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| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Three children reading books near a bookmobile parked in a suburban neighborhood. The bookmobile was an International Loadstar 1600. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | John Muir's desk clock. The clock lighted his lamp and fire and opened the right book for him to study. At the end of half an hour it changed the book. The... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Author Alex Haley autographing a copy of his best selling book, Roots, during a visit to Spottsylvania County, Virginia, where his ancestor Kunte Ki... |
| Date: | 04 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster for "Thighs, Sighs, and Other Things," by John Tuschen and "Belly Lint," by Hannibal. Includes list of various Madison bookstores where it was avail... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Journalists Robert Novak and Rowland Evans in their office. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A poster promoting an event which reads, "Afro Center Presents The Last Poets & *Black Haze." The event was held in the B-10 Commerce Building on Sunday, D... |
| Date: | 12 1970 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for a rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Speakers include Fania Davis Jordan (Angela Davis' sister), Abner Spence, and Frank Battagli... |
| Date: | 06 27 1978 |
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| Description: | Wayne Dillabaugh, left, poses with Jack McManus. |
| Date: | 01 21 1973 |
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| Description: | Sigurd Olson, who became a leading exponent of the conservation philosophy, is shown here autographing books in a bookstore. |
| Date: | 02 08 1978 |
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| Description: | "St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church. On the first day of Lent, Pastor Paul Kante preaches to his congregation." |
| Date: | 02 1978 |
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| Description: | "Brenda Widmer teaches her beginning Sunday School pupils at St. Peter's Church. They are: l-r. Kim Neitzel, Kim Krueger, Jimmy Wendling, Brenda Bernhard, ... |
| Date: | 02 14 1978 |
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| Description: | "Dr. Arnold W. Boegel receives a 'This Is Your Life' booklet from Walter Sauer, representing the Theresa Lions Club." |
| Date: | 02 14 1978 |
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| Description: | "Principal Delores Justman and her first and second grade class — Theresa Public School." |
| Date: | 02 28 1978 |
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| Description: | "Library. Situated above the firehouse. Librarians Nancy Koll and Judy Scheirer estimate that they have about 5,000 books and periodicals." |
| Date: | 02 14 1978 |
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| Description: | "Theresa Public School Library." |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey with pre-schoolers and their teacher at Ellis School, a program supported in part by Title I federal funding. Throughou... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | "Eunice Smith served as an organist for many years at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Theresa." |
| Date: | 07 1971 |
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| Description: | Bookcase in the second floor hallway outside the library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The case contains 50 books that were part of the ori... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | A routeman for Lilly Ice Cream of Bryan, Texas, is stocking a freezer cabinet with a sign that reads: "Lilly Ice Cream." The man is wearing dark blue slack... |
| Date: | 02 1977 |
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| Description: | A view of the women's balcony in the Hebrew Brotherhood Synagogue. |
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