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Bob Kastenmeier

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Description: Robert Kastenmeier, U.S. Congressman. Text on image reads, "To Bill Evjue a Great American-in admiration & in gratitude, Bob Kastermeier member of Congre...
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Bill Proxmire

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Description: Portrait of Bill Proxmire. The front of the photograph is inscribed: To America's greatest Crusading editor with admiration and deep respect, Bill Proxmire...
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Wallick, Evjue, Humphrey and Waters

Date: 08 04 1959
Description: Four men in the office of editor William T. Evjue. The people from left to right are Mr. Frank Wallick (of Milwaukee), Mr. William T. Evjue, Senator Humph...
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Buddy's Place

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Two women pose next to gambling machines at Buddy's Place, in the township of Rib Mountain. The bar operated as a house of prostitution.
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Clarence Sidesky's Tavern

Date: 04 10 1942
Description: Friday night, April 10th, 1942, at Clarence Sidesky's tavern, Route 3, Kenosha.
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Star Bar and Grill Room

Date: 04 10 1942
Description: Friday night at the Star Bar and Grill Room, at the intersection of Highways 41 and 43 in Kenosha County.
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Nesbitt's Highway Tavern

Date: 04 1942
Description: A man and woman posed at the bar in Nesbitt's Highway Tavern, on Highway 42, North of Kenosha. Gambling machines can be seen on the left.
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Walter Goodland with John Grindell and Aloys Klaas

Date: 09 04 1943
Description: Governor Goodland conferring with District Attorney John Grindell and Sheriff Aloys Klaas about gambling in Grant County.
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Frank Deischel with Slot Machine

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Frank Deischel, Wausau, President of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, standing with an illegal slot machine in Deischel's tavern.
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Drew Pearson on Vacation

Date: 1950
Description: Columnist Drew Pearson, who with Robert S. Anderson and later with Jack Anderson, pioneered modern political investigative reporting. Pearson was one of t...
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Children Meet the Milkman

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Description: A group of children gather around a milk truck as the milkman emerges with bottles of milk.
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Woman Frying Bacon

Date: 1939
Description: Mrs. Baltes frying bacon for the children at Kiddie Camp, 3910 Mineral Point Rd.
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Children Brushing Teeth at Camp

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Description: A row of children brush their teeth outdoors at camp.
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Children Hang Up Towels

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Description: Children at camp hang up their towels outdoors.
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Mr. Evjue with Scrapbook

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Description: A smiling boy hands a scrapbook to William T. Evjue as a girl and woman look on.
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Frank Lloyd Wright and Admirers

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Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and Mrs. Wright at a Madison event honoring him. They are looking at a model of the Wright-designed model of Monona Terrace. With them ...
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Four women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. One woman is thumbing her nose at the camera. The arrest w...
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Arrested Woman in Car in Iron County

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: View of a woman as she was loaded into the agent's car after a raid at Rae's Blackhawk Bar. She is hiding her face in her coat.
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Woman Being Led Out of a Hurley Area Establishment

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: A woman is led out by a State Agent during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution. The ...
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Woman Turning Her Back During a Raid

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: A woman turns her back on an agent as they enter the establishment where she worked at the beginning of a raid on many Hurley area bars. The arrest warrant...

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