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Gesell Family Burlesque

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Description: The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi...
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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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Civil Rights Workshop

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Description: A Civil Rights workshop in session at Highlander School showing Myles Horton, Mikii Marlowe, Essau Jenkins, Septima Clark and Rosa Parks in attendance.
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Costume Party

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Description: Group of Caucasian individuals dressed up as African Americans, in blackface and eating watermelon.
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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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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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Crystal and Friend

Date: 2007
Description: Portrait of a young woman, Crystal, and her friend, sitting on the steps of 326 South 7th Street. The friend is wearing a Ramones t-shirt, a hat, and shoes...
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Group Portrait of Native Americans

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Description: A studio portrait of a group of Native Americans. A woman in a dress holds an infant in her lap, a man stands behind her, and two young men, one standing a...
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Karst Family

Date: 1895
Description: Women bringing lunch to the men working in the field. The men are harvesting grain using a horse-drawn grain binder.
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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 Woman Leaning against Stage Ramp

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A barefoot young female audience member wearing a macrame shirt and smoking a cigarette leans against the ramp to the main stage at the Sound Storm music f...
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Two Young Women Smoking in Campground

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Two young female audience members, one wearing a paisley print dress, the other wearing an American flag print dress, sit in the camping area smoking marij...
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Allis-Chalmers Rally

Date: 10 20 1946
Description: Outdoor rally of Allis-Chalmers workers. A man is speaking into a microphone in the front and people stand on the sidewalk and the grassy rise in the backg...
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Madison UFW Benefit at People's Park

Date: 1969
Description: A benefit gathering at James Rector People's Park to support the United Farmworkers (UFW) grape boycott. The UFW sign, with its eagle symbol, posted in th...
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Man, Woman and Girl

Date: 1930
Description: Group of three people standing outside on a sidewalk in front of a stone dwelling with a porch and steps behind them. A man holds a bottle, ready to pour i...
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Migrant Worker Housing

Date: 1969
Description: A migrant worker family stands in front of a parked vehicle and a cabin that serves as temporary housing in a Wautoma labor camp. Some of the children are ...
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Pre-March Rally at Waushara County Courthouse

Date: 1966
Description: A crowd of migrant workers, children and nuns attending at pre-march rally listening to Jesus Salas, union leader, speak in front of the Waushara County Co...
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Bancroft Obreros Unidos Strikers

Date: 08 24 1967
Description: Elevated view of 150 workers rallying as a part of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) protest against poor working conditions of migrant farm workers in the S...
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Union Supporters Cheering at Waushara Rally

Date: 1966
Description: A group of National Farm Workers Association members and supporters applauding rally speakers in front of Waushara County Courthouse. A march to the rally ...
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People Posing in Front of Log Farmhouse

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Description: View across yard towards a group of eight people posing in front of a log house. On the left two young women are standing near an older woman, who is sitti...

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