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Clifford Thompson and Newspaper Man

Date: 01 15 1928
Description: Clifford Thompson, who at 8 feet, 8 inches in height was the tallest man in America, shakes hands with a newspaper man of average height.
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Roosevelt, Truman, and Wallace

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: President Franklin D. Roosevet, Vice-president elect Harry Truman, and Henry Wallace, the sitting vice-president, riding together in an open car shortly af...
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William O. Douglas

Date: 04 12 1939
Description: Informal portrait of William O. Douglas with his feet on a desk, autographed to read "For my dear friends Bob Allen - who taught me how, where, and when to...
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Tommy Thompson and Darleen Tennessen

Date: 08 31 1999
Description: Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson folding a kringle. This image appeared in The Chippewa Herald on August 31, 1999. The caption read: "Darleen Tenne...
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He Favors More Student Marriages

Date: 12 23 1932
Description: Portrait of a man seated in an office. Caption reads: "HE FAVORS MORE STUDENT MARRIAGES. Prof. Edward Aylesworth [sic] Ross, widely known sociologist of th...
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Hans and Thomas Amlie

Date: 01 19 1938
Description: Two men are seated next to each other. Caption reads: "Washington, Jan. 19.--Visiting his brother, Representative Thomas R. Amlie, Democrat, of Wisconsin, ...

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