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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait of William, Sarah (probably Amelia), and Ollie Greene, three children of Thomas and Harriet Greene. The Greenes were settlers in the Pleasant Ridg... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Thomas Greene, seated outdoors in a chair, holding a cane. There is a fence and trees in the background. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Butts, which was part of a composite portrait of Officers, Clerks and Employees of the Wisconsin Assembly. He worke... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Minnie Owens, daughter of pioneer settler Nathaniel Owens, posing with a stringed instrument. She performed in Kentucky Juvenile Minstrels. |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Charles Edward Shepard posing with an axe. |
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| Description: | Formal studio portrait of Isaac Sheppard, a former slave, posing with his daughters Ella, Eliza, and Emily. |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Wesley Barton, founder of Barton (now Burr), Corners. |
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| Description: | A family posing with an oxcart. Text at the bottom of the image reads "A few more days we will totter on the road, Then my old Kentucky Home, good night.". |
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| Description: | Portrait of Mason Richmond, son of Lillie Greene Richmond, in uniform. He served in World War I. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members of the Greene, Shepard, Gadlin, Grimes, and Craig families who lived in the Pleasant Ridge community. |
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| Description: | Five African American men with instruments inside a shed or barn: an upside down gutbucket with USA painted on the side, 2 violins, a guitar, and a stand-u... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Composite of portraits of the men of the Wisconsin Assembly. Clerks and employees: 1. T.B. Reid, Sgt-at-Arms 2. W.A. Nowell, Chief Clerk 3. M. Knig... |
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| Description: | Bea and Carson Gulley's Christmas card promoting their catering service. Text on the card reads: "A Blessed Christmas." |
| Date: | 11 25 1942 |
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| Description: | Navy cooks and bakers assisting a demonstration by Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef. |
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| Description: | Pre-CIO meeting at Highlander School with a group of men. |
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| Description: | March for fair housing in Milwaukee. Father James Groppi is on the right. |
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| Description: | Marchers carrying signs bearing the names of Milwaukee suburbs during a CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) march for fair housing in Milwaukee. They are pa... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Lloyd Barbee in a somber crowd at a memorial gathering for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Date: | 02 1964 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC) members carrying signs and marching against school segregation in Milwaukee. |
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