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| Date: | 04 01 1955 |
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| Description: | Henry "Hank" Aaron at bat during a Milwaukee Braves pre-season game. |
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| Description: | Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas... |
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| Description: | Charles Green, the last survivor of the African American colony at Pleasant Ridge (near Lancaster, WI) looks out over the community graveyard. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Schoolhouse of District #5 in Pleasant Ridge built on land donated by Isaac Shepard. Both blacks and whites built, attended, and taught at the school. Peop... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation. |
| Date: | 08 30 1913 |
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| Description: | John Kaminski and mechanic Jack Knight making mechanical repairs to Kaminski's plane during an emergency landing at High Point. Such events were guaranteed... |
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| Description: | A tea party on an airplane, a publicity stunt conceived by Harry Bruno to promote his Cleveland-area airline, Aeromarine Airlines. By taking local reporter... |
| Date: | 03 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Milwaukee Braves outfielder Henry "Hank" Aaron in his baseball uniform. 1954 was Aaron's rookie season. |
| Date: | 04 22 1963 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Henry Aaron in a Milwaukee Braves uniform. |
| Date: | 04 22 1963 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders profile view of Henry Aaron holding a baseball bat. |
| Date: | 04 22 1963 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders profile view of Henry Aaron holding a baseball bat. |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Henry Aaron in a Milwaukee Braves uniform holding a baseball bat. |
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| Description: | Daisy Bates and L.C. Bates, apparently wearing press badges, standing outdoors talking with an unidentified man. L.C. Bates, who is wearing a camera, is ap... |
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| Description: | A group of African American children drinking from water fountains, or bubblers as they are frequently known in Milwaukee, at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Workers are shown cutting sugar cane in the fields near New Orleans. Caption reads: "Cutting Sugar Cane In Louisiana." |
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| Description: | Two African American women pose with baskets of fresh vegetables on their heads while selling their produce. A building with an exterior brick chimney is b... |
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| Description: | An African American vendor of oysters and clams is shown pushing his wheelbarrow. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him. |
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| Description: | A man poses while selling chickens on the street. A building with an exterior brick chimney is behind him. |
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| Description: | "It Almost Broke Her Up." One of a series of satiric trade cards issued by the Arbuckle's Aroisa Coffee Co. This incident is borrowed from "Texas Siftings,... |
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