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Haney and Stengel

Date: 09 28 1958
Description: Fred Haney, manager of the 1958 National League pennant winning Milwaukee Braves, confers with his American League counterpart, Casey Stengel, manager of t...
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Charles Goren

Date: 10 15 1948
Description: Charles Goren, nationally known bridge expert, attended one of the topnotch bridge clubs in Madison at the home of Mrs. John Guy (Agatha) Fowlkes. From lef...
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"Roundy" With Four Dells Boys

Date: 12 23 1948
Description: "Roundy" with four men from Wisconsin Dells holding milk bottles full of donated money they collected for "Roundys" Fun Fund. Left to right are "Roundy" C...
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Miss America With Campus Lovelies

Date: 04 02 1949
Description: Miss America of 1948, BeBe Shopp, second from left, rides in the back seat of a convertible with Jaenne Faber, Suzaanne Wheeler, and Anne Barber. BeBe Shop...
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Nehru Visits Madison

Date: 11 04 1949
Description: Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India decending the stairs from an airplane at Truax Field. Nehru came to Madison to speak at the University of W...
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Nehru Visit to Madison

Date: 11 04 1949
Description: Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India speaking to a crowd gathered at the U.W. Union Terrace from a Union Theater outdoor balcony.
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Indira Gandhi Visits Madison

Date: 11 04 1949
Description: Indira Gandhi, daughter of Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India, speaking with University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred inside Memorial Union...
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Nehru Visits Madison

Date: 11 04 1949
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd of people gathered on the University of Wisconsin Union Terrace to listen to a speech by Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Ne...
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President Harry S. Truman Visit

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: President Harry S. Truman is shown speaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. He was in Madison to be present at the laying of the corner...
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Crowning East Side Merchandise Queen

Date: 07 30 1950
Description: Mildred Rand is crowned "East Side Merchandise Queen" by City Councilman Herbert C. Schenk at the annual festival of the East Side Business Men's Associati...
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Jack Dempsey Meets U.W. Football Coaches

Date: 01 24 1951
Description: The members of the U.W. football coaching staff are shown meeting with Jack Dempsey, former world's heavyweight boxing champion during a dinner at the Park...
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Jack Dempsey at Park Hotel

Date: 01 24 1951
Description: Three smiling men are posing in a pretend boxing stance at the Park Hotel. On the right is former world heavy weight boxing champion, Jack Dempsey. On the ...
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Senator Wiley and Madame Chiang Kai-shek

Date: 07 21 1958
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley shaking hands with Madame Chiang Kai-shek.
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Senator Wiley, Paul Anka and Senate Page Boys

Date: 09 04 1959
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley posing with singer Paul Anka and senate page boys on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building.
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Bickel Brothers — Alpha Delta Phi Alumni

Date: 06 26 1952
Description: Three Bickel brothers are shown with classmate Norman Bassett at an Alpha Delta Phi fraternity reunion. Left to right are: John Bickel, Norman Bassett, Fre...
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Charlie Grimm, Manager of the Milwaukee Braves

Date: 06 24 1953
Description: Charlie ("Jolly Cholly") Grimm, manager of the Milwaukee Braves, is shown second from left autographing a baseball before the Rotary luncheon at the Lorain...
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Sam and Zona Liberace

Date: 08 10 1953
Description: Sam Liberace and his wife, Zona, with their French horn and cello in their home at 2638 East Dayton Street. Sam and his former wife, Frances, are the paren...
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Lieutenant Colonel George R. Hansen at Football Game

Date: 10 03 1953
Description: Former P.O.W. George R. Hansen posing for a photograph after a football game between Wisconsin and Marquette at Camp Randall. The game climaxed a day of ho...
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Baseball Stars Tour Veterans Hospital

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: Robert (Red) Wilson (left), one of Wisconsin's all-time football and baseball greats and a catcher for the Chicago White Sox, acts as catcher behind bat ho...
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Baseball Stars Tour Veterans Hospital

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin sports alumni and professional baseball players "Red" Wilson and Harvey Kuenn take a tour through the Veterans Hospital, talking an...

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