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Leonard Schmitt Talkathon

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Leonard F. Schmitt, Merrill attorney who is challenging U.S. Senator Joseph B. McCarthy for the Republican nomination in the primary, is shaking hands with...
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Leonard Schmitt Talkathon

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Live audience attending the 25-hour radio talkathon of Leonard F. Schmitt, Merrill attorney who is challenging U.S. Senator Joseph B. McCarthy for the Repu...
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Leonard Schmitt Talkathon

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Mrs. R.R. (Helen) Brinsmade of Madison, right, takes a microphone to defend the record of U.S. Senator Joseph B. McCarthy during the 25-hour radio talkatho...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 25 1953
Description: An adult stands beside a Badger Spelling Bee contestant at a podium behind a WIBA microphone.
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Shrine-KC Funfest Clowns

Date: 08 12 1953
Description: Two clowns wearing polka-dotted costumes are cavorting in front of crowded bleachers at Breese Stevens Field. The staged slow-pitch softball game was in it...
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Spelling Bee Winners

Date: 04 10 1954
Description: Badger Spelling Bee state finals winner Robert Suszycki and runner-up David Hemmy (of Juneau City) shake hands.
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Spelling Bee Winners

Date: 04 10 1954
Description: Badger Spelling Bee champion Robert Suszycki of Mauston posing with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Suszycki, and his teacher Howard Mackin.
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Nakoma Welfare League

Date: 05 26 1954
Description: Nakoma Welfare League member, some standing, others sitting on blankets on the ground while viewing the ceremony to install new officers. The ceremony took...
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University of Wisconsin Graduation

Date: 06 19 1954
Description: One of three negatives that make a panorama of University of Wisconsin graduates and families sitting in the stands at Camp Randall Stadium during graduati...
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Inauguration of Governor Walter Kohler

Date: 01 03 1955
Description: Governor Walter Kohler is shown with his right hand raised while taking his oath of office, being administered by Chief Justice Edward Fairchild of the Wis...
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Inauguration of Secretary of State

Date: 01 03 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John E. Wise) raises her hand while taking her oath of office before a robed judge. An audience looks on from the background. The origi...
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University of Wisconsin Graduation

Date: 06 17 1955
Description: The stands at Camp Randall Stadium are packed for University of Wisconsin graduation.
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Spooner Performs at Headliners

Date: 1982
Description: The band Spooner performs at Headliners nightclub on University Avenue. Band members included Butch Vig (drums), Duke Erikson (guitar), Dave Benton (guitar...
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Christmas Play at Neighborhood House

Date: 1923
Description: Performers lined up on the stage in "The Toy Shop," a Christmas play, with a Santa figure, a boy in harlequin dress, two boys in military uniforms, girls i...
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Government Reorganization

Date: 1968
Description: David R. Obey, then a Wisconsin assemblyman, testifying in the Capitol in behalf of the reorganization of state government proposed by the Kellett Commissi...
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Bishop O'Connor Returns from European Trip

Date: 09 28 1959
Description: Bishop O'Connor tells an overflow crowd of one thousand people about his audience with the Pope in Rome and announced that the Pope extended his personal a...
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Senator William Proxmire Talks at Postal Wage Rally

Date: 03 13 1960
Description: Senator William Proxmire stands at a podium to address an overflow crowd of about 600 federal employees in the second congressional district at the wage in...
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University of Wisconsin Concert Band

Date: 06 04 1960
Description: Raymond F. Dvorak, center, University of Wisconsin bands director, conducting the concert band at pre-commencement exercises on the Memorial Union Terrace.
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Nixon Film Preview

Date: 11 02 1960
Description: 40 Madison area women preview a film of Vice-President and GOP presidential candidate Richard Nixon. The film is to be shown on WISC-TV.
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Manchester's Style Show

Date: 02 28 1941
Description: Manchester's Department Store style show. Photographer and clerk are behind crowd.

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