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Ezekiel Gillespie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ezekiel Gillespie. Gillespie was born in 1818 and died March 31, 1892. In 1866, Milwaukee's Ezekiel Gillespie successfully s...
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Ezekiel Gillespie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ezekiel Gillespie.
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Captain Gillespie

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Description: Studio portrait of Captain Gillespie.
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Reverend James A. Gillespie

Date: 1870
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a man seated, with a woman standing next to him. Caption reads: "Rev. Jas. Gillespie & wife. Preached in Necedah over 50 years ...
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Captain Gillespie

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Description: Studio portrait of Captain Gillespie.
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Ezekiel Gillespie

Date: 1850
Description: Black and white copy print of a daguerreotype portrait of Ezekiel Gillespie.
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Shirley Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie and Mal Waldron

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Description: Shirley Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie, Mal Waldron and an unidentified man in the studio during a recording session for the film "The Cool World."
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Group Portrait of Volleyball Team

Date: 02 22 1928
Description: Gillespie Motor Sales men's volleyball team, with three men standing and three men kneeling.
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Shirley Clarke and Dizzy Gillespie

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Description: Dizzy Gillespie looking at Shirley Clarke, sitting on the left with a contemplative look on her face, during a recording session for the film "The Cool Wor...
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Philip Plath

Date: 06 11 1953
Description: Portrait of Philip Plath. Plath sold his business property, Plath Motor Sales at 1033 East Washington Avenue, to Gillespie-Blumer Motors, Inc., and joined ...
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Auto Buy Week

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: Two Madison automobile dealers confer with B.R. Durkee (center), director of advertising and sales promotion, Chrysler Corp. division. At left is J.P. Gill...
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Transtar Rose with ATA Roadeo Winners

Date: 1973
Description: Transtar Rose (a.k.a. Bonnie Nelson) poses with ATA Roadeo winners. Original caption reads: "Transtar Rose, known to drivers across America through Interna...
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Joseph and Emma Gillett

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Description: Indoor portrait of Joseph and Emma Gillett, parents of Sherwin Gillett.
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Theta Sigma Phi Banquet

Date: 07 02 1956
Description: Left to right are Mary Lee Grimmell of Charleston, West Virginia, president of Theta Sigma Phi chapter at the University of West Virginia; Vera Gillespie o...
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Wisconsin Automotive Trade Association

Date: 03 31 1950
Description: Three men of the Wisconsin Automotive Trade Association sit at and stand by a desk during what is probably a donation check presentation. Organization Pre...
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James Johnson

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Description: Text on negative sleeve reads: "'James Johnson, better known as Uncle Jimmie,' charter member and first and only sexton to 1893 of St. Mark's AME Church, M...
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Auto Buy Week

Date: 04 28 1958
Description: Four auto dealers are holding four signs saying "You," "Auto," "Buy," "Now." A fifth seated man, Mayor Ivan Nestingen, signs a proclamation designating, "A...

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