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Indianapolis Truck Engine Works

Date: 1956
Description: Factory workers pose at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. Original caption states: "First 26 employees at the new Indianapolis truck engine wor...
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Workers Weighing Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Male and female workers weighing bundles of twine on a scale, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill in Chicago.
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Robert Zellner with SNCC Advocates

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Description: Robert Zellner with people involved in the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. From left to right are Larry Rubin, Matthew Jones, Robert Zellner, M...
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Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: A studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing beaded necklaces, long earrings, and are wrap...
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Portrait of Carrie Elk and Annie Lowe Lincoln

Date: 1904
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women posing sitting, wearing beaded necklaces and long earrings, and wrapped in shawls. Carrie Elk (ENooKah...
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Freedom School

Date: 1964
Description: Students at Freedom School meet outdoors for class during Freedom Summer.
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Governor's Commission on Human Rights

Date: 10 13 1949
Description: Group portrait of the twenty three members of the Governor's Commission on Human Rights standing on the steps of the Capitol Building. First row, left to ...
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University of Wisconsin "Football Wife"

Date: 11 07 1949
Description: Oletha Withers poses with her 5-month-old son, Eddie Withers III, who is holding a football. They are the wife and son of Eddie Withers, Jr., half-back on...
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A Bowling Demonstration

Date: 01 04 1950
Description: Jo Ann Walker, bowling instructor, demonstrates bowling technique to Catherine Greene and Elsa Tamminga at the Plaza Alleys as part of the YWCA winter acti...
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Woman with Copper Tubing for Torpedo

Date: 05 25 1943
Description: A woman wearing a hat, protective gloves, and safety glasses uses a tool to bend copper tubing used in making aircraft torpedoes at an International Harves...
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Nellie Wilson

Date: 1989
Description: Portrait of Nellie Wilson posing in front of an American flag and a Smith Steel Workers logo.
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Mrs. Willie Lou Harris

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Mrs. Willie Lou Harris of 405 Bram Street sits at left with part of her family. Standing left to right are Mrs. James (Georgia Harris) Elvord, Mr. and Mrs....
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Baby Huey with Two Band Members

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B singer Baby Huey leaning against a car with his trumpeter, (likely Rick Marcotte) and conga player, (possibly Plato Jones) who is wearing an Am...
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Carson Gulley, Caterer

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Description: Carson Gulley, the well-known University of Wisconsin-Madison chef, serving a catered meal at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society Meeti...
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Woman Operating J.M. Smucker Company Labeling Machine

Date: 1970
Description: Publicity photograph of a female employee, in a white, nurse-like uniform, white nursing cap labeled "Smucker's" and white nursing shoes, operating a label...
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UPWA's Wilson Strike

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 20 on strike against the Wilson Company. They are standing outside their union...
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Women on Strike

Date: 08 1957
Description: Women workers on strike against the Holly Farms Poultry Company, posed outside for a "solidarity" picture. Dorothy Johnson, wearing the third picket sign f...
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Man Dancing on Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A man wearing a beret with two buttons on it dances across the stage. An audience member on the left is also dancing, and stagehands and photographers crow...
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Kennedy Presidential Campaign

Date: 1960
Description: Senator John F. Kennedy, then campaigning for the presidency, speaks with Frank D. Reeves and Marjorie Lawson during a meeting of the American Council on H...
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Union Election

Date: 02 06 1973
Description: Local P-28 of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union votes for their officers.

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