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Ruth L. Brissee with Rifle and Dog

Date: 09 22 1933
Description: Ruth L. Brissee holding a rifle, standing with her dog in a garden at 2437 Fox Avenue. At age 15 she is the youngest huntress in Dane County.
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Starwagon

Date: 06 20 1963
Description: A member of the Milwaukee Astronomical society explains the telescope to children as they look at the stars from the starwagon at the Doerfler playground.
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Edgar Krueger with Mink

Date: 1913
Description: Young Edgar Kruegar holding a mink he trapped in one hand and a gun in the other.
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Art Welstenholine

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Description: Art Welstenholine speaking into a microphone on a sidewalk in front of a bakery. A small group surrounds him and he is looking into the camera.
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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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Milwaukee Picketers Supporting Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: A group of picketers supporting the nationwide United Farmworkers/AFL-CIO grape boycott in front of Kroger Supermarket. Picketers are carrying signs that s...
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Group of People Posing in front of Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of a man and woman posing sitting in chairs, with a young boy and a dog posing between them. An older boy is standing to their right holding...
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Frame 70: Girl Demonstrating

Date: 1964
Description: A girl at a demonstration holding a sign that reads: "We are tired of being ruled by racists." Behind her, other people carry signs as they walk along a fe...
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After the Hunt

Date: 1920
Description: Two unidentified young men pose in the snow with their firearms behind seven dead rabbits displayed on a barbed wire fence; there are three dogs on the oth...
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Young People on Philadelphia Street

Date: 1976
Description: A group of young people walking down a street. They are all wearing coats. A brick building that may be Carpenters' Hall is in the background.
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Room 2, Public School

Date: 1911
Description: Students are posing sitting sideways at their desks in the classroom for a group portrait. The teacher is standing in the back near a door.
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Wilbur J. Cohen Swearing-In as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 05 16 1968
Description: Wilbur J. Cohen, at the podium during his swearing-in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, makes a remark that causes his wife Eloise, President ...
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John F. Kennedy Speaks in Hillsboro

Date: 03 25 1960
Description: John F. Kennedy outdoors with a group of Hillsboro students and residents after a campaign speech. A man on the left is taking a group photo with a camera....
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Winneconne Volunteer Fire Department

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of men and boys posing on and around a fire wagon, with a large hose attached to the front. The back of the photograph identifies the man wi...
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Hunters' Gun Safety Instruction

Date: 11 1953
Description: Two youthful hunters, Denny Reul and Tom Goedell of Madison, watching Jerry Teesdale pointing out the vital points a hunter must hit to get his buck at a t...
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Hunters' Gun Safety Instruction

Date: 11 1953
Description: Captain Leo Lewis, inspector-instructor at the Naval-Marine Corps Reserve Training Center in Madison, points out the correct way to fire a rifle from a pro...
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Hunters' Gun Safety Instruction

Date: 11 1953
Description: Russ Beach of Madison receives coaching on the firing line at the Winnequah Gun Club near Lodi during a gun safety session for hunters. The instructor is N...
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Hunters' Gun Safety Instruction

Date: 10 1953
Description: Keith Johnson of Chicago looking over a rack of rifles during a gun safety session at the Winnequah Gun Club.
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Petersen Brothers

Date: 1932
Description: Conrad Petersen, far left, tugs on his younger brother William's ear, while posing with a more serious Edward against a stone wall in Eisenach, Germany. Wi...
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Student Union Movement Protesting Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Young women and men holding up a banner reading: "Student Union Movement," a social justice group based out of Milwaukee Area Technical College. Other peop...

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