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Children at Waushara Labor Camp

Date: 1967
Description: A group of children of migrant worker families playing a ball game in a circle with an adult who has his back to the camera at a Waushara County Labor Camp...
Photograph

Mary Alice Martinez in Picket Line

Date: 1969
Description: Mary Alice Martinez from Appleton is picketing to boycott grapes. She is carrying two signs. On the right, "Boycott Grapes in Neenah and everywhere." On th...
Photograph

Striking Farm Worker Displays Union Button

Date: 1967
Description: Farm worker Conrado Lopez, on strike against Libby, McNeill & Libby, displays his "Huelga! — NFWA" union button with its trademark black eagle symbol in a ...
Photograph

Father Gonzalez in Wautoma

Date: 1967
Description: At the center stands Father Antonio Gonzales, a former migrant worker from Rio Grande City, Texas, who is visiting his parents in Wautoma. In 1966, he led ...
Photograph

Mother and Siblings at Texas Wedding

Date: 1970
Description: From left to right, a sister, mother and brother attending a wedding celebration in Mercedes, Texas. The woman on the left is wearing an empire waist sleev...
Photograph

Marchers Rest on Roadside

Date: 08 15 1966
Description: A woman and man, members of Obreros Unidos, (United Workers) sit crossed legged on a roadside of Highway 21 eating lunch. They are resting from a march to...
Photograph

Wautoma Teens Counter-Picketing Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: Four young men sitting in front of a grocery store. The young man on the left is sitting beside a crate of corn, wearing sunglasses and holding a bag of gr...
Photograph

Central Wisconsin Labor Camp

Date: 1967
Description: A central Wisconsin labor camp consisting of a row of wooden framed building with asphalt siding which housed migrant laborers. At the center, three childr...
Property Record

418 N DEWEY ST

Community: Eau Claire
County: Eau Claire
Historic Name: Sacred Heart Church
Reference Number: 29215
Photograph

Texas Migrant Family

Date: 1967
Description: A family from Texas temporarily settles in Waushara County. Their white truck is parked in front of a grassy area and wooden house. The father is standing ...
Photograph

Obreros Unidos Office

Date: 1968
Description: At the center of the photograph, in hat, is Manuel Salas. One is Father Michael Garrigan, dressed in black. Chuck Miller is shown at left, and Father Mich...
Photograph

Boy Strikes Against Libby, McNeill & Libby, Inc.

Date: 1967
Description: A nine-year old Jamaican boy wearing a backwards cap, plaid jacket, jeans, and sneakers. He is holding two buckets and is looking at the camera. He is join...
Historical Essay

Ukrainian Decorated Egg

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Pysanky Ukrainian Easter egg decorated by Wisconsin artist Betty Pisio Christenson, 1980s. (Museum object #1996.118.356)
Property Record

639 N 25TH ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Central United Methodist Church
Reference Number: 118266
Property Record

5705 LACY RD

Community: Fitchburg
County: Dane
Historic Name: Memorial United Church of Christ
Reference Number: 239006
Photograph

United Workers March to Madison

Date: 1966
Description: An Obreros Unidos (United Workers) member holding a sign, possibly like those in the background, that says "Juntarnos Para Ser Reconocidos/Hablar Para Ser ...
Property Record

305 W MAIN ST

Community: Dickeyville
County: Grant
Historic Name: HOLY GHOST PARK
Reference Number: 44363
Property Record

3201 S 51ST ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral
Reference Number: 15570
Property Record

621 WILSON AVE

Community: Menomonie
County: Dunn
Historic Name: ZION EVANGELICAL CHURCH
Reference Number: 21650
Property Record

3022 W WISCONSIN AVE

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Reference Number: 7259

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