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Portrait of Photographer Edward Steichen

Date: 06 23 1957
Description: Casual portrait of Edward Steichen (1879-1973), photographer and filmmaker, sitting in Aaron Bohrod's studio on the university campus at an informal party ...
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Roundy Coughlin at The HUB

Date: 05 06 1953
Description: Ad for WMTV showing Roundy Coughlin signing a contract with The HUB, his TV sponsor. Pictured with Roundy are Ed Schmitz, Jim Schmitz and Bob Schmitz, own...
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Carson Gulley with Pies

Date: 05 14 1953
Description: Chef Carson Gulley holding two pies and standing in front of a rack of fudge bottom pies. He is posing for a WMTV ad for his cooking show to be broadcast ...
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Sinaiko Brothers Filling Station Employee

Date: 06 17 1953
Description: Man standing in the interior of the Sinaiko Brothers Filling Station, 760 Regent Street. Good view of a service station restroom in the background with the...
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WKOW-TV Telethon

Date: 09 12 1953
Description: Fourteen men and women (one in a wheelchair) sitting around a dining table in a restaurant (Hoffman House?) as part of the WKOW-TV telethon (?).
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Muscular Dystrophy Telethon

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Man and woman looking at a box of money in relation to a WKOW-TV Muscular Dystrophy telethon to raise money for a cure of the disease.
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Tom Morrow reading a magazine while getting a haircut by barber Juell Solberg at the Union Bus Station barbershop.
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Barber Henry Palan cutting the hair of Billy Mayer in the Park Hotel barbershop.
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Postal employee, Harry Bunbury, receiving bundles of Christmas cards from inside the letter window at the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue. Bundl...
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Weather Bureau Operation at Truax Field Control Tower

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Chief of weather operations, L.A. Joos, is on the telephone, while W.C. Williamson is standing at a slanted desk checking one of several weather maps. They...
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Albert A. Hanson Trial

Date: 12 05 1953
Description: Diane Nelson, 20-year-old bookkeeper, is shown reviewing with her attorney, Maurice B. Pasch, the testimony she gave as the chief prosecution witness again...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Postal workers, John Hoyt (left) clerk in charge, and Sidney Schoyes, station examiner, are handling stamp requisitions for branch offices and drugstores a...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Monitoring the outgoing mail are (left to right): William C. Davis, assistant superintendent, George Gauke, superintendent, and William Vaeble. They are in...
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United Givers' Business and Industrial Employees Division

Date: 10 1953
Description: United Givers' Business and Industrial Employees Division meet with section chairmen. Standing left to right: Lynn Terry, Stanley O. Nettum, and Robert Hol...
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Madison Art Association Exhibit

Date: 10 15 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod (right) chats with Madison architect William Kaeser (left) at the preview for the Madison Art Ass...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Postal worker, Paul McConnell, loading packages onto his mail truck for delivery. He is handling different sized boxes stacked on the lowered gate of his o...
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Activities of Firemen at the Central Fire Station

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Harold Hansen (left) and Fred Manthe making chili for the firemen's dinner. Hansen is standing next to the stove stirring a deep pot with one hand, and is ...
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Activities of Firemen at the Central Fire Station

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Captain Arne Lewick doubles as the fire station mechanic. Smoking a pipe, he is working at a lathe.
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Sears Roebuck Store Construction

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Architect's representative Rod Lindwall checking over plans at the new Sears Roebuck store under construction on East Washington Avenue. He is using what a...
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Sears Roebuck Store Construction

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Checking over blueprint plan details at the new Sears Roebuck store under construction on East Washington Avenue are Cy Perkins, George Lehmann, and Robert...

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