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African-American Extras(?) for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Lewis Arms and Helen Berry

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Description: Lewis Arms hugs Helen Berry playfully. He is wearing his Navy uniform.
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World Community Day

Date: 10 27 1953
Description: Sunday School children, mostly from the Pilgrim Congregational Church, pack gifts to be sent to refugee camps all over the world as part of World Community...
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"In the Land of the Sky"

Date: 1900
Description: Composite view of a man sitting in front of a cabin, a boy riding a donkey, and a man driving an ox-drawn sledge.
Manuscript

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Best Gardens

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with individual pictures of winners of the Best Gardens competition: George Caravello in ...
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Freedom School Lessons

Date: 1964
Description: A white male Freedom Summer volunteer teaches African-American students in a Freedom School in Priest Creek Baptist Church.
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Frame 78: Line Up with Signs

Date: 1964
Description: A group of young people on a sidewalk protesting with signs in support of the MFDP.
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Brass Band on Main Street

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Description: View across unpaved Main Street towards an African-American brass band standing and playing in front of the storefront for A.F. Werner. Pedestrians watch f...
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Rennebohm Foundation Donates to Fund for New Neighborhood House

Date: 02 03 1965
Description: The Rennebohm Foundation donated $65,000 toward a new Neighborhood House and an addition to the South Madison Neighborhood Center. Members of the building ...
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Railroad Bridge After Cyclone

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Description: Stereograph of a demolished railroad bridge, most likely over the Rock River. Several men are standing on a horizontal section. In the bottom right corner,...
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Injured on the School Bus

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "Linda Crump — girl on left, a student who was hit by a rock in her bus on the way out of S. Boston." Two girls and a young...
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Waiting to Be Bused to South Boston High School

Date: 1975
Description: Students from Columbia Point waiting to be bused to South Boston High School. Most of the students are standing in groups, talking. School buses are parked...
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Students at South Boston High School

Date: 1975
Description: Students and three adults on standing on the steps at an entrance to South Boston High School.
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Band Members Dancing

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Description: Dancers in uniform performing in the foreground, with a marching band in the background. Pompoms are attached above the dancers shoes. They are performing ...
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Band Members Dancing

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Description: Dancers in uniform performing in the foreground, with the marching band playing in the background. Pompoms are attached to the dancers shoes. They are perf...
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Activities at the South Madison Neighborhood Center

Date: 03 11 1958
Description: Teenagers enjoy jitter-bug dancing at the South Madison Neighborhood Center at 609 Center Street. Jean Brown (444 Hawthorne Court) is the director of the c...
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Water Fight on a Hot Summer Day

Date: 09 02 1960
Description: Two African-American boys shooting water pistols at each other on a hot summer day while sitting on front porch steps.

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