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University of Wisconsin Commencement

Date: 06 20 1952
Description: Graduating seniors seated at the commencement ceremonies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. The band is seated in the foreground.
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Holy Hour of Prayer

Date: 06 29 1952
Description: Overhead shot of celebrants, procession of priests, and gathered laity at a Holy Hour of Prayer for the "peace and liberation of the prisoners of the faith...
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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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Frank Lloyd Wright at the Unitarian Meeting House

Date: 08 28 1955
Description: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright being filmed for the Omnibus television program. Wright and apprentice Frances Nemtin are standing in front of the Unitarian M...
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Taliesin Fellowship Choir

Date: 08 28 1955
Description: The Taliesin Fellowship choir singing in the pulpit of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House, a Frank Lloyd Wright design. Wright and the Fellowship ch...
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Frank Lloyd Wright on the Grounds of the Unitarian Meeting House

Date: 08 28 1955
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright on the grounds of the First Unitarian Society meeting house. Wright was being filmed for the Omnibus television program. The woman with...
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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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