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Frank M. Bignell

Date: 12 1946
Description: WIBA Program Director, Frank M. Bignell, seated behind a radio microphone.
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Bicycle Safety Week

Date: 04 29 1947
Description: Two men presenting a bicycle safety award to a young boy in front of a NBC WIBA radio microphone.
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New Fire Department Mobile Radio Equipment

Date: 09 20 1947
Description: Fire Chief Edward J. Page is broadcasting instructions to an aerial truck using new mobile radio equipment with driver, Fireman Frank McMahon. The mobile r...
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Fire Department Mobile Radio Equipment

Date: 09 20 1947
Description: Fireman Chris Andersen is operating the radio at Central Fire Headquarters, 18 South Webster Street, dispatching fire trucks from his office.
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WHA Radio Station

Date: 01 1948
Description: Supervising a WHA radio broadcast are Karl Schmidt, dramatic producer, and Ernest Engberg, studio operator. They are sitting at a desk in front of a window...
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Supreme Court Swearing-In Ceremony

Date: 06 06 1948
Description: John E. Martin, left, is shown as he took the oath of office as a member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry is administerin...
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Harold Stassen Rally

Date: 03 31 1948
Description: Republican candidate for president, Harold E. Stassen, addressing a crowd of 3,800 persons at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion during a S...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 25 1948
Description: The Grand Champion Frankie Meyers receiving a trophy from Ralph Hult, president of the Hults' Capitol Garage, sponsor of the event. Looking on is Tommy Smr...
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Man at WIBA Microphone

Date: 08 18 1948
Description: Unidentified young man (Landsman?) seated at a table with a WIBA microphone.
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Roundy Coughlin Wearing a Zor Shrine Fez

Date: 09 10 1948
Description: Ralph Olson, left, a member of the governing body of Zor Shrine, presenting Roundy Coughlin with a special Kelly green fez as a token of appreciation for h...
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Reverend William Waltmire

Date: 10 18 1948
Description: Portrait of Reverend William Waltmire, pastor at the Bashford Methodist Church, as he prepares for the broadcast of the worship service over station WFOW-F...
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Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 10 31 1948
Description: Rt. Rev. Adaltbert Turowski, Vatican City, Rome, father general of the Catholic Pallottine Order which will operate the seminary, shown addressing the audi...
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Who's New Club - Barn Dance

Date: 11 19 1948
Description: Members of the Madison Who's New Club at a barn dance at the YWCA gymnasium. Square dance caller, Frederic E Risser, and his wife Elizabeth wearing a bonne...
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A.W. Bareis, George Forster and Bruce Weatherly

Date: 12 28 1948
Description: City Clerk Alfred W. Bareis swears in police chief Bruce Weatherly in front of WKOW and WIBA microphones. George Forster, city finance director and acting...
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Madison Bible Fellowship Church

Date: 02 10 1949
Description: Pastor Charles R. Polley, at the pulpit in the Madison Bible Fellowship Church, 1704 Roberts Court.
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Cast of Wisconsin Players Rehearsing for "Bite the Dust"

Date: 05 05 1949
Description: Rehearsing for the Wisconsin Players production of "Bite the Dust" are left to right: Irving Kreutz as Six-Killer Onehorse; Patricia McKeene as Polly Pears...
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Flag Day Ceremony

Date: 06 14 1949
Description: Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild gives the keynote address at the flag day ceremony at the Madison Elks Lodge, 120 Monona Drive. At the left is Kenneth...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Announcer

Date: 07 07 1949
Description: A man, probably Ross Gordon or Pat Hernon, stands at a WKOW microphone while acting as the announcer for the Soap Box Derby.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Announcer

Date: 07 09 1949
Description: A Soap Box Derby announcer (either Lon Landman or Dwaine Tucker) sitting at a WIBA microphone.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Pierre Slightam (right), winner of the 11th annual Madison Soap Box Derby, is congratulated by Warren Jollymore, director of the Wisconsin State Journal...

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