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Boxers Posing with their Coach

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Description: Six fighters in pugilistic poses, in the boxing ring with their coach. The Milwaukee Urban League provided community activities, like boxing, for children ...
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Holiday Canned Food Drive

Date: 11 22 1955
Description: Thomas Constable (left) and Walter Medenski (right), pose in front of canned food gathered by pupils at the Center Street school for the Salvation Army's T...
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Arthur MacArthur, Jr.

Date: 1865
Description: Studio portrait of young Lieutenant Colonel Arthur MacArthur Jr., F & S, 24th Wisconsin Infantry, posing in a Civil War uniform next to a chair.
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Fans at Baseball Game

Date: 1960
Description: Close-up of fans shouting at a Milwaukee Braves baseball game.
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Family Cast

Date: 02 12 1963
Description: Six members of the same family form the complete cast of a library playhouse production that was to be televised.
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Bicycle Repair

Date: 05 23 1957
Description: Three young men repair a bicycle.
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Scouts Receive Awards

Date: 05 22 1957
Description: Boy Scouts and Explorer Scouts receive the Eagle Scout rank or the Explorer Silver Award, scouting's highest awards at a scouting court of honor ceremony.
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Preparing for Scout-O-Rama

Date: 04 16 1958
Description: Boy Scouts lash together lengths of wood as they put up an exhibit about pioneering for Scout-O-Rama.
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High School Basketball Game

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Description: Action shot of a basketball game between Madison East High School and the Lincoln Comets.
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Rock Show

Date: 05 12 1963
Description: Three boys take a break from baseball to view the Wisconsin Geological Society's rock, gem and mineral show at Wauwatosa's Hart park recreational building.
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Frosty House

Date: 12 18 1963
Description: A craft class member of Milwaukee public school system's recreation department frosting a gingerbread cookie house at the Grant Street social center.
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Millinery Exhibit

Date: 1921
Description: 4-H millinery display team at the 1921 Wisconsin State Fair.
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Wiley with Milwaukee Boys Club

Date: 08 28 1962
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley, in the lobby of the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee, with a group from the Boys Club holding campaign signs. They presented him with...
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Group of Children Reading in Library

Date: 1938
Description: A group of children, boys and girls, reading at tables in a sunny reading room in the public library. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seating cap...
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Children Reading in Library with Librarian Looking On

Date: 1938
Description: A group of children sit at tables in a library reading books and magazines while a librarian looks on from her circulation desk. When it opened in 1938, th...
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Minors in a Saloon Dance Hall

Date: 05 03 1914
Description: A group of people, including minors, in a saloon dance hall at 2 a.m. in Milwaukee. The dance hall, Vizey's Hall, was on 8th Street and Walnut. Liquor was ...
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Young Boxers with Audience

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Description: Two young boxers posing kneeling in a ring touching gloves, while the referee crouches between them. An audience of unidentified youths are sitting and sta...
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Boys Day at the Pool

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Description: Boys Day at an indoor pool. A view from the balcony on the second floor overlooks the boys swimming in the pool below.
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Interior of a Clubhouse

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Description: Interior of a clubhouse with a table, chairs, wall decoration, and a phonograph. Possibly the Can-Crushing Club.
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Willms Cigar Factory, Milwaukee

Date: 1896
Description: Workers at the Willms cigar factory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, posing with cigars and cigar boxes. Gustav Willms (c. 1854-1917) sits on the far left with six c...

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