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Presenting Door Prize at Lithographers' Dance

Date: 04 23 1955
Description: Presenting an outboard motor door prize at the annual dance of Local 7, Amalgamated Lithographers of America.
"Howie Roth presented the prizes with the ...
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Altmeyer at Inter-American Conference on Social Security

Date: 1951
Description: Arthur Altmeyer speaking at the Inter-American Conference on Social Security, which took place in Buenes Aires. Eva Peron is seated to his left, wearing he...
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UPWA Vice President Addie Wyatt

Date: 12 1978
Description: Addie Wyatt, of the United Packinghouse Worker's Association, is shown seated at a desk speaking during the Merger Talks.
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Accordion and Guitar Players

Date: 03 11 1936
Description: Man playing accordion and man playing guitar at the Town Club Tavern, located at 2501 Sherman Avenue.
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Governor Heil at the Fair

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Description: Governor Julius Heil speaks to an audience at the Wisconsin State Fair. Standing behind him are a boy scout and a U.S. Navy sailor.
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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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WISC Staff Members

Date: 12 09 1952
Description: Ralph O. Connor, manager of WISC; Carol Cowan, known professionally as "Barbara Lane," and Henry Buslee, a staff member at WISC, sitting at a table behind ...
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Allis Promanaders Square Dancing

Date: 12 09 1952
Description: The "Allis Promanaders," a square dancing group that meets in the gym of Frank Allis school, hold a public square dancing party for the benefit of the Empt...
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"We Say What We Think Club"

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: WIBA radio personalities, Selma (Mrs. Cornelius) Sorenson, Sibylle (Mrs. George) Mitchell, Isabel (Mrs. August) Baumann, Grace (Mrs. John) Langer, and Ruth...
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Leaders of Dane County Cancer Fund Drive

Date: 04 23 1947
Description: Group portrait of leaders of the Dane County Cancer Fund Drive as they prepare to broadcast a radio appeal for support. Pictured left to right; Mrs. Jesse ...
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Rehearsing for Zonta Club Broadcast

Date: 11 04 1947
Description: Rehearsing for the Zonta Club broadcast over WIBA, emphasizing the service activities of the club, are left to right, Dr. Myra Burke, Ann Schmich, and Alic...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches

Date: 04 09 1948
Description: Three men seated at a microphone, at WKOW radio, representing the Wisconsin Council of Churches.
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McCormick Works Banquet Hall

Date: 1929
Description: A hall, possibly at the McCormick Works Club House, decorated with vases of flowers, long tables laid with place settings, and chairs set up for a banquet ...
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Testimonial Banquet for Thomas E. Jones, UW Track Coach

Date: 05 27 1948
Description: Testimonial banquet, in Crystal Ballroom of the Loraine Hotel, sponsored by the Rotary Club, for Thomas E. Jones, U.W. track coach, who will be retiring af...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 25 1948
Description: The Grand Champion Frankie Meyers receiving a trophy from Ralph Hult, president of the Hults' Capitol Garage, sponsor of the event. Looking on is Tommy Smr...
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Staughton Lynd at an Anti-War Demonstration

Date: 03 26 1966
Description: Standing near the Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Historian Staughton Lynd speaks to a nighttime, anti-war demonstrat...
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Roundy Coughlin Wearing a Zor Shrine Fez

Date: 09 10 1948
Description: Ralph Olson, left, a member of the governing body of Zor Shrine, presenting Roundy Coughlin with a special Kelly green fez as a token of appreciation for h...
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West Side Business Men's Association Auction

Date: 09 12 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm standing at the podium before a crowd as he auctions off an article at the West Side Business Men's Association auction on Odana R...
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Fred Shuttlesworth

Date: 02 03 1964
Description: The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth speaks to the 1964 annual meeting of the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) after being elected president of the organ...
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Willie Rudd

Date: 1991
Description: Willie Rudd, president of the United Furniture Workers Local 282 as well as the national union, at a SOC (Southern Organizing Committee) labor conference i...

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