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Helen Keller

Date: 01 29 1948
Description: Portrait of Helen Keller, age 67, taken during her visit to Madison on a speaking tour.
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Charles Goren

Date: 10 15 1948
Description: Charles Goren, nationally known bridge expert, attended one of the topnotch bridge clubs in Madison at the home of Mrs. John Guy (Agatha) Fowlkes. From lef...
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Miss America With Campus Lovelies

Date: 04 02 1949
Description: Miss America of 1948, BeBe Shopp, second from left, rides in the back seat of a convertible with Jaenne Faber, Suzaanne Wheeler, and Anne Barber. BeBe Shop...
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Indira Gandhi Visits Madison

Date: 11 04 1949
Description: Indira Gandhi, daughter of Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India, speaking with University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred inside Memorial Union...
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Hildegarde with Governor Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 01 15 1950
Description: Entertainer and pianist Hildegarde, born Hildegarde Loretta Sell, is shown in fur coat with Governor Oscar Rennebohm. She is a Wisconsin native born in Ade...
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Crowning East Side Merchandise Queen

Date: 07 30 1950
Description: Mildred Rand is crowned "East Side Merchandise Queen" by City Councilman Herbert C. Schenk at the annual festival of the East Side Business Men's Associati...
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Elsie, the Borden Company Cow

Date: 07 21 1953
Description: Portrait of Mary Ellen Jenks, the new Alice in Dairyland welcoming Elsie, the famed Borden Company cow to Madison. Elsie is wearing a heavily decorated lea...
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Sam and Zona Liberace

Date: 08 10 1953
Description: Sam Liberace and his wife, Zona, with their French horn and cello in their home at 2638 East Dayton Street. Sam and his former wife, Frances, are the paren...
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Lieutenant Colonel George R. Hansen at Football Game

Date: 10 03 1953
Description: Former P.O.W. George R. Hansen posing for a photograph after a football game between Wisconsin and Marquette at Camp Randall. The game climaxed a day of ho...
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Anglo-American Vintage Car Rally

Date: 08 11 1954
Description: Edward Hansen, left, standing in front of his 1918 Biddle automobile at the Wisconsin State Capitol prior to leaving for Scotland to participate in the Ang...
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University of Wisconsin Athletic Families

Date: 12 01 1954
Description: Portrait of Alan Ameche, University of Wisconsin All-American football fullback and winner of the Heisman Memorial trophy, with his wife Yvonne and their t...
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 09 12 1957
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Nancy Trewyn of rural Whitewater, welcomes Mrs. Glenn G. Hays of Ransom, Kansas, the national president of the Women's Christian Temper...
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Kroger Supermarket Opening

Date: 11 18 1957
Description: Ribbon-cutting ceremony at Madison's newest and largest Kroger supermarket at 525 South Midvale Boulevard. Mayor Ivan Nestigen, center, cuts the ribbon. On...
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Matrix Table

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Attendees at the annual Matrix Table, sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi journalism sorority include, from left to right, Mary Garner, Lynn Honeck, and Mary Renn...
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Matrix Table

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: At left is Pauline Frederick, NBC commentator, speaker for the Matrix banquet. She is shown with Elizabeth Risser and Katherine Maurer.
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Matrix Table

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Two guests of honor (left to right) attend the Matrix Table: Ineva Baldwin and Rosa Fred. They are shown with Jane Jackson of Viroqua, president of Theta S...
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Ann Landers at Ladies of the Press Breakfast

Date: 04 17 1959
Description: Advice columnist Ann Landers is shown with two writers who received awards at the Ladies of the Press breakfast. Standing left to right are: Ann Landers, M...

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