 1909
Description: Young men work on woodworking projects in a manual training class at the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy.

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