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Vel and Dale Phillips

Date: 06 04 1985
Description: Vel Phillips wearing striped shorts standing next to her son, Dale Phillips. They are standing in front of a doorway.
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Vel Phillips

Date: 1992
Description: Waist-up portrait of Vel Phillips in a white blouse posing outdoors next to a railing.
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Rebuilding after Fire

Date: 1895
Description: Rebuilding of homes and barns after the fire in 1894.
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Vel and W. Dale Phillips at Horicon Marsh

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a coat and a hat, stands on a gravel road with her husband, W. Dale Phillips, who is wearing a coat and eyeglasses. The marsh is in t...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Phillips Fire Historic Marker

Date: 09 15 1957
Description: Mary Lynn Norton and Cathy Mess unveiling the Phillips Fire historical marker, while Avrid Bostrom and Alderman Victor Cress (seated) look on. Bostrom, a l...
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Birdwatching at Horicon Marsh

Date: 01 17 1980
Description: Group portrait at Horicon Marsh. Vel Phillips stands in the middle of the group wearing a coat and dark pants. The man on the far right is W. Dale Phillips...
Postcard

Colonel Elihu Phillips Home

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior of Colonel Elihu Phillips home, built in 1854.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Phillips Fire Historic Marker

Date: 12 09 1964
Description: Mrs. James Sima, a child when the Phillips Fire of 1894 raged, standing next to the historical marker documenting the horrific fire.
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Birdwatching at Horicon Marsh

Date: 01 17 1980
Description: Vel Phillips standing outdoors wearing a coat holding binoculars.
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Moose Statue at Concrete Park

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Description: Sculpture of a moose at Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
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Vel Phillips in Doorway

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Description: Vel Phillips standing in an open double doorway wearing a white puffy vest and yellow pants. A bell is hanging on the closed door, which has a window with ...
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Outdoor Portrait of Vel Phillips

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Description: Full-length portrait of Vel Phillips wearing a suit and skirt, and holding a pair of gloves in her left hand. She is walking outside on grass with trees in...
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View of Town after the fire of July 27, 1894

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view of the town as it appeared following the fire of 1894.
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Normal School Building

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Description: Three-story brick building with two entrances, windows, and a hip roof. Signs above both entrances says: County Normal.
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Fred Smith's Concrete park

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Description: Detail of a statue of a man at Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
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Vel Phillips Greeting Woman

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a coat and fur scarf, is shaking the hand of Golda Meier. There are other unidentified men surrounding the two. In the background is ...
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Vel Phillips Marching with NAACP at Rally

Date: 11 1967
Description: Vel Phillips marching with the Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council rally. She is wearing the organization's sweatshirt. Other unidentified people are marching wi...
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Fred Smith's Concrete Park

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Description: View of several sculptures in Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
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Vel Phillips and Patrick Lucey

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Description: Vel Phillips posing outdoors with a man wearing a suit. Vel is wearing a yellow top over a long, striped skirt with a vegetable design. Behind them is a dr...
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Vel Phillips Stands near Child Sitting on Watermelons

Date: 06 1972
Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a brown and blue patterned dress is holding a bouquet of flowers. She stands near a young girl wearing a dress sitting on a pile of w...

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