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| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev wading through a throng of reporters during a visit to a farm. A Farmall 560 tractor is in the background... |
| Date: | 09 26 1951 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Journal sports columnist, Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin and "character about town" relaxes on a park bench. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Sports editor and sports reporter from the "Wisconsin State Journal" confer with a printer over trays of lead type. |
| Date: | 11 1956 |
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| Description: | Russell Jones, facing camera wearing a light trench coat, standing with a group of journalists on a street corner during the fighting in Budapest, Hungary.... |
| Date: | 09 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy speaking with reporters at LaGuardia Airport shortly after his victory over Len Schmitt in the Wisconsin Republican primary. McC... |
| Date: | 03 15 1951 |
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| Description: | President Harry Truman at a Press Conference in Key West. The President called press conferences infrequently while at the Little White House. This one la... |
| Date: | 03 09 1954 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 11 18 1953 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 09 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Violence against African American journalists covering the Little Rock integration story. Here the crowd moves in on Jimmy Hicks (center, wearing a hat), t... |
| Date: | 10 26 1957 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison's Danny Lewis narrowly escapes a tackler to score a touchdown vs. Ohio State in a game at Camp Randall Stadium. A large cro... |
| Date: | 02 18 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 09 1950 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 09 18 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 12 01 1951 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Roundy Coughlin with three friends. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a parade of reporters in open cars following President Eisenhower on a rural road in Iowa. The President is standing in an open car at the rig... |
| Date: | 10 30 1956 |
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| Description: | Reporters crowd around Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. To Dulles' right is longtime White House correspondent Merriman Smith. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Merriman Smith, perched on a table with Dayton Moore in the press lounge. They are two correspondents who covered the White House. |
| Date: | 03 19 1952 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Roundy Coughlin accepts a dollar from a boy, probably for his Fun Fund. |
| Date: | 08 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of two children, a man, and a woman with Roundy Coughlin. |
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