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Daisy Bates

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Description: Head and shoulder portrait of Daisy Bates, head of the Arkansas NAACP and a key figure in the Little Rock school desegregation crisis of September 1957.
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Mrs. Phillips, Secretary of W.C.T.U.

Date: 08 24 1934
Description: Portrait of Margaret Phillips, secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, seamstress, writer, and a Madison activist.
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Rock with Threatening Note signed "KKK"

Date: 1957
Description: Threatening note signed "K.K.K." (Ku Klux Klan) with rock and rag that was thrown through Daisy Bates' window in August 1957. The note reads: "The next wil...
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Daisy Bates Entering NAACP Office

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Description: Daisy Bates, president of the Arkansas NAACP chapters, at the door of the organization's office. She headed the integration effort during the crisis at Cen...
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Daisy Bates Standing Behind Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: Daisy Bates, the head of the Arkansas NAACP, stands behind seven of the Little Rock Nine, who are seated on a sofa in her living room. They have assembled ...
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Governor Walter Goodland Dog Sale

Date: 01 20 1944
Description: An unidentified man, with a cigarette in his mouth, is holding a Collie puppy up for auction at Governor Walter Goodland's dog sale.
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Arthur W. Friede, President of Gentile League, Watertown

Date: 01 20 1944
Description: Arthur W. Friede, President of Gentile League, an organization "to give Gentiles equal rights with Jews." The Wisconsin State Journal investigated t...
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Arthur Towell

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: Arthur Towell, chairman of Dane County 1945 Red Cross war fund campaign. Mr. Towell heads the Arthur Towell Incorporated Advertising Agency.
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Donald Davidson, Braves PR Director witth Lew Burdette

Date: 04 13 1961
Description: Donald Davidson (left), Director of Public Relations for the Milwaukee Braves, talks with pitcher Lew Burdette at an Elks club dinner.
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Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Date: 01 1948
Description: A man is smoking at a desk at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
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Madison Catholic Diocese Committee

Date: 01 23 1948
Description: Group portrait of the executive committee of the Holy Name Union for the Catholic diocese of Madison meeting to plan the activities for 1948. Left to right...
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Madison Community Center 2nd Anniversary

Date: 01 29 1948
Description: Pictured are a group of Madisonians seated at tables in a large room playing cards at the Madison Community Center, West Doty Street. The center celebrate...
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Town of Madison Volunteer Fire Fighters

Date: 02 13 1948
Description: Town of Madison Volunteer Firemen Association holding their first meeting under its new constitution at the Hillcrest School, Mineral Point Road. Pictured ...
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East Side Youth Activities Council

Date: 04 15 1948
Description: Board members of the East Side Youth Activities Council meeting to finalize their budget request to the Community Chest. Standing left to right: R.F. Stump...
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World War I Chaplains

Date: 04 15 1948
Description: Six World War I veterans at a "Red Arrow" veterans dinner honoring Bishop William P. O'Connor who was a chaplain of Wisconsin's 32nd division in World War ...
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Daisy Bates, Little Rock Nine and Dr. James Levy

Date: 1958
Description: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine with officers of the NAACP at their 49th annual convention. Mrs. Bates and the nine students received an award for the...
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Daisy Bates and NAACP Lawyer Robert Carter

Date: 12 03 1957
Description: Daisy Bates confers with NAACP lawyer Robert Carter, after she was fined $100 and court costs of $150 for failure to open confidential NAACP financial and ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 07 13 1948
Description: Left to right are Joe Bruno, youth activities chairman of the Madison Optimists Club; Roddy Botts, Soap Box Derby racer sponsored by the Optimists, and M.C...
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Annual Softball Show

Date: 07 22 1948
Description: Zor Shrine and Knights of Columbus committee members meeting to plan the annual softball show at Breeze Stevens Field. Admission is twenty-five cents and p...
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Business Men's Association Auction

Date: 09 08 1948
Description: The repair and conditioning committee of the West Side Business Men's Association that was in charge of preparing the auction site for the sale to benefit ...

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