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"The Founding of the United States Pharmacopeia" Painting

Date: 1957
Description: Photograph of a completed painting by artist Robert Thom titled: "The Founding of the United States Pharmacopeia". The painting depicts a scene from the fi...
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Painting "The Founding of the U.S. Pharmacopeia"

Date: 1957
Description: Artist Robert Thom is seen here working on one of his paintings, this one titled: "The Founding of the United States Pharmacopeia".
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"The Founding of the U.S. Pharmacopeia" Painting

Date: 1957
Description: The artist Robert Thom pauses to pose with his new painting, "The Forming of the United States Pharmacopeia", which depicts the inaugural delegates to the ...
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Soldiers with Flag

Date: 1957
Description: Two soldiers hold a flag decorated with a crescent and a star.
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Hoyt School

Date: 1957
Description: Hoyt School.
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Senator Horace Wilke and Family

Date: 1957
Description: Horace Wilke with his wife and five daughters.
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Democratic Caucus

Date: 1957
Description: Horace Wilke (back row, third from the left) poses with nine other members of the Wisconsin Senate Democratic Caucus, including Henry Maier (to his right) ...
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A Daughter for Joe

Date: 1957
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and daughter Tierney. Her adoption was not completed at the time of the Senator's death on May 2, 1957.
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Republicans for McCarthy's Seat

Date: 1957
Description: After the death of Joseph R. McCarthy in May, 1957, seven Republicans ran in the special primary election. The most serious candidates were Congressman Gle...
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Eleanor Roosevelt Talking with Indian Chief

Date: 1957
Description: Mrs. Roosevelt at the 25th anniversary of Highlander Folk School, talking with an Indian chief from Florida.
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Eleanor Roosevet, Myles Horton, and May Justus

Date: 1957
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt, Myles Horton, and May Justus at the 25th anniversary of Highlander Folk School.
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Eleanor Roosevelt with Myles Horton and May Justus

Date: 1957
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt, standing, with Myles Horton, and May Justus at the 25th anniversary of Highlander Folk School.
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Eleanor Roosevelt with Zilphia and Myles Horton

Date: 1957
Description: From left: Zilphia Horton, Myles Horton, and Mrs. Roosevelt at a Highlander conference in connection with the Southern Conference for Human Welfare.
Postcard

Schroeder Hotel

Date: 1957
Description: Exterior of Schroeder Hotel, with automobiles parked on street and pedestrians in front of entrance. Caption reads: "Hotel • Shroeder • Milwaukee • Wis."
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Polka Party

Date: 1957
Description: A crowd gathers to watch men and women dance the polka at the Verona Legion Hall. A man plays a banjo in the background.
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Road America Race

Date: 1957
Description: Spectators near the grandstand at the Road America sports car race.
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Belfrage in China

Date: 1957
Description: Cedric Belfrage of the "National Guardian" visiting with China philosophers in Peking. Belfrage was the first western correspondent to visit mainland China...
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William and Ellen Proxmire

Date: 1957
Description: William and Ellen Proxmire boarding a plane.
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Daisy Bates at NAACP Event

Date: 1957
Description: Daisy Bates, who is wearing a fur, poses with other people at an NAACP event.
Manuscript

Racine Branch NAACP Letter

Date: 1957
Description: Draft of a letter from the Racine Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People regarding voter registration and organized votin...

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