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Optimist Week

Date: 10 06 1951
Description: Mayor George Forster signs a document proclaiming November 11 to November 17 as Optimist Week. Looking on are John Canny, right, Madison Newspaper, Inc. a...
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Belfrage Deportation

Date: 05 1953
Description: Cedric Belfrage (facing the camera and wearing a tie) talks to the staff of the "National Guardian" about his appearance before the McCarthy Committee at w...
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"Hoppy" Corcoran and Roundy Coughlin

Date: 11 29 1951
Description: Four-year-old baseball enthusiast "Hoppy " Corcoran, center, enjoys a laugh with Wisconsin State Journal columnist Roundy Coughlin, right. Looking o...
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Robert M. La Follette, Furuseth and Lincoln Steffens

Date: 1915
Description: Robert La Follette (center) poses with Andrew Furuseth (left) and Lincoln Steffens.
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Robert S. Allen

Date: 1968
Description: Quarter-length portrait of journalist Robert S. Allen, best known for his association with Drew Pearson and for his own syndicated column, "Inside Washingt...
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Ruth Finney

Date: 1937
Description: Journalist Ruth Finney, one of the few women journalists who covered hard news in Washington D.C. Finney was married to columnist Robert S. Allen, but cont...
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Easter Seals to Help the Handicapped

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Description: Robert S. Allen, a well-known journalist who lost his arm while serving during World War II, purchases Easter Seals from a handicapped girl. Allen was act...
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Bob Allen in Triak Color

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Description: Journalist Robert S. Allen seated in the garden behind his Washington, D.C. home as photographed in the rare Triak color photography process.
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Bob Allen in Wisconsin National Guard Uniform

Date: 1922
Description: Journalist Robert S. Allen, center, in military uniform, poses with the staff of the "Wisconsin State Journal". A graduate of the Wisconsin Journalism Scho...
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Court Packing

Date: 1937
Description: Snapshot of a break in the deliberations during the famous Roosevelt "Court Packing Case." Journalist Robert S. Allen, who was covering the story, can be s...
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"Washington Merry Go Round"

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Description: Drew Pearson (left), and Robert S. Allen (right), whose syndicated column "Washington Merry Go Round" made them among the nation's best known journalists. ...
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One-Handed Typewriter

Date: 1946
Description: Colonel Robert S. Allen, a well-known journalist before World War II, lost his arm while on active duty in Europe. He is seated here with Dr Anton Dvorak, ...
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Theta Sigma Phi

Date: 03 11 1952
Description: Bess Furman, left, of the New York Times bureau in Washington, D.C. guest speaker at the University of Wisconsin Theta Sigma Phi annual Matrix banquet is t...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 18 1937
Description: Roundy Coughlin handing Madison soap box derby champion Ken Johnson, age 15, the M.E. Coyle trophy while the crowd applauds in the background. The rac...
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Hazel Murphy Sullivan

Date: 04 27 1952
Description: Hazel Murphy Sullivan (left), editor of the Sun Prairie Star-Countryman and Wisconsin State Journal correspondent, holds the Writer's cup she...
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Important Interview

Date: 1947
Description: John J. McCoy, U.S. Commissioner in Germany being interviewed by Mutual news analyst Cecil Brown. Brown made his reputation during the post-World War II ye...
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Brown in Africa

Date: 07 1941
Description: This portrait of CBS reporter Cecil Brown, then based in Rome, was taken during his tour of North Africa. It was later used as the cover illustration for h...
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Chiang Kai Shek Press Conference

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Description: Chiang Kai Shek during a press conference shortly after his arrival in Taiwan. Seated beside him is Madame Chaing Kai Shek and standing is reporter Cecil B...
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Interviewing Madame Chiang

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Description: Cecil Brown, a reporter for the Mutual Broadcasting System, recording an interview with Madame Chiang Kai Shek.
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Fredric March

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Description: Fredric March (seated) with Florence Eldridge (Mrs. March) and the noted news analyst Cecil Brown.

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