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Gathering of Construction Workers

Date: 1969
Description: A group of construction workers gather to listen to a speaker near the office for the Sand Chapter of Mechanical Contractors at the construction site for t...
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James Kay Speaking

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Description: A Farmers Union School banquet at Highlander Folk School. James Kay is wearing a bow tie and giving a speech. Myles Horton on right.
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Civil Rights Workshop

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Description: A woman speaking at a Civil Rights workshop.
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Cuautla Educational Adults Seminar

Date: 12 16 1962
Description: A village near Cuautla, Mexico, where the Highlander-sponsored, Inter-American Educational Adults seminar was held, invited participants to a committee mee...
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100,000th Farmall Celebration

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view over crowd of people towards a man standing on a platform, possibly Cyrus McCormick III. He is speaking to a large group of people gathered o...
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Republican State Convention

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: Representative Glenn Davis, chairman of the Republican State Convention, shown at the podium addressing the delegates.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking at Highlander

Date: 08 1957
Description: Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Highlander's 25th Anniversary, August-September, inside Highlander Library.
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Harold Stassen Rally

Date: 03 31 1948
Description: Republican candidate for president, Harold E. Stassen, addressing a crowd of 3,800 persons at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion during a S...
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Standard Oil Farm Meeting

Date: 08 04 1948
Description: View of speakers platform from the back of the room at a Standard Oil Co. farm meeting.
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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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Frank Bateman Keefe

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Description: Congressman Frank Bateman Keefe gesturing at a podium.
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Wayne Morse

Date: 05 28 1966
Description: Oregon senator Wayne Morse, who was one of the early opponents of the war in Vietnam, speaking at a rally. Morse was born in Wisconsin.
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Nelson and 2nd Earth Day

Date: 04 20 1971
Description: Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who is credited with conceiving of Earth Day, listens while Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey addresses the Wisconsin L...
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Dreyfus "State of the State" Address

Date: 01 31 1979
Description: Framed by a window in the Assembly Chamber door, Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus addresses the Wisconsin Legislature.
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And the Winner Is...

Date: 11 08 1978
Description: After winning the election, Governor-elect Lee Sherman Dreyfus raises his arms in triumph as he speaks to his cheering supporters.
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Dreyfus Inaugural Address

Date: 01 03 1979
Description: After being sworn in, Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus delivers his inaugural address. Second from the right is the former acting governor, Martin Schreiber, w...
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Dreyfus and the "Red Vest Whistle-Stop Special" Bus

Date: 07 31 1978
Description: When he began his campaign for Governor, few people felt that Lee Sherman Dreyfus would be successful. Although his campaign was underfunded, he attracted...
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Anne Braden

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Description: Civil rights activist Anne Braden speaking to a rally. Behind her is the Rev. Louis Coleman, also a local activist.
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Stearns Company Strike

Date: 1975
Description: Informational meeting for the employees of the Stearns Coal and Lumber Co. at about the time the company was sold. During the 1920s and 1930s the company w...
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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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