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Portrait of Photographer Edward Steichen

Date: 06 23 1957
Description: Casual portrait of Edward Steichen (1879-1973), photographer and filmmaker, sitting in Aaron Bohrod's studio on the university campus at an informal party ...
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Sid Holding Shotgun on Toonerville Trolley

Date: 04 21 1974
Description: Portrait by photo journalist, Edwin Stein, of Sid in his backyard standing on the back of the Toonerville Trolley holding a shotgun. Sid is wearing a large...
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Woman Receiving an Award

Date: 04 29 1953
Description: A man is presenting an award to a woman at a podium. Another woman, wearing a corsage, is looking on and clapping.
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WMTV Studio

Date: 05 05 1953
Description: Three men are standing in the WMTV studio. There is a film reel in the background.
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Roundy Coughlin at The HUB

Date: 05 06 1953
Description: Ad for WMTV showing Roundy Coughlin signing a contract with The HUB, his TV sponsor. Pictured with Roundy are Ed Schmitz, Jim Schmitz and Bob Schmitz, own...
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Carson Gulley with Pies

Date: 05 14 1953
Description: Chef Carson Gulley holding two pies and standing in front of a rack of fudge bottom pies. He is posing for a WMTV ad for his cooking show to be broadcast ...
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Portrait of a Woman

Date: 05 15 1953
Description: Portrait of a woman with a pointed collar on her dress or blouse. This may be part of a series that includes a young woman and a young man (not scanned).
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WMTV Weatherman Paul Ekern

Date: 05 28 1953
Description: WMTV weatherman Paul Ekern is standing and pointing to a weather map in front of a WMTV television camera.
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Sinaiko Brothers Filling Station Employee

Date: 06 17 1953
Description: Man standing in the interior of the Sinaiko Brothers Filling Station, 760 Regent Street. Good view of a service station restroom in the background with the...
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WKOW-TV Telethon

Date: 09 12 1953
Description: Fourteen men and women (one in a wheelchair) sitting around a dining table in a restaurant (Hoffman House?) as part of the WKOW-TV telethon (?).
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Muscular Dystrophy Telethon

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Man and woman looking at a box of money in relation to a WKOW-TV Muscular Dystrophy telethon to raise money for a cure of the disease.
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West Side Optimist Club Meeting

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Doctors talking at the West Madison-Middleton Optimist Club luncheon. Left to Right: Dr. Richard Frank (Middleton) Dr. L. Riley McCormick, Dr. John Waddell...
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Lions Club Constitution Day Luncheon

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Guests of honor Circuit Judge Alvin C. Reis and Lions International district governor E.V. Hoffmeister, Hillsboro, visit at the luncheon.
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Lions Club Constitution Day Luncheon

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Speaker at podium giving a talk at the Lions Club Constitution Day luncheon in front of WISC microphones.
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Wisconsin Lutheran Student Foundation Open House

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Pictured left to right: Rolf Giere, Galesville; the Rev. Carl A. Becker, Madison, pastoral adviser for the foundation; Evelyn Christenson, Madison, student...
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Wisconsin Lutheran Student Foundation Open House

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Five upper-class women students are registering new students at the Wisconsin Lutheran Student Foundation Open House. Left to right: Donna Burr, Neenah; Ru...
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South Side Men's Club Meeting

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: Glenn Mason is watching as Jerome Hoffman makes a written announcement that Wilbur Zwitter (center) has been re-elected president of the South Side Men's C...
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South Side Men's Club Meeting

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: Charles Waddell (right) telling a story while, (left to right): Dr. William T. Lindsey, Harry Hayes and Henry Esser are looking on at a meeting of the Sout...
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Tom Morrow reading a magazine while getting a haircut by barber Juell Solberg at the Union Bus Station barbershop.
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Barber Henry Palan cutting the hair of Billy Mayer in the Park Hotel barbershop.

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