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San Padeo Workshop

Date: 1964
Description: Highlander Folk School students and directors standing in a line, possibly singing together, at the San Padeo workshop. Third from left, Myles Horton, Will...
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Fred Coe

Date: 1956
Description: Candid shot of Fred Coe, producer of "Playwrights '56," sitting at his production board.
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Ultimate Hi-Fi System

Date: 08 12 1958
Description: Urbane gentleman shows off his sophisticated high fidelity wall system with reel-to-reel tape deck, reels of tape, and record albums.
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Dutch Tavern

Date: 04 01 1941
Description: Dutch Tavern, 121 North Blount Street, with piano, jukebox, tables, booths, and northwoods decor.
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Badger Theater Group

Date: 01 20 1934
Description: Group portrait of three women and two men who are in the Badger theater group in Mt. Horeb participating in the Dane County rural drama tournament. Left to...
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Esquire Club Dining Room

Date: 12 17 1946
Description: Interior view of the Esquire Club dining room including a soda fountain counter with a countertop jukebox. There is a piano in the background. 2615 Sherman...
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Leo Kehl and Students

Date: 08 13 1929
Description: Leo T. Kehl with a line formation of students, most wearing tap or ballroom shoes. In addition to operation of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Kehl pr...
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Women Dancing

Date: 03 10 1944
Description: Two sets of twins dance at the recreation center for school pupils at the Cottage Grove Town Hall. Included on the left are Jean and Joan Hanson of Cottage...
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YWCA Square Dance

Date: 08 16 1952
Description: Audrey Lewis, health education director at the YWCA, Carol Radichel, and Mrs. Merrell Vertein standing around a jukebox at a YWCA square dance.
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WHA Summer Radio Workshop

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Three persons at the summer radio workshop sponsored by WHA Radio on the University of Wisconsin campus. Jack Steel shows Senta Lorenz on the left and Ruth...
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Len Schmitt Senate Campaign

Date: 08 13 1952
Description: Len Schmitt, former Progressive Party legislator from Merrill, led the Republican opposition to Senator Joseph R. McCarthy's bid for re-election. Schmitt a...
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Washington School Hearing Clinic

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Participants in a large-scale hearing clinic held at Washington School in Madison and sponsored by the University of Wisconsin departments of speech and ed...
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Teen-Agers Dating

Date: 01 25 1949
Description: Sharing a coke at a jukebox are Central High School students Jean Reynolds and Bob King.
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Madison's First Camp Week

Date: 05 23 1950
Description: Members of the Y-Teen group of the YWCA talk over summer camp plans with Patricia Powell, YWCA staff member who will be in charge of musical activities at ...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. at Wage Policy Conference

Date: 10 1957
Description: Martin Luther King, Jr., during his appearance at the United Packinghouse Workers of American Wage-Policy Conference. With him are Russell Lasley (left), ...
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League of Women Voters Statewide Radio Program

Date: 09 10 1951
Description: Frances Hurst (left) and Marcella Gill (right) listen to voice recordings at the WIBA radio broadcasting studio. Hurst was chairman of the WHA radio progra...
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Interior of Diner

Date: 1940
Description: An interior view of a diner, showing two semi-circular counters with stools and booths along the walls. There is a jukebox on the right and a root beer bar...
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Smart Studios

Date: 11 2010
Description: Interior view of Smart Studios. Smart Studios was a recording studio located on East Washington Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin. It was set up in 1983 by Butc...
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It's Those Johnson Boys

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Description: The Johnson Brothers, billed as "Clean, Fast, Swedish Comedy," was a musical comedy act based in Racine, Wisconsin.
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"The Ox" Performing on Stage

Date: 1968
Description: Rock trio, "The Ox," performing on stage. The guitarist and bassist are on an elevated platform next to a stack of amplifiers, while the drummer is set up ...

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