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| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | A man dressed in a Smokey Bear costume is standing with two Milwaukee school children. A young girl is sitting at a desk, and a boy is standing and holding... |
| Date: | 02 18 1959 |
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| Description: | Language teachers listening to foreign languages on tape decks at an institute for public school language teachers at Mount Mary College. |
| Date: | 03 15 1957 |
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| Description: | High school fans in the bleachers cheer on their team during a night game. |
| Date: | 09 1956 |
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| Description: | A crossing guard helps a young student to cross the street at a cross walk at Abert and Green Bay streets in Milwaukee. Two cars (one a Chevrolet), have en... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building, which was first occupied in June 1885. It stood at the corner of 18th and Wells Streets. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Central Building. Seven story building with a walkway connecting to the second floor over the road on the right. Cars are parked in front... |
| Date: | 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of construction of the new building, at Sixth Street and Highland Avenue. The downtown can be seen in the background, including the Schlitz c... |
| Date: | 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Photocopy of a map created by the City of Milwaukee Master Plan Program City Planning Division in May of 1958 representing 1870 "THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE CI... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | High school student, Judith Castine, leaning on a desk, studying at West Milwaukee High School. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | This map shows city, suburban, parochial and other types schools, with an explanation of symbols in the right margin. The original caption for the map read... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | A woman in military uniform is sitting at a desk writing in a notepad. Caption on back reads: "Cpl Daisy Berry, Milwaukee, Wisc., a member of the 7871st Tr... |
| Date: | 03 01 1956 |
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| Description: | Two women are posing on the steps outside a building. Both have open books on their laps. Caption reads: "The month of March began on a good note Thursday ... |
| Date: | 12 29 1955 |
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| Description: | A woman in a formal gown is sitting and smiling, and holding a corsage. A statue of the Virgin Mary is standing on a table next to her. Caption reads: "The... |
| Date: | 06 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Three young people and one adult woman are sitting around a cake shaped like a book with writing on its open pages. One young man is holding a knife over t... |
| Date: | 11 24 1954 |
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| Description: | Two young women are holding up four sketches of dresses. Caption reads: "Modest formal dresses were sketched in a contest for pupils of Milwaukee Ca... |
| Date: | 03 31 1955 |
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| Description: | A man is holding up one end of an American flag, and a boy and girl are holding up the other end. Several rows of seated children are looking on in the bac... |
| Date: | 04 26 1958 |
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| Description: | A man is pointing to sheet music on a stand, as a young man and two young women are looking on. Caption reads: "The veteran Arion Musical club choru... |
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