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Lapham School Radio Room

Date: 04 29 1931
Description: Ben Park, sitting in a chair, is talking to all the classrooms in Lapham school through the radio microphone in the office of Shirley D. Almy, principal. T...
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Longfellow School Third and Fourth Graders

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Third and fourth graders from Longfellow school putting on a "quiz show" about electricity and lights that they have been studying. Joanne Tewalt (left) is...
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Typewriters Waiting to be Repaired

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Description: A table top is filled with typewriters at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio). Two signs identify which need repair, and which have been repaired. In th...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 25 1953
Description: An adult stands beside a Badger Spelling Bee contestant at a podium behind a WIBA microphone.
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Education Press Conference

Date: 1978
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) holding a press conference about federal funding for education with students at Ellis School. A few journal...
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Walworth County Girl Wins State Spelling Bee

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Carol Fellows, a 14-year-old girl from Genoa City, is shown at the moment she was declared Badger State Spelling Bee champion. She outspelled 62 other city...
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West High School Spelling Bee

Date: 03 16 1961
Description: Three contestants compete in the annual Madison West High School spelling bee. Left to right are Gretchen Crownhart, Jim Underkofler, and Bob Eccles.
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Rally

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Prom queen candidate Jean Riley of Green Bay (a.k.a. "Calamity Jean") appearing with two "bashful cowhands," who are singing on her behalf at the rally in ...
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Practice Job Interview

Date: 03 13 1968
Description: A young man is sitting at a table with a microphone in front of him. He is facing an older man, whose back is to the camera. Caption/article excerpt reads:...
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Practice Job Interview

Date: 03 13 1968
Description: A woman and a man are sitting at a table. The woman is speaking into a microphone. A tape deck in the foreground is connected to a television. Caption read...

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