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Dress Up Day at City Playgrounds

Date: 07 20 1961
Description: Two children walking home carrying their costumes following a Dress Up Day celebration at a city playground.
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Dress Up Day at City Playgrounds

Date: 07 20 1961
Description: Children attend a Dress Up Day celebration at Truax Park playground. A child is finishing up her costume at center.
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Crowd at the Pier, Regatta Day

Date: 1940
Description: View of a crowd gathered along a pier for Regatta Day. Boats are docked alongside the pier on the left.
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"Noon Day Meals For Needy Artists"

Date: 1914
Description: Struggling artists in Berlin meet for their daily noon meal and discuss the issues of the day.
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Randy Schwenn's First Day of School

Date: 09 10 1957
Description: Randy Schwenn at Marquette School on his first day in Mrs. Delores Platter's first-grade class.
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Olin Day Camp Activities

Date: 07 15 1958
Description: A group of kids admire a mushroom that Francis Burns found on a log at the Olin day camp.
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Water Fight on a Hot Summer Day

Date: 09 02 1960
Description: Two African-American boys shooting water pistols at each other on a hot summer day while sitting on front porch steps.
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Madison Couple Looks at the Lake on a Nice September Day

Date: 09 27 1960
Description: A couple sitting in their VW Beetle convertible car look out over a Madison lake on a nice September day.
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Rolland J. Thomas

Date: 09 02 1946
Description: R.J. Thomas, vice-president UAW-CIO, addresses the crowd at Milwaukee Labor Day celebration, State Fair Park.
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We Saw You . . . Observing Constitution Day

Date: 09 1960
Description: Members of the Lions Club and their guests gather at the Park Hotel to mark the 37th annual observance of Constitution Day. The day marked the 173rd annive...
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We Saw You . . . Observing Constitution Day

Date: 09 1960
Description: Members of the Lions Club and their guests gather at the Park Hotel to mark the 37th annual observance of Constitution Day. The day marks the 173rd anniver...
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Newspaper Carrier

Date: 05 28 1952
Description: James Bormett, one of ten individual portraits of newspaper carriers who won a three-day, all-expense paid trip to Indianapolis for the Memorial Day speedw...
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Milwaukee's Greatest May Day Parade

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: Side view of a car parked at curb decorated to participate in the May Day parade. The car has two large megaphones mounted on top and a banner that reads, ...
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Buttered Corn

Date: 09 30 1959
Description: A boy eating buttered corn on the cob at a Golden Spike Day party.
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Stony Hill School

Date: 06 14 1946
Description: Stony Hill School house, where the first Flag Day was celebrated on June 14, 1885.
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Nonogakei Apiary

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Description: Men working, possibly breeding queen bees, in Nonogakei apiary in Okucho, Japan, Owari domain (present day Aichi prefecture).
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Unity Chapel Cemetery

Date: 04 1959
Description: Unity Chapel Cemetery on the day of Frank Lloyd Wright's funeral.
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Chagrin River

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Description: Small river winding through the town on a misty day.
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Bartending

Date: 03 2017
Description: A young woman, Jamie, is pouring out a drink at Dublin Square Pub on the day of the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Both she and another bartender behind her are...
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Christmas Shoppers on the Capitol Square

Date: 11 29 1957
Description: Christmas shoppers crowd the Capitol Square on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Women shoppers are seen at the corner of State Street, Carroll Street and W....

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