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Kohler Speech at the Fair

Date: 08 1953
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., speaks to a crowd in the grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fair. In the background, a photographer is taking his picture.
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Baby Huey from the Audience

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B act Baby Huey mid-performance viewed from the audience. The band was made up of a three man horn section, electric guitar, drums, congas, elect...
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Grateful Dead Performing

Date: 04 26 1970
Description: The Grateful Dead featuring Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, and Jerry Garcia, performing on stage with the sun setting behind them. Ron ...
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 08 1948
Description: A woman in a uniform places a lei of orchids around Margaret McGuire's neck as she accepts the role of Centennial Queen on a stage at the Wisconsin Centenn...
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President Jimmy Carter

Date: 1979
Description: President Jimmy Carter speaks to a small group of well wishers while Congressman David R. Obey looks on. Photographers are in the crowd. The space is decor...
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Secretary of State Testifying at the Foreign Operations Subcommittee

Date: 03 14 1989
Description: Secretary of State James Baker testifying before the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. Wisconsin Congressman David R....
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Frank Lloyd Wright on the Grounds of the Unitarian Meeting House

Date: 08 28 1955
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright on the grounds of the First Unitarian Society meeting house. Wright was being filmed for the Omnibus television program. The woman with...
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Wisconsin Democrats

Date: 1984
Description: The audience at the Lincoln County fairgrounds who gathered to hear Democratic candidates Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro, with the national media cov...
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Fourth of July at Park Falls

Date: 07 04 1994
Description: The flag raising during the Fourth of July ceremony, with a group of the local Knights of Columbus on the left. In the foreground on the right is a photogr...
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Manchester's Style Show

Date: 02 28 1941
Description: Manchester's Department Store style show. Photographer and clerk are behind crowd.
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Secretary of State Testifying at the Foreign Operations Subcommittee

Date: 03 14 1989
Description: Secretary of State James Baker testifying before the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. Wisconsin Congressman David R. ...
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Vel Phillips Attends Presidential Visit

Date: 10 06 1980
Description: Group of people standing and sitting behind a velvet rope listening to President Jimmy Carter speak. Vel Phillips sits on the far right.
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Hillary Clinton Entering the Debate

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: View over the audience towards the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, walking onto the stage for the Democratic presidential debate. A camera operat...
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Bernie and Hillary Waving to the Crowd

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: During a commercial break from the television broadcast Democratic presidential debate hosted by PBS News Hour, candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clint...
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Audience for a Beauty Pageant

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Description: Formally dressed audience members are watching a beauty pageant in a smoky beer hall. The men are wearing suits with ties; the women are wearing dresses an...

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