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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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Reporters Interviewing Wendell Willkie

Date: 02 18 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie interviewed by Rex Karney (left), "Wisconsin State Journal" political reporter, and Marquis Childs (right), whose nationally-syndicated col...
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Robert Kennedy Announces His Candidacy

Date: 03 16 1968
Description: Senator Robert F. Kennedy announcing his candidacy for the office of President of the United States. The announcement took place in the Caucus Room of the ...
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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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McCarthy, the Primary Winner

Date: 09 18 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy speaking with reporters at LaGuardia Airport shortly after his victory over Len Schmitt in the Wisconsin Republican primary. McC...
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Edward R. Murrow

Date: 03 09 1954
Description: Edward R. Murrow of CBS. On March 9, 1954, Murrow broadcast an episode of his "See It Now" series about Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and McCarthyism, and on ...
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Reporters Quiz Joe McCarthy

Date: 11 18 1953
Description: After closed door hearings at the Boston Federal Building, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy talks to the press about subversive activities at the General Electri...
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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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News Broadcast at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A crowd gathers around a KRNT news broadcaster at the Iowa State Fair. The sign behind the broadcaster reads: "Charles McCuen, Stanley Dixon, Gordon Gamm.....
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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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Knoll and Clifford Case

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Description: Erwin Knoll, then a reporter with the Newhouse Newspapers, interviewing Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey. Knoll later became the editor of the Progre...
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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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Wilfred Burchett

Date: 1977
Description: Foreign correspondent Wilfred Burchett, taken during a visit to the Guardian office. Burchett was noted for his coverage of China and the Far East a...
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Roundy Coughlin and Friends

Date: 12 01 1951
Description: Portrait of Roundy Coughlin with three friends.

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