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Vel Phillips Playing Baseball

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing an Milwaukee Commandos NAACP Youth Council sweatshirt, handing a baseball to an unidentified young man wearing a jacket. Two unidenti...
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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 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 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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Vel Phillips in Costume

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Description: Vel Phillips standing and speaking in a costume. There is a woman on the left bowing her head. Three men are standing on the left looking to the right. In ...
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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...
Property Record

2760 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 2760 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 109228
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Vel Phillips Addressing Crowd

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips is at a podium speaking to a crowd of people, some of whom are standing behind a street barricade. She is wearing a dress. In the bottom right...
Property Record

1718 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1718 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 109099
Property Record

2361 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 2361 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 109218
Property Record

2528-2530 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 2528-2530 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 109220
Property Record

2634 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 2634 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 109222
Historical Essay

Vel Phillips's Common Council Desk

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Desk used by Milwaukee Alder Vel Phillips, made by the Northwestern Furniture Company for Milwaukee City Hall, 1895. (Museum object #2007.16.1)
Photograph

Lifting the Lindsay Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips and Bernice Lindsay helping lift the Lindsay Street sign to be installed. Phillips is wearing a dress and is in front of Lindsay, who is weari...
Property Record

1730-1732 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1730-1732 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 109104
Property Record

2233 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 2233 N 4TH)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 109215
Property Record

1533 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1533 N 4TH ST)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: BENJAMIN CHURCH HOUSE
Reference Number: 27213

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