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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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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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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 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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Vel Phillips Giving Child Flowers

Date: 06 1972
Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a brown and blue patterned dress is standing and holding a bouquet of flowers. A young girl sitting on a pile of watermelons holds a ...
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Vel Phillips and Child with Flowers

Date: 06 1972
Description: Vel Phillips is in a brown and blue patterned dress standing and holding a bouquet of flowers up to a young girls' nose. The girl is holding a plaque in he...
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Vel Phillips Throwing a Baseball

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing an Milwaukee Commandos NAACP Youth Council sweatshirt, throwing a baseball. Two unidentified children stand in the field behind Vel. ...
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Vel Phillips and Child

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Description: Rear view of Vel Phillips walking on a sidewalk in a neighborhood, with a small child walking in front of her. Vel is wearing a long coat and a hat.
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Vel Phillips at W Brown Street

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Description: View looking up towards Vel Phillips standing at a podium. She is wearing a coat and gloves and speaking into a microphone. Snow is falling. There is a tra...
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Vel Phillips Pitching

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing an Milwaukee Commandos NAACP Youth Council sweatshirt, throws a pitch. A batter, catcher, and umpire are in the foreground. Two unide...
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Fred Smith's Concrete Park

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Description: View of several sculptures, including depictions of people, angels, and various animals in Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
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Vel Phillips with Patrick Lucey and Unidentified Woman

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Description: Vel Phillips posing outdoors on a sidewalk with Patrick Lucey and a woman on the right. A group of people stand behind them. Vel is wearing a yellow top ov...

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