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Neighborhood Play Acting

Date: 07 18 1951
Description: A group of children sitting on the lawn in a residental neighborhood watching seven other children acting in a play in front of a make-shift stage.
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Clown Entertaining Children

Date: 08 01 1951
Description: A clown dressed in western costume entertaining children and youth during the Knights of Columbus and Zor Shrine softball game at Breese Steven's Field.
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Polio Resistance Exerciser

Date: 10 16 1951
Description: Crowds of shoppers watch the demonstration of a polio resistance exerciser held in a store display window. Dick Murphy, captain of the U.W. boxing team, is...
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Edgewood 70th Anniversary Mass

Date: 10 24 1951
Description: Mass is celebrated on the stage of the high school auditorium for Edgewood's 70th anniversary.
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Mobile Civil Defense Test

Date: 10 31 1951
Description: Governor Walter Kohler addresses a group of volunteers assembled at the Wisconsin State Capitol as part of Wisconsin's first civil defense support battalio...
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Vietnam Teach-In

Date: 05 22 1965
Description: Janes Aronson, editor of the National Guardian, a progressive weekly newspaper, speaking to a Vietnam War teach-in.
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Free Press in Germany

Date: 10 23 1945
Description: Heinrich Hollands of the "Aachener Nachrichten" speaking to a conference of German journalists at Marburg University following World War II. To Hollands' ...
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Lindbergh at Camp Randall Stadium

Date: 08 22 1927
Description: Charles Lindbergh meeting local dignitaries, with the crowd of admirers behind him seated in the stadium. Partly obscured to his right is Governor Schmedem...
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Lindbergh Speech

Date: 08 22 1927
Description: Charles Lindbergh speaking to a crowd at a stadium.
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Culling Demonstration

Date: 1919
Description: A group of men and women gather around Professor Garrick in the yard and on the porch of a farmhouse to watch a poultry culling demonstration. Additional f...
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Edward R. Murrow at OPC

Date: 12 27 1957
Description: Edward R. Murrow, standing near the banner, speaks to a special Overseas Press Club luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria honoring CBS correspondents. Immediatel...
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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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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Flag Drill at Illinois School Festival

Date: 06 1916
Description: A group of girls performing a flag drill during a School Festival as a crowd of adults and children look on. Three boys are standing on the left playing mu...
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"Jammin with the People"

Date: 1971
Description: Pete Seeger, performing for a group of Vietnam War protesters in Texas, probably near Fort Hood.
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Red Skelton on International Harvester Stage

Date: 1959
Description: Red Skelton entertains an audience while onstage at the convention of American Trucking Associations. The International Harvester logo is displayed on the ...
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Produce Farming Lecture

Date: 1915
Description: Men stand around or sit on the steps of a stone building to listen as A.E. Chamberlain delivers a lesson on the benefits of vegetable production. Chamberla...
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Charles Kuralt

Date: 1990
Description: Charles Kuralt standing at a podium on the night he received the Pope John XXIII Award for Distinguished Service at Viterbo College.
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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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