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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man and woman look at wall-size maps as he points to the east coast of the United States. |
| Date: | 05 02 1950 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of young people from the Madison area who will travel together in Europe this summer. Standing, left to right: Helen Olson, Charles Sharpe, ... |
| Date: | 08 10 1950 |
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| Description: | Volunteers who will staff five special voters registration centers during "Register and Vote week" are shown being sworn in by City Clerk Al W. Bareis at l... |
| Date: | 10 03 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison police chief Bruce Weatherly (left) explains how Madison police fight crimes to visiting internationally-famous Belgian criminal investigator Flour... |
| Date: | 03 25 1951 |
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| Description: | A large crowd made up of both friends and foes of Motor Vehicle Commissioner Ben L. Marcus attend a legislative committee hearing on his record. The commis... |
| Date: | 10 12 1951 |
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| Description: | Madison mayor George Forster signs the proclamation to observe Oil Progress Week, while Arnold Wake (center), the general chairman for the observance, and ... |
| Date: | 02 15 1952 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon W. Thompson sitting at his desk while signing an endorsement of the Madison observance of Crime Prevention Week. The nati... |
| Date: | 10 27 1953 |
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| Description: | Gordon Roseleip, Darlington, state commander of the American Legion, presents a trophy to Wesley J. Schwoegler, Dane county veterans' service officer, citi... |
| Date: | 01 04 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Arnold Zander, founder and president of AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees). He founded the union in 1932 by ... |
| Date: | 09 13 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 24 1956 |
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| Description: | Three University of Wisconsin professors study a map of Iraq where they recently conducted a 10-week seminar on land tenure problems of the Middle East. Th... |
| Date: | 09 17 1956 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Robert Schacht, the director of the University of Wisconsin's Bureau of Information and Program services. He was the principal speaker at a clu... |
| Date: | 11 02 1957 |
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| Description: | Dena Klinger of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority presents a check to Joseph R. (Roundy) Coughlin as John Sommers of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity looks on. The mone... |
| Date: | 12 08 1958 |
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| Description: | The newly-formed Madison Business Protective Association, some in uniform and some plainclothed, will move about through commercial areas to check on poten... |
| Date: | 04 13 1959 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Robert Mixson, a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin student, at his swearing-in ceremony as a Justice of the Peace. A fraternity prank resulte... |
| Date: | 04 21 1959 |
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| Description: | Lloyd Benson, census director for the Madison board of education, points to a map with two of the forty-seven census takers, Mrs. Roberta Kiesow (center) a... |
| Date: | 11 11 1959 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Dane County highway commissioner, Ray R. Swann. |
| Date: | 04 13 1954 |
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| Description: | Casual portrait of Vernon Thomson seated at his desk in the State Capitol. A map of Wisconsin is mounted on the wall behind his desk. Thomson served as the... |
| Date: | 05 28 1953 |
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| Description: | WMTV weatherman Paul Ekern is standing and pointing to a weather map in front of a WMTV television camera. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | State Historical Society of Wisconsin staff enjoying a fun moment and posing with a map of Wisconsin and a gnome statue. Left to right: John Jacques, Cliff... |
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