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Vel Phillips Pitching Baseball

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Description: View from behind batter and umpire of Vel Phillips pitching a baseball. She is wearing a Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council sweatshirt. There are three unidenti...
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Vel Phillips Pitching a Baseball

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a baseball glove, hat and a sweatshirt that reads "Milwaukee Commando NAACP Youth Council" pitching a baseball. In the background sta...
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Vel Phillips Helping Child in Street

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Description: View down street towards Vel Phillips, who is crouching down near the curb at an intersection helping a child laying in the street. Her handbag is next to ...
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Vel Phillips at Common Council Desk

Date: 1971
Description: Rear view of Vel Phillips sitting at her desk in the Milwaukee Common Council chamber. Other unidentified council members are sitting at their desks. The m...
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Vel at Meeting with Women

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a striped dress, is sitting at a table with a group of unidentified women. There is a chalkboard in the background.
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Vel Phillips Campaign Brochure

Date: 1964
Description: Front of a brochure bearing the image of Vel Phillips superimposed on the outline of the state of Wisconsin and the phrase, "Now is the Time for Excellence...
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Vel Phillips with Man and Two Children

Date: 06 1972
Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a brown and blue patterned dress, is standing on the right holding a bouquet of flowers. A unidentified man is standing on the left, ...
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Vel Phillips Addressing Group

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: 6th Ward Milwaukee Alderman Vel Phillips is wearing a dress and standing on a podium. To the right are Bernice Lindsay and Reverend Lovell Johnson standing...
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Vel Phillips and News Media

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is on a podium wearing a dress. To the left are two members of the media holding recording equipment who are documenting the N Lindsay Street ...
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Gertrude Wall and Friend

Date: 11 1972
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Gertrude Wall of Columbia, Ohio, who was the cousin of Vel Phillips. Seated next to her is a woman identified as Liee Williams. The back o...
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Vel Phillips in a Group Portrait

Date: 07 1980
Description: Vel Phillips in a large group portrait of mostly women. The women are wearing dresses and coats and have name tags on their lapels. A building with large g...
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Vel Phillips and James Groppi at NAACP Youth Council Meeting

Date: 1967
Description: Vel Phillips at a Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council meeting. Vel is standing with a group of people on a table or stage. Below her is Father James Groppi. Vel ...
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Vel Phillips Speaking in Classroom

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Description: View from back of classroom towards Vel Phillips standing behind a desk. The chalkboard behind her reads: "Protective" and "Public Works." There is a map o...
Postcard

Good Land Company Advertisement

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Description: Postcard advertising the Good Land Company with a photograph of a farm and information for "Homeseekers, Farmers and Investors."
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Phillips, Johnson, Lindsay

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Reverend Lovell Johnson is on the left wearing a coat. On the right is Bernice Lindsay who is wearing a hat and carrying a handbag and cane. In the middle ...
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Vel Phillips Introduces Bernice Lindsay

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is in a dress on a podium. She is next to Bernice Lindsay, who is wearing a coat and a hat. Behind them is Reverend Lovell Johnson, who is wea...
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Dreyfus Administration

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Description: Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus (left) and the elected officers of his term: Lt. Governor Russell Olson, Secretary of State Vel Phillips, Treasurer Charles Sm...
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Phillips House

Date: 1910
Description: View across road towards an older man and woman standing on the front porch of a two-story house at S. 1st Avenue. The man is J.J. Phillips and the woman i...
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Lovell Johnson Addresses Group

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Reverend Lovell Johnson of St. Marks African Methodist Episcopal Church is on a podium in a coat and hat. On her right are Vel Phillips and Bernice Lindsay...
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Installing Lindsay Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is wearing a colorful dress. On the right is Bernice Lindsay, who is wearing a coat and a hat. Both are looking at a worker who is installing ...

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