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Lemonade Stand

Date: 07 1967
Description: Several young boys selling fruit drinks, penny candy, and snow cones to parched pedestrians. A city bus is in the background.
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Milwaukee Movie Set

Date: 1990
Description: Costumed actors on a Third Ward street transformed to represent the 1930s for the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger".
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Run on the First National Bank

Date: 04 1905
Description: Elevated view of street scene of a run on the First National Bank. The sidewalk is crowded with people, spilling into the street. A horse-drawn buggy is dr...
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Milwaukee Grape Boycott Picketers

Date: 1969
Description: Picketers in front of Kroger supermarket in Milwaukee carrying United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO signs that read, "Boycott Grapes" to support the grape boyc...
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Crowds at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Crowds gather at games and other attractions at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Vel Phillips at Bat

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Description: Vel Phillips grips the bat and ducks as the ball is pitched at a baseball game. The catcher is on the right. Chain link fencing, a bicycle and a residentia...
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Three Young People

Date: 1896
Description: Snapshot of a young man with two young women chatting on Wisconsin Street. The scene is near the Grand Avenue bridge which appears in the background.
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Women for Hillary

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: Two middle-aged women are holding up signs in support of Hillary Clinton. They are standing in front of a crowd of men and young women.
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Penny-farthing

Date: 07 04 1969
Description: Side view of a woman riding a penny-farthing down the street during the Old Milwaukee Days annual circus parade. A crowd of people are sitting or standing ...
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Brumder Family Christmas

Date: 1925
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert Paul) Brumder, left, is sitting in an armchair in the living room of the family home at 2030 East Lafayette Place. Her childre...

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