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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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Central High School "Mirror" Reporters

Date: 03 18 1929
Description: Central High School "Mirror" newspaper reporters.
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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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Robert Angus

Date: 02 12 1945
Description: Robert "Bob" Angus, "Wisconsin State Journal" reporter.
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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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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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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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Henry J. McCormick

Date: 03 01 1954
Description: Henry J. McCormick, Wisconsin State Journal Sports Editor, stands beside an automobile before his departure for Bradenton, Florida to report on the M...
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Wisconsin State Journal Editorial Room

Date: 03 02 1954
Description: View of men and women working at desks in the editorial room of the Wisconsin State Journal newspaper.
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Middleton Fourth Graders Win Encyclopedia

Date: 05 19 1961
Description: Aurilla Dorer's fourth grade class at Middleton's Elm Lawn school wins a set of the World Book Encyclopedia from Wisconsin State Journal columnist "Uncle R...
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GA Reporter

Date: 03 21 1961
Description: GA (general assignment?) reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal (?) sitting at a desk.
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John Newhouse, Wisconsin State Journal Reporter, Chosen to Make Norway Tour

Date: 06 04 1964
Description: John Newhouse, Wisconsin State Journal reporter and photographer, is chosen by the Madison Chamber of Commerce to participate in a two week tour of Norway ...
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Aldric Revell

Date: 03 10 1954
Description: Portrait of Aldric Revell, sitting, political reporter for The Capital Times in 1954. He is wearing a suit and a bow tie.
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University of Wisconsin Summer Laboratory School

Date: 08 15 1957
Description: Three pupils at the Washington School report on Indian ceremonies to the third grade at the end of the University of Wisconsin Summer Lab School. Holding t...
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Richard W. Versey Receives Inland Daily Press Assn. Award

Date: 10 17 1957
Description: Richard W. Vesey (center) is holding a trophy he received from the Inland Daily Press Association for top award as reporter-photographer. It was pre...

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