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George R. Currie

Date: 11 29 1966
Description: Studio portrait of Chief Justice George R. Currie wearing his black robe.
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Carpenters' Union

Date: 1953
Description: A group of carpenters pose in front of an unfinished building. The caption reads "Carpenters union donate wages to community fund".
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Joseph McCarthy with G. David Schine and Roy M. Cohn

Date: 03 12 1954
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy with G. David Schine and Roy M. Cohn.
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Picketers Protesting Economic Exploitation

Date: 11 18 1966
Description: Two men carry signs to protest exploitation of tenants who are members of Local 404 by their landlord who is manager of College Barber Shop.
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Guy Lombardo

Date: 01 16 1976
Description: Portrait of Guy Lombardo, bandleader of the Royal Canadians. He and his orchestra were famous for their traditional performance on New Year's Eve at the Wa...
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Ku Klux Klan Funeral

Date: 12 05 1924
Description: Klansmen of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) wearing conic masks and white robes gather in front of St. James Lutheran Church, Verona, for the funeral of Herbert C. ...
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Governor Kohler and Foreign Dignitaries

Date: 06 1955
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., meeting with a delegation of Latin American newspapermen in his office at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Sauk City Fire Company

Date: 02 1962
Description: Albert Derleth, chief of the Sauk City Fire Department, and the department's fleet of equipment.
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The Candidate Votes

Date: 11 04 1958
Description: Gaylord Nelson, the Democratic candidate for governor, emerging from the voting booth.
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Where's Joe?

Date: 08 03 1952
Description: Leonard Schmitt, independent Republican candidate for the United States Senate, holding a copy of The McCarthy Record and pointing to an empty chair...
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Shorewood Fire Fighters

Date: 1930
Description: Members of Shorewood Fire Fighters standing in front of fire engine posing outdoors near a lake.
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Civil Rights Rally at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 06 13 1961
Description: Large group of protesters in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda with many carrying signs in favor of Civil Rights for African-Americans. One man holds a s...
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Republican State Chairman

Date: 10 17 1960
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Philip G. Kuehn. He was the Wisconsin Republican State Chairman from 1955 to 1958. In his first bid for governor, in 1960, he ne...
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Walter Scott Weighing DDT Transcript

Date: 09 26 1969
Description: Walter Scott of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources weighs the 4,499-page transcript of Wisconsin's DDT hearings.
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Vel Phillips and Keynote Speakers

Date: 03 12 1980
Description: The Minority Engineering Students Luncheon Keynote Speakers. From the left are: Al Hampton, Vel Phillips, Fred Johnson, W.R. Marshall, Ninenee Coleman, UW ...
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Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. Donates Blood at the UW

Date: 04 22 1955
Description: Walter Kohler Jr. lying on a cot, while two women, one in a nurse's uniform, stand beside him on the left. The nurse holds a glass bottle used to collect b...
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Rock Festival

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: People in front of outdoor stage at the Sound Storm rock festival. U-haul trucks and a crane are in the background.
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Meinhardt Raabe as Little Oscar at Easter Seals Camp Wawbeek

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Description: Meinhardt Raabe as Little Oscar standing with a group of children, some in wheelchairs, at Easter Seals Camp Wawbeek. The Wienermobile is in the background...
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Edgerton Lions Club

Date: 05 14 1976
Description: A person costumed in a Lion suit is riding a motorcycle as part of the Edgerton Lions Club. Onlookers are sitting along the side of the road and in parked ...
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Rock Festival

Date: 06 30 1970
Description: Elevated view of a man standing wearing a vest, furry hat and headband, American Flag cape and holding a tin of sardines in front of a crowd sitting at a r...

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