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Video Portraits

Date: 04 02 1987
Description: Three school children are posing for a video camera portrait, one attraction at a school fair sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
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Sun Dip

Date: 07 08 1988
Description: Two women lifeguards sun themselves at the edge of Horeb Park pool during a rotation break.
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Soggy but Fun

Date: 08 03 1981
Description: Despite rain and fog, people turned out to enjoy a street festival sponsored by the Guadalupe Center at 239 W. Washington Street in Milwaukee. There were e...
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Daisy Bates Standing Behind Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: Daisy Bates, the head of the Arkansas NAACP, stands behind seven of the Little Rock Nine, who are seated on a sofa in her living room. They have assembled ...
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Juan Almeida Bosque on a Picnic in Cuba

Date: 1959
Description: Juan Almeida Bosque, operating chief of the Cuban airforce, and a small group having a picnic in the countryside of Cuba. Three soldiers in fatigues are si...
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Fans at a Badgers Game

Date: 1965
Description: Section of an active crowd of University of Wisconsin students yelling and cheering at a campus rally to work up spirit before a football game. Annotated: ...
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Shirley Clarke and Cameraman

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Description: Shirley Clarke, wearing a hat and holding a cigarette, is leaning on the cameraman to look through the camera lens during the shooting of the film "The Coo...
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Jason Boyd

Date: 06 15 1989
Description: A high school student in cap and gown is hugging a woman. Caption reads: "END OF THE ROAD — Jason Boyd hugged the mother of a fellow graduate after Riversi...
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Debutante Training

Date: 08 25 1967
Description: A woman is holding hands with two young women, with several young men and women looking on from behind them. Caption reads: "Walk slowly," were the instruc...
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Hello, Dolly

Date: 03 30 1979
Description: Two women in costumes posing and stretching out their arms towards the camera. Caption reads: "Phyllis Bickham (left) and Amber Kelly will alternate in the...
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Mexican Day of Independence Celebration

Date: 09 17 1989
Description: A young man and woman are dancing together on a stage. Other dancers and people are sitting at tables in the background. Caption reads: "The La Casa Senior...
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He's Got One

Date: 1950
Description: A group of people are fishing on a shoreline of rocks and logs. One man with a bamboo fishing pole is pulling a fish from the water.
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Los Bailarimos Folkloricos de Waukesha

Date: 04 12 1979
Description: Several people in dresses are standing and holding up their skirts while dancing. Caption reads: "A dance group, the Los Bailarimos Folkloricos de Waukesh...
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Barn Dance

Date: 05 1969
Description: A crowd of various ages square dancing at a Barn Dance, Three women in the foreground are sitting on hay bales and talking.
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Upbeat

Date: 1977
Description: A young woman conducting a music group at a concert. Musicians are in the foreground, and in the background is an audience.
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High School Job Fair

Date: 05 14 1968
Description: Three young women are sitting on one side of a table facing two men and a woman, whose backs are to the camera. Similar arrangements of groups are in the b...
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Walther Supporters

Date: 04 03 1968
Description: Many people are standing or sitting in a room with "Walther for Mayor" signs on the wall. Some are looking at a television in the foreground. Caption reads...
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Students for a Democratic Society Booth — Marquette University

Date: 10 22 1966
Description: A young man and woman are seated at a booth and speaking to one or more people who have their backs to the camera. Behind them is a sign that reads: "le bo...
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Sound of Music Film Still

Date: 1965
Description: The Von Trapp children stand in a line wearing soaking wet play clothes after capsizing a rowboat. Julie Andrews as the children's governess Maria stands a...

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