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"The Founding of the U.S. Pharmacopeia" Painting

Date: 1957
Description: The artist Robert Thom pauses to pose with his new painting, "The Forming of the United States Pharmacopeia", which depicts the inaugural delegates to the ...
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Woman in Inupiat Clothing & Ho-Chunk Student

Date: 06 13 1935
Description: Deaconess Magdalene Klippen, of Chicago, former head of the Norwegian Lutheran Brevig Mission near Mary's Igloo, Alaska, wearing Inupiat clothing, and Lena...
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Withertail, Sioux Chief

Date: 1898
Description: Withertail, a Sioux Chief, at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. He is sitting outdoors in front of a tipi.
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Wisconsin Delegate to Republican National Convention

Date: 05 26 1944
Description: Estelle Morrison, Wausau, new Republican National Committeewoman, Wisconsin delegate to the Republican Party National Convention held in Chicago, Illinois,...
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Madison Youth Council's Spring Clean-up Campaign

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Jack Gay, left, and George Koehler, two of the leaders of the Madison Youth Council's spring clean-up campaign, are shown going over the final details for ...
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Big 9 Western Conference Coaches and Athletic Directors

Date: 05 27 1948
Description: Nine negatives, each with waist-up portraits of two men (wearing very fancy ties). Faculty representatives, athletic directors and football coaches were in...
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Dane County Rural Letter Carriers' Association Officers

Date: 02 22 1949
Description: Vice-president Leslie Larson, McFarland, (left) and president Wilbur Johnson, Lake Mills, who were re-elected to head the Dane County Rural Letter Carriers...
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Clean-Up Week Planning

Date: 04 12 1950
Description: Sherwyn Woods (right), president of the Madison Youth Council confers with Marilyn Erickson, co-chairman of publicity for the upcoming Clean-Up Week.
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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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August Derleth and His Jazz Collection

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Description: Wisconsin writer August Derleth and his jazz collection.
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Red Cross Officials

Date: 11 30 1950
Description: Red Cross officials gather at the annual meeting of the Dane County Red Cross chapter. Sitting left to right, they are: Herman Loftsgordon, Dane County Cha...
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Madison Junior Red Cross Members

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Five members of the Madison Junior Red Cross who will be attending the state youth rally confer with the invitations committee chairman, Geraldine Krawzak,...
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Wisconsin Press Photographers Association Queen

Date: 01 26 1952
Description: Jean Henriksen, a Madison Capital Times librarian, poses as the queen of the Wisconsin Press Photographers Association at the group's meeting in Milwaukee.
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Mrs. Morris Voelker

Date: 02 01 1954
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Morris Voelker, Ellsworth, one of the women in attendance at the Farm and Home Week at the University of Wisconsin.
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Two Mayors after a CIO Rally

Date: 05 10 1947
Description: Mayor Vincent Totka of Cudahy and Mayor Charles Plotz of South Milwaukee pose for a photograph after greeting a CIO organized rally in South Milwaukee. A l...
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Alpha Xi Delta Province Officers

Date: 05 18 1954
Description: Portrait of Mrs. R.E. Stokely of Madison, province president of the organization, and Mrs. John Henderson of Milwaukee, vice president, guests at a meeting...
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Wisconsin State Journal Publicity Workshop

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: Helen Matheson, Sunday editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, shows a publicity handbook she edited to Mrs. Herman Derleth, president of the Eagles'...
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Emil Jannings Publicity Portrait

Date: 1927
Description: Paramount Pictures studio portrait of Emil Jannings in coat and tie with a cigar in his mouth.
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Youth Sunday Participants

Date: 01 30 1956
Description: President Dick Caswell, and last year's president Nancy Thielen, members of the youth fellowship at First Baptist church, plan four consecutive days of you...
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Miss Fond du Lac

Date: 11 1979
Description: "Miss Fond du Lac was a guest when the Theresa Lions Club held its annual meeting."

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