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| Date: | 06 04 1985 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips wearing striped shorts standing next to her son, Dale Phillips. They are standing in front of a doorway. |
| Date: | 12 1981 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips sitting with her husband W. Dale Phillips, who is holding a cup that says "Holiday Folk Fair." This image is affixed to a holiday card Vel and... |
| Date: | 05 22 1989 |
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| Description: | Five dancers in vertical-striped overalls performing in front of an audience indoors. Caption reads: "Members of the Unique dance group perform at the Linc... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Pam Johnson, who in 1981 became the publisher for the "Ithaca Journal." This made her the first black woman to become publis... |
| Date: | 01 11 1982 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Dr. Jonathan Lee Overby, a bandleader, baritone singer, and radio host on WORT, and then on WPR. At the time this portrait was taken, ... |
| Date: | 01 11 1982 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of E. Gordon Young, an attorney and civil rights activist who became the state's first black assistant attorney general in 1965. At... |
| Date: | 08 21 1989 |
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| Description: | Four young men are performing a dance routine outdoors (two are leaping in the air), while a group of people is watching them. Caption reads: "The dance gr... |
| Date: | 08 27 1989 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting on his sofa, watching his son write a card. Caption reads: "Joe Gofoe said he and his son Elton, 5, were 'big boys' and could handle the f... |
| Date: | 06 26 1988 |
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| Description: | A man is smiling while holding up a handful of greens from a garden. In the background, several people are standing in a lined. Caption reads: "Milwaukee r... |
| Date: | 06 13 1987 |
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| Description: | A man is grimacing while working on what appears to be an Egyptian stone sculpture. Caption reads: "Tejumola F. Ologboni attached the beard to a figure on ... |
| Date: | 06 09 1989 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of high school students in caps and gowns smiling and waving. Caption reads: "North Division seniors kidded around as they prepared to march ... |
| Date: | 06 15 1989 |
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| Description: | A high school student in cap and gown is hugging a woman. Caption reads: "END OF THE ROAD — Jason Boyd hugged the mother of a fellow graduate after Riversi... |
| Date: | 11 25 1988 |
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| Description: | Two adult women and two girls are sitting on sofas and smiling. On a shelf on a mirrored cabinet behind the sofas are several framed photographs of girls. ... |
| Date: | 11 17 1986 |
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| Description: | A man and his son washing their car together. Caption reads: "Victor Driver, 4, helped his stepfather, Thomas Holder, wash his car Sunday on N. 13th St. as... |
| Date: | 10 15 1984 |
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| Description: | Four students are standing and sitting outside a building and talking. Caption reads: "Student activism has waned on college campuses and students now are ... |
| Date: | 05 25 1984 |
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| Description: | A boy dressed as Michael Jackson is singing as a group of young people are watching in the background. Caption reads: "Six-year-old Jamal Stevenson imitate... |
| Date: | 06 02 1986 |
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| Description: | One boy is sitting up against the backboard of a basketball hoop and looking down, while another boy is preparing to shoot a basket. Caption reads: "Terrel... |
| Date: | 06 27 1989 |
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| Description: | A man in a wheelchair is passing a basketball to someone in the foreground. Caption reads: "The Waukesha Park and Recreation Department, in cooperation wit... |
| Date: | 07 27 1989 |
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| Description: | A man is helping another man, who is in a wheelchair, to pass a basketball. Caption reads: "HELPING HAND — Greg Birmingham, coordinator of the Easter Seal ... |
| Date: | 08 15 1983 |
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| Description: | Members of a choir singing, with microphones in front of them. Caption reads: "Members of the Ebenezer Church of God in Christ performed a gospel drama Sun... |
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