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Frank Lloyd Wright Speaking at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 05 18 1955
Description: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright speaking at a hearing at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The hearing was held in the Education and Transportation Offices, room 3...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Speaking at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 05 18 1955
Description: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright speaking at a hearing at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The hearing was held in the Education and Transportation Offices, room 3...
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Warren Spahn and Lew Burdette

Date: 01 30 1958
Description: Milwaukee Braves pitchers Warren Spahn (left) and Lew Burdette posing with awards they recieved at the 5th Annual Diamond Dinner, hosted by the Milwaukee C...
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Lou Perini with Governor Kohler

Date: 07 13 1955
Description: Milwaukee Braves owner Lou Perini and Wisconsin Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. converse at the baseball All-Star game held at Milwaukee County Stadium, Jul...
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John Quinn and Fred Haney

Date: 01 30 1958
Description: Milwaukee Braves General Manager John Quinn (left) and manager Fred Haney (right) accept awards at the 5th Annual Diamond Dinner, hosted by the Milwaukee C...
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Warren Spahn, John Quinn and Lew Burdette

Date: 01 30 1958
Description: Milwaukee Braves pitchers Warren Spahn (left) and Lew Burdette (right) flank Braves' General Manager John Quinn at the 5th Annual Diamond Dinner hosted by ...
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Vernon Thomson Campaigning

Date: 09 06 1956
Description: Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon Thomson campaigning in Green Bay as the Republican gubernatorial candidate. Thomson was successful, defeating Democrat Wi...
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Daisy Bates, Little Rock Nine and Dr. James Levy

Date: 1958
Description: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine with officers of the NAACP at their 49th annual convention. Mrs. Bates and the nine students received an award for the...
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Violence at Little Rock

Date: 09 28 1957
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...
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Daisy Bates and NAACP Lawyer Robert Carter

Date: 12 03 1957
Description: Daisy Bates confers with NAACP lawyer Robert Carter, after she was fined $100 and court costs of $150 for failure to open confidential NAACP financial and ...
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Terrence Roberts, One of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Terrence Roberts of the Little Rock Nine.
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L.C. and Daisy Bates with Men and KKK Cross

Date: 10 15 1956
Description: Daisy and L.C. Bates with two men and a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) cross that they found in their yard. Because this event preceded the integration crisis of 1957 ...
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Fred Haney Holding His Contract

Date: 10 20 1957
Description: Portrait of Milwaukee Braves manager Fred Haney holding his new contract. Under his management In 1957, with a lineup that included future Baseball Hall...
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Louis R. Perini

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: Milwaukee Braves owner Lou Perini at a preseason banquet.
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George Forrester at Ringling Circus

Date: 1953
Description: Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest...
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Filling Up the Historymobile

Date: 04 01 1957
Description: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin's Historymobile at the Clark Service Station, 2631 University Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Tschudy (Jake and Irene),...
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Nakoma 12th Night

Date: 01 07 1950
Description: Two co-chairmen hold a chicken to be given as a special prize at the Nakoma 12th Night Party. Donald Dohr, 4150 Cherokee Drive, stands at left, and Sidney...
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Lincoln Day Planning Committee

Date: 01 12 1950
Description: Dane County Republican committee members plan for the Lincoln Day dinner. Seated from left to right are: Mrs. Philip M. (Nettie) Fairchild, Mrs. Warren S. ...
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UW President E.B. Fred And Student President

Date: 01 14 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison President E.B. Fred with senior class president F. Anthony Brewster at the first convocation for a mid-year graduation. Pre...
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Hildegarde with Governor Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 01 15 1950
Description: Entertainer and pianist Hildegarde, born Hildegarde Loretta Sell, is shown in fur coat with Governor Oscar Rennebohm. She is a Wisconsin native born in Ade...

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