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Truman Parade

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: President Harry S. Truman in Madison for the opening and dedication of the Filene House, 1617 Sherman Avenue. He is sitting in the car and waving his hat d...
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Three Honored Friends of 4-H

Date: 06 17 1959
Description: University of Wisconsin President Conrad A. Elvehjem, left, presents plaques to three "Friends of 4-H" at the State 4-H Club Week program in the Wisconsin ...
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Breakfast for Sen. John F. Kennedy

Date: 09 24 1959
Description: Sen. John Kennedy, a leading Democratic presidential hopeful, began an intensive three-day speaking tour in Wisconsin with a breakfast with politicians and...
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Donald C. Slichter, President Of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Date: 06 03 1961
Description: Donald C. Slichter, president of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, received the "Alumnus of the Year" award of the Wisconsin Alumni Associati...
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Honorary Degree Recipients, Wisconsin Alumni Association Banquet

Date: 06 03 1961
Description: Seated are, Mrs. Mary Ingraham Bunting, president of Radcliffe College, and Louis P. Lochner, Fair Haven, New Jersey, Pulitzer prize winning foreign corres...
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Artist Chester Mayer and Bust of Lincoln

Date: 01 21 1964
Description: Artist and sculptor Chester Mayer shown with a bust of President Lincoln, which had been created by Chester's uncle, Louis Mayer. Chester is working on a l...
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Dane County GOP Club Lincoln Day Dinner

Date: 02 11 1965
Description: Former Lt. Gov. Jack B. Olson, main speaker at the Dane County GOP Club Lincoln Day dinner, looks over the dinner program with, left to right: Mrs. Gene Bu...
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Palm Sunday A Century Ago When Lincoln Was Assassinated

Date: 03 30 1965
Description: Front page of the "Wisconsin State Journal" on April 10, 1865 headlining Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
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Dr. Alberto Lleras Camargo, Former President of Columbia, Speaks at the U.W.

Date: 10 17 1965
Description: Dr. Alberto Lleras Camargo, twice former president of Columbia, speaking at the Wisconsin Memorial Union on the problems of overpopulation in Latin America...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Receiving Honorary Degree

Date: 06 17 1955
Description: Professor Ben Elliot placing the doctoral hood on Frank Lloyd Wright at the University of Wisconsin Commencement ceremony. U.W. President Edwin Broun Fred ...
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Beautiful Madison Week Proclamation

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen signing a proclamation designating April 26 through May 4 as Beautiful Madison Week, when residents are urged to spruce up the...
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We Saw You . . . at PEO Sisterhood Tea

Date: 06 15 1957
Description: Members of the PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Sisterhood Reciprocity Board hold a tea in honor of First Lady Helen (Davis) Thomson, wife of W...
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Volunteers at the Nixon-Lodge Campaign Headquarters

Date: 10 16 1960
Description: Volunteers at the local Nixon-Lodge presidential campaign headquarters, 123 East Mifflin Street, plan for coffee hours to watch a 22-minute telecast film o...
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Vice President Richard Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Richard Nixon addresses a crowd at the Madison Municipal Airport while campaigning for the 1960 Presidential election.
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Vice President Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon leaving his airplane with his wife on a campaign stop in Madison.
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Vice President Richard Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon helps lift crutch-clutching Lynn Cooperman to the speaker's platform during a campaign stop at the Madison Municipal Airport. She...
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Vice President Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon on the speakers platform during a presidential campaign stop at the Madison Municipal airport. With him are his wife, Pat; injure...
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Vice President Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon enjoys a cup of coffee during a presidential campaign stop at the Madison Municipal airport.
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Bust and Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Date: 02 10 1961
Description: A bust and portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Photograph taken at an unknown location.

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