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| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Station manager Ron Nicols and an International Scout truck with plow outside Wisconsin's Very Live Radio station headquarters. WVLR shared quarters with C... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Office of author August Derleth, Wisconsin's Very Live Radio's (WVLR) unofficial consultant on the history of the Sauk-Prairie area. Derleth's novels and s... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Radio announcer Del Viney on the air inside Wisconsin's Very Live Radio (WVLR) station during the dinner music show. Caption reads: "Dinner Music Show is a... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | James Kirchstein, Wisconsin's Very Live Radio (WVLR) station chief engineer and originator, inside his recording company, Sara Sound Productions, Inc. WVLR... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Teenagers studying and playing pool at the Eagle's Nest, a popular teen hangout in downtown Sauk-Prairie. The Eagle's Nest had a juke-box, but the WVLR (Wi... |
| Date: | 02 18 1960 |
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| Description: | Stone building (winery) in winter. Kehl Winery operated from 1867 to 1899. It later became a dance hall. Excerpt from Sauk Prairie Star, Sauk City, 18 Febr... |
| Date: | 02 18 1960 |
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| Description: | Two young women looking at a wine making tool. Winery operated from 1867 to 1899. It later became a dance hall. Excerpt from Sauk Prairie Star, Sauk City, ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Casual portrait of August Derleth sitting behind his typewriter in his office, with Gaylord Nelson sitting on his desk to talk. |
| Date: | 08 23 1961 |
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| Description: | The recipe for Savory Cabbage submitted by Mrs. Elmer Elsing, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, was the second place winner in the vegetable category of the Wisco... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Young Disc Jockeys, Mary Speth and Peggy Schaefer, get briefing from announcer, Del Viney. Station strictly limits rock-'n-roll to one hour... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a WVLR radio set, an FM radio that is a special, single-station receiver manufactured and advertised as a "barn radio" whose reception is unaff... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Fan Mail. Writes widow in rest home: 'I think WVLR has put new pep into everybody.'" |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Drawbridge over the Wisconsin River with the lift mechanism on the left. |
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