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Woman Interviewing "Johnny" (Philip Morris)

Date: 06 24 1946
Description: Johnny Roventini (known as "Johnny"), spokesman for Philip Morris cigarettes, is shown being interviewed by a woman at the WIBA radio station.
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Madison Community Center 2nd Anniversary

Date: 01 29 1948
Description: Pictured are a group of Madisonians seated at tables in a large room playing cards at the Madison Community Center, West Doty Street. The center celebrate...
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Highlander Folk School Staff Meeting

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Description: Highlander staff meeting: left to right; Tom Ludwig, Myles Horton, Catherine Winston, Zilphia Horton.
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Catherine Winston

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Description: Catherine Winston, a staff member at the Highlander Folk School, reading a book and smoking a cigarette.
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University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner

Date: 12 08 1948
Description: Dressed in Elizabethan costume during the University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner in Tripp Commons are: center, Richard Lewis, Eau Claire, president of ...
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Elevated view of part of the City Room with staff, "Wisconsin State Journal".
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A.J. Brandehoff

Date: 1938
Description: Gilbert John Brandehoff is leaning over to open a bottle of Diehl beer with a bottle opener that is mounted on a McCormick-Deering cooler. A woman is stand...
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Baron Ludvig af Ugglas Family

Date: 08 15 1949
Description: Family portrait of Baron Ludvig af Ugglas from Sweden, with his wife Christane, and their 15-week-old daughter, Catharina.
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Gauer and Bloch Posing with Woman

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Description: Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch, both smoking, pose humorously with an unidentified woman who holds a notepad and pen.
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Nita Naldi in a Scene Still from Blood and Sand

Date: 1922
Description: Doña Sol de Guevara (played by Nita Naldi) relaxes smoking a cigarette on a divan as her male servant plays the lute in the 1922 Famous Players-Lasky produ...
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Bob Allen in Wisconsin National Guard Uniform

Date: 1922
Description: Journalist Robert S. Allen, center, in military uniform, poses with the staff of the "Wisconsin State Journal". A graduate of the Wisconsin Journalism Scho...
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Alistaire Cooke and Colleagues

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Description: Alistair Cooke of the BBC broadcasting from the United States to the United Kingdom. On the far left is the American news commentator Cecil Brown, who broa...
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Group with Empty Bottles

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Description: A group of people sitting at a table and posing near two packs of Pall Mall cigarettes balanced on empty bottles. Empty glasses, peanut shells, and corks f...
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Pierre Sidell with Cigarette

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Description: Pierre Sidell wears a white fur hat and tunic with a fur collar. She is holding a cigarette as she poses with one foot up on a bench.
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Carol Bank and Barb (Flint?) Diggs

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Description: Carol Bank (left) and Barb (Flint?) Diggs, friends of Lewis Arms, sit together smoking cigarettes.
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Business Women's Bowling League

Date: 11 02 1953
Description: The Business Women's Bowling league staged its first annual dress up bowling session at the Plaza Alleys. Bowler Mae Schaefer dresses as a Halloween witch ...
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Business Women's Bowling League

Date: 10 02 1953
Description: The Business Women's Bowling League staged its first annual dress up bowling sessions at the Plaza Alleys. Pictured are Hildegarde Baer, Ruth Ansfield, Luc...
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Four women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. One woman is thumbing her nose at the camera. The arrest w...
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Woman Being Led Out of a Hurley Area Establishment

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: A woman is led out by a State Agent during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution. The ...
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Five women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution.

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