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| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Stereograph. Looking northwest. Designed by Edward Townsend Mix, the building is said to be Wisconsin's premier example of the Victorian Gothic style of ar... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A composite drawing, including photographic portraits, depicting "Doc" Aubrey, newsboy of the Iron Brigade, delivering papers to the camp where other membe... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the members of the 11th Wisconsin Volunteers, and some family members, posed on the steps of what appears to be the old Milwaukee County ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Car in a parade carrying a sign that reads "Let us pray...God damn Hitler." A large crowd watches the parade from bleachers along the side of the road. The... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil, and other officials touring the Allis-Chalmers plant. |
| Date: | 10 01 1956 |
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| Description: | Original caption from the Milwaukee Journal: "Manager Fred Haney, wearing an Indian headdress, reached out to shake the hand of a greeter at Gen. Mi... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Captured German submarine, possibly the U-C97, with men on deck. United States flags are flying and several men are gathered on top of the submarine. Anoth... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Members of the Overpass Light Brigade, a Wisconsin activist group, are standing in a semicircle holding up boards painted black with letters formed by ligh... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of General Frederick C. Winkler of Milwaukee from the 1895 Columbian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Rep... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A sign on the roof of a car that says, "Grapes = Poverty" supporting the United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO grape boycott. The car is parked on a street in f... |
| Date: | 01 15 1987 |
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| Description: | View looking out window at a man who is washing the window. Caption reads: "Edgar Gordon spreads cleanliness and happiness." Edgar William Gordon was a ... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Group portrait outdoors of the Veterans of Company I, 29th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at a Grand Army of the Republic reunion. Center group, standing, fr... |
| Date: | 09 20 1989 |
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| Description: | Melodie Albritton holds up an origami crane she folded at St. Nicholas School. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | This map is a chart of Milwaukee Harbor that displays local streets, bridges, roads, railroads, public buildings, businesses, factories, dry docks, parks, ... |
| Date: | 03 13 1955 |
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| Description: | A woman is sitting and smiling, and wearing a crown. She is holding an opened package, and next to her is a bag advertising Coca-Cola. Caption reads: "'... |
| Date: | 09 13 1958 |
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| Description: | A young man is sitting next to an older man and woman. Behind them is a sign with eight stars on it, and the text: WELCOME HOME RON! NUMBER EIGHT IS HOM... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Alfred W. Lawson (second from right) and his employees in front of his South Milwaukee factory with the center section of his new airplane, the Lawson Midn... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Group of women gathered at 2nd (now 7th St.) and Mitchell wearing light-colored dresses and hats. Each woman holds a U.S. flag. There is a sign to the righ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | This map is a chart of Milwaukee Harbor that displays local streets, bridges, roads, railroads, public buildings, businesses, factories, dry docks, parks, ... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Young women and men holding up a banner reading: "Student Union Movement," a social justice group based out of Milwaukee Area Technical College. Other peop... |
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