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| Date: | 04 24 1989 |
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| Description: | Children meet "Happy Tooth", a robot sponsored by Colgate toothpaste on a 30-state tour to promote dental hygiene to young school children. |
| Date: | 10 04 1964 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Henry 'Hank' Aaron tipping his cap to the fans during the Braves' final game of the 1964 season. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | View across table towards Vel Phillips seated with other unidentified men, possibly other common council members. Sheets of paper are scattered on the tabl... |
| Date: | 12 11 1958 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated group portrait of diners at the NAACP Milwaukee Branch's 1958 Annual Dinner. |
| Date: | 01 15 1987 |
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| Description: | View looking out window at a man who is washing the window. Caption reads: "Edgar Gordon spreads cleanliness and happiness." Edgar William Gordon was a ... |
| Date: | 11 24 1951 |
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| Description: | Duke Ellington is knotting his necktie in a mirror prior to a performance at the Milwaukee Arena. |
| Date: | 12 24 1966 |
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| Description: | Followed by father James Groppi, their advisor, four members of the Milwaukee Youth Council of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP), are walk... |
| Date: | 03 13 1968 |
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| Description: | A young man is sitting at a table with a microphone in front of him. He is facing an older man, whose back is to the camera. Caption/article excerpt reads:... |
| Date: | 03 13 1968 |
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| Description: | A woman and a man are sitting at a table. The woman is speaking into a microphone. A tape deck in the foreground is connected to a television. Caption read... |
| Date: | 07 29 1983 |
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| Description: | A man is using a hose to wash a street. Behind him, a man is driving by in a car. A sign for Doc's Coin Mart is on the building behind the car. Caption rea... |
| Date: | 07 05 1989 |
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| Description: | A boy is posing wearing a hat. Behind him is a star-shaped balloon with an American flag pattern. Caption reads: "Raymond Taylor, 8, waited for the judging... |
| Date: | 08 17 1989 |
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| Description: | A man and a woman posing together. Both are wearing cowboy/cowgirl costumes and riding hobby horses. Caption reads: "With the Old West as the theme, family... |
| Date: | 03 1962 |
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| Description: | Three men are standing behind a counter, two of them wearing Milwaukee Braves baseball caps. In the middle, Hank Aaron is signing a baseball. To his left, ... |
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