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Quebec Conference

Date: 09 1944
Description: British and American combined Chiefs of Staff led by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The conference was held in Quebe...
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Around-the-world Telephone Call

Date: 03 18 1931
Description: Norman Clapp, Appleton High School student, sitting in the governor's chair, represents Wisconsin in the around-the-world telephone conversation held in co...
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Lord and Lady Halifax Visit

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Ambassador Lord Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, meeting with Madison and Wisconsin labor leaders. Lord Halifax is in the center, and to t...
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Panoramic Group Portrait of Conference on National Defense

Date: 05 02 1917
Description: Panoramic group portrait of the Conference on National Defense, taken on the steps of the White House.
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Marquette School Students

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: Fourth graders in Mrs. Jerry Frei's class at Marquette school celebrate Mexican studies by writing a play, "Mexican Fiesta," and adopting Spanish names and...
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"Two Italian Leaders Visit Here"

Date: 09 27 1949
Description: "Two distinguished visitors from Italy are pictured above with their Madison hosts. They are, left to right, Dr. Diego Spinelli, director-general of the It...
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Dr. Ralph J. Bunche

Date: 05 02 1950
Description: Dr. Ralph J. Bunche (center), acting secretary general for the United Nations (UN) department of trusteeship, is shown Monday night with Professor Llewelly...
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Root Commission Members Aboard the Buffalo

Date: 1917
Description: Root Commission members seated aboard the deck of the Buffalo.
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Root Commission Members in Rail Passenger Car

Date: 06 1917
Description: Group of Root Commission members sitting in "the drawing room car of the Imperial train of Ex-Czar Nicholas." Cyrus McCormick, Jr. is standing at right. Th...
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 10 1968
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Bobbie Thoreson, holding a platter of cheese, poses with four men at the World Food Expo.
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Indian Ambassador to the United States

Date: 06 23 1956
Description: Guest speaker at the Students from India Attending Mid-Western Colleges and Universities convention is G.L Mehta, second from left, India's ambassador to t...
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Rotary's International Night

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Rotary Club's International Night attendees include (left to right): G. S. Krishna Raju, Bhagi Sipahimalani, Rotary President Donald Stroud, and Betty Stro...
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Rotary's International Night

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Attendees at the Rotary Club's International Night, shown left to right, include: Majid M. Al-Ansary, Prof. David Fellman, Sara Fellman, and C. Anne Cartwr...
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Rotary's International Night

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Attendees at Rotary Club's International Night are shown chatting. They include, from left: David Grosshandler; Spiros Jannides (President of the U.W. Inte...
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Janesville Rotary Club Entertains University of Wisconsin, Beloit, and Milton College Foreign Students

Date: 02 11 1961
Description: Ninety-two foreign students attending the U.W., Beloit, and Milton Colleges representing 35 countries took buses to Janesville where they were guests of th...
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Governor Julius P. Heil and Princess Ingrid of Denmark

Date: 04 24 1939
Description: Princess Ingrid of Denmark with Wisconsin Governor Julius Heil. The princess is wearing a floral patterned short sleeved dress, a pearl necklace, earrings,...

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