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Placing Order for First Legal Beer

Date: 03 15 1933
Description: Donald Huseby, office manager of the Fauerbach Brewery, receiving from Herman Lochner, police reporter for the "Capital Times," an order for the first case...
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Jesse Smith Trial

Date: 09 15 1931
Description: Trial of Madison Police Dept. Desk Sargent Jesse M. Smith, accused of non-payment of a $191 bill which his ex-wife incurred at the Dean clinic. This was he...
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Newspaper Print Shop

Date: 1950
Description: Sports editor and sports reporter from the "Wisconsin State Journal" confer with a printer over trays of lead type.
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June Dieckman, Newspaper Reporter

Date: 12 02 1945
Description: June Dieckman, police reporter for the "Wisconsin State Journal," shown examining a hole in a ventilating pipe cut by two federal prisoners attempting to e...
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Wisconsin State Journal Former Employee

Date: 02 25 1948
Description: Mrs. Joseph (Betty Pruett) Farrington, former police reporter, recalls work days with Russell B. Pyre, current reporter. She was a police reporter from 191...
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff Member

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Portrait of Jean Behling, "Wisconsin State Journal" general assignment reporter and feature writer.
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff Members

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Roundy Coughlin, columnist and reporter, and Edith Goodman, his secretary, at her desk.
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Statewide Zor Shrine Ceremonial

Date: 11 21 1949
Description: Imperial Potentate Harold Lloyd (right) talks with two fellow Shriners and a Wisconsin State Journal reporter during a press conference at the Lorai...
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Big Ten Most Valuable Player Robert Wilson

Date: 02 18 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin football star Captain Robert "Red" Wilson is recognized as the Big Ten Conference "Most Valuable Player" for 1949 and awarded the C...
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Teen Summer Jobs

Date: 08 09 1950
Description: Jack Harned, 1950 West High School graduate, uses a telephone and typewriter at his summer job as a reporter at the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin

Date: 09 18 1950
Description: "Roundy" Joseph Leo Coughlin (right) celebrated his birthday. When asked his age Roundy responded in typical fashion, "What the heck, a dollar's only worth...
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Roundy Coughlin and Friends

Date: 12 01 1951
Description: Portrait of Roundy Coughlin with three friends.
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Disabled American Veterans (DAV)

Date: 03 19 1952
Description: The Wisconsin State Journal was awarded a citation for its "distinguished service in reporting the news of veterans" by the Madison DAV chapter. Her...
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Wisconsin State Journal Correspondents

Date: 02 27 1954
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin State Journal staff with correspondents who were recognized for at least 20 years of service at the Wisconsin Sta...
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Reporter at Inauguration Ceremony

Date: 01 1985
Description: "This is a Milwaukee TV reporter who covered the inauguration in Madison."
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Jim Taylor

Date: 02 06 1957
Description: Portrait of Jim Taylor, outdoor writer for the "Wisconsin State Journal."
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Press Interview with Senator Joseph McCarthy

Date: 12 09 1951
Description: Press interview at the Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Identified (left to right) are the United States Senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McC...
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Girl Scouts Off to Round-Up in Colorado

Date: 06 21 1959
Description: Girl Scout Nancy Gibson, who will be covering the news at the Colorado Round-Up, receives an official press card from Lawrence Fitzpatrick, managing editor...
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Conference of United States Court Reporters

Date: 08 03 1959
Description: Madison Federal Court Judge Patrick T. Stone greets members of the Conference of United States Court Reporters at their convention at the Edgewater Hotel i...
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Arthur Fiedler Visits Madison

Date: 11 24 1959
Description: Boston "Pops" orchestra conductor Arthur Fiedler speaks with Elizabeth Monschein of WHA and Cliff Roberts of WIBA. Fiedler was in Madison to speak to repre...

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