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Morality Poll Results

Date: 08 27 1973
Description: "Christian Herald" editor Kenneth L. Wilson, left, and publisher, Fen Loomer look through some of the over 25,000 pieces of mail with over 160,000 signatur...
Document

Air Wisconsin

Date: 1979
Description: Illustration from the annual report of Air Wisconsin, the first publicly held airline in the country. Air Wisconsin began in Appleton in 1963 after North ...
Photograph

Nixon and Draft Bill

Date: 09 28 1971
Description: President Nixon signs a draft bill in the Oval Office of the White House while Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird (second from the left) and others watch. ...
Print

International Harvester Toy Catalog Cover

Date: 1973
Description: Cover of a brochure for International Harvester toys. Features a color illustration of a boy riding an International pedal tractor pulling a wagon filled w...
Photograph

Menominee Tribal Restoration

Date: 04 22 1975
Description: Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton signing the documents that restored tribal status to the Menominee Indians. Watching the ceremony are Senator Gaylo...
Photograph

Main Reducer and Incher

Date: 07 1977
Description: Duane Hanson and Norbert Winski attend to a large reducer and incher. This unit was purchased by Allis Chalmers and used by the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Compa...
Photograph

Child Looking at Kneser Family Record

Date: 1977
Description: Young girl standing in front of a large document of family history displayed on a board. There is a large group of people in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

DT-466 & V-800 On-Highway Diesel Engines Operator & Maintenance Manual

Date: 1973
Description: Cover of an operator's and maintenance manual for International DT-466 and V-800 on-highway diesel engines.
Print

International DT-466 Diesel Engine Brochure

Date: 1976
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International DT-466 Midrange Diesel Engines. Includes a photograph of men working at a construction site.
Photograph

Evans and Novak

Date: 1977
Description: Journalists Robert Novak and Rowland Evans in their office.
Photograph

Manfred Swarsensky at a Meeting

Date: 12 30 1970
Description: Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky, a holocaust survivor, is seated opposite another person. He is wearing eyeglasses and holding papers and appears to be in a meeti...
Manuscript

Earth Day Stationery

Date: 1972
Description: Letter from Martha MacMillan of Farmington, Michigan to the group Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on stationery bearing an Earth Day logo.
Manuscript

Angry Letter

Date: 1974
Description: Angry letter written to Women for a Peaceful Christmas in opposition to their Christmas shopping boycott, signed "A small business owner."
Print

A Family Tree of Ancestors

Date: 1979
Description: A Genealogical Chart prepared by "Randall and Allied Families."
Photograph

Congressman and his Secretary

Date: 06 1970
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and his secretary in his office in the United States Capitol.
Photograph

Obey on Appropriations

Date: 1970
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and his administrative assistant Lyle Stitt outside the office doors for the Committee On Appropriations.
Poster

"Underground"

Date: 1976
Description: Poster advertising Emile de Antonio's 1976 documentary film "Underground," about the radical social group the Weather Underground. Poster shows a reproduct...
Photograph

Governor Patrick Lucey hands James Morton Smith the Historic Preservation Week Proclamation

Date: 05 1975
Description: Governor Patrick J. Lucey, (left) stands holding the proclamation, and James Morton Smith, director of the Wisconsin Historical Society, (right) holds the ...
Photograph

Wisconsin Secretary of State Vel Phillips

Date: 02 22 1979
Description: View across desk filled with papers towards Vel Phillips sitting while serving as Wisconsin's Secretary of State.
Photograph

Vel Phillips at Common Council Meeting

Date: 1971
Description: View across table towards Vel Phillips seated with other unidentified men, possibly other common council members. Sheets of paper are scattered on the tabl...

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