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| Date: | 03 03 1937 |
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| Description: | John P. Reed's Sound Service car with two loud speaker horns and a sign on top. The automobile is a Plymouth provided by Gillespie Blumer of Madison. |
| Date: | 04 03 1933 |
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| Description: | "Sound car" with loud speakers on the front hood, and a large sign on top that reads: "Norge, Madison Radio & Refrigerator Co., Borgrud Hardware Co., Ander... |
| Date: | 08 13 1952 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A smiling young girl stands on a raised platform in front of a microphone being used for the Civilian Defense Rally. A record player and other electronic d... |
| Date: | 04 26 1970 |
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| Description: | Musical equipment cases for the Grateful Dead, sitting backstage. A large case in the center is decorated with a hand-painted logo. |
| Date: | 04 25 1970 |
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| Description: | A group of bikers wearing leather jackets representing their gang affiliations sit and stand on the ground. In the background is a crowd of people near the... |
| Date: | 04 25 1970 |
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| Description: | Bassist Bob Collins (with a peace symbol on his instrument) from the band Tongue performs at the Sound Storm music festival with drummer Dick Weber visible... |
| Date: | 10 1957 |
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| Description: | Martin Luther King, Jr., during his appearance at the United Packinghouse Workers of American Wage-Policy Conference. With him are Russell Lasley (left), ... |
| Date: | 09 10 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Group of men and women, probably teachers, seated inside a schoolroom learning various rope tying. Original caption reads: "Fourth Normal School District..... |
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| Description: | A table top is filled with typewriters at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio). Two signs identify which need repair, and which have been repaired. In th... |
| Date: | 09 1938 |
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| Description: | Interior of Meyer's Tavern, including stocked bar and jukebox. |
| Date: | 11 25 1946 |
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| Description: | Demonstration march down city street in support of Allis-Chalmers, local 248, strike. Most of the marchers are women. Truck in front with megaphone reads "... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A group of picketers supporting the nationwide United Farmworkers/AFL-CIO grape boycott in front of Kroger Supermarket. Picketers are carrying signs that s... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Badger Talking Machine Shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, "exclusive dealers in Victrolas, Records, and Supplies," with a center oval medallio... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Two men holding protest signs are walking down a sidewalk past a white police officer who is holding a bullhorn at a Greenwood Freedom Day. In the backgrou... |
| Date: | 09 08 1967 |
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| Description: | Protesters at a rally for fair housing. One man is holding a sign that reads: "We Demand Fair Housing Now," while others behind him are using a bullhorn. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | A man wearing headphones is sitting behind a table with the Guffawmeter. The caption reads: "Guffawmeter constructed by Paul Vanderbilt for the State Histo... |
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| Description: | Philip Fox La Follette speaking into a WTMJ microphone. There are audio speakers behind him. He is wearing a suit and necktie. |
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