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Ambassador Lord and Lady Halifax

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Ambassador Lord (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood) and Lady Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, at the train station. Left to right: Lady Halifa...
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Lord and Lady Halifax Visit

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Ambassador Lord Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, meeting with Madison and Wisconsin labor leaders. Lord Halifax is in the center, and to t...
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William Bross Lloyd, Jr.

Date: 01 24 1947
Description: William Bross Lloyd Jr., World War II conscientious objector, who is visiting Wisconsin to promote a U.S. Constitutional Convention to amend the Constituti...
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Palestinian Admires Holstein Cow

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Charles Brace, Lonerock, fieldman for the National Holstein-Friesian Association, showing a Holstein cow to L.E. Shmaragd, Palestine, at the University of ...
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Trygve Lie, United Nations Secretary-General

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: Pictured as he arrived in Madison is Trygve Lie, United Nations secretary-general. Mr. Lie was in Madison to receive an honorary degree from the University...
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"Two Italian Leaders Visit Here"

Date: 09 27 1949
Description: "Two distinguished visitors from Italy are pictured above with their Madison hosts. They are, left to right, Dr. Diego Spinelli, director-general of the It...
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Yusif El-Bandak, a Christian Arab

Date: 09 27 1949
Description: Pictured is Yusif El-Bandak, a Christian Arab and son of Bethlehem's mayor, who is touring the United States as representative of that community to make th...
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Nehru Visit to Madison

Date: 11 04 1949
Description: Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India speaking to a crowd gathered at the U.W. Union Terrace from a Union Theater outdoor balcony.
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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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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 29 1950
Description: Second place spelling bee champion Dale Sorenson, left, receiving a $25 dollar check from Roy L. Matson, State Journal editor. Looking on are Dale's mother...
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Dr. Ralph J. Bunche

Date: 05 02 1950
Description: Dr. Ralph J. Bunche (center), acting secretary general for the United Nations (UN) department of trusteeship, is shown Monday night with Professor Llewelly...
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Speaker at Wisconsin Council of Catholic Women

Date: 05 17 1950
Description: Shown discussing his talk on 'The United Nations — What It Means To You' with Mrs. I.J. Maurer at the 35th annual conference of the Wisconsin Council of Ca...
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Korean War Veteran Ringing the Freedom Bell on United Nations Day

Date: 10 24 1950
Description: Corporal Albert Griffin, a soldier from Milwaukee wounded in the Korean War, standing with Governor Rennebohm at the freedom bell during ceremonies at the ...
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Korean War Veteran Addressing a Crowd on United Nations Day

Date: 10 24 1950
Description: Corporal Albert Griffin, a soldier from Milwaukee wounded in the Korean War, addressing the crowd gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol on United Nations...
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Governor Kohler and Austrian Chancellor Figl

Date: 05 21 1952
Description: Governor Walter Kohler, (left) chats with Chancellor Leopold Figl, Austrian Chancellor, during the latter's visit to Madison. Dr. Figl, on a 16-day visit t...
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Clarence Beebe and Otto Kral

Date: 05 24 1953
Description: Clarence Beebe, director of the Four Lakes Drum and Bugle Corps of Madison, left, shakes hands with his "adopted Austrian son", Otto Kral. Kral has been l...
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International Civil Defense Directors

Date: 09 13 1954
Description: Wisconsin's civil defense director, Major General Ralph Olson (seated), hosts four European civil defense directors on a tour of civil defense units in the...
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Indian Ambassador to the United States

Date: 06 23 1956
Description: Guest speaker at the Students from India Attending Mid-Western Colleges and Universities convention is G.L Mehta, second from left, India's ambassador to t...
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Rotary's International Night

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Attendees at the Rotary Club's International Night, shown left to right, include: Majid M. Al-Ansary, Prof. David Fellman, Sara Fellman, and C. Anne Cartwr...
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Rotary's International Night

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Attendees at Rotary Club's International night include, from left to right: Tadele B. Kibrat, Mohamed Abdel Aziz el Dessuky, and Grace Frautschi.

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