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The Original Cowboy Band

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Description: The Original Cowboy Band poses on the steps of Simmons University in Abeline, Texas. Writing on drum reads: "The Original Cow Boy Band" and writing on bann...
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Eight Foot Tall Lawyer

Date: 07 01 1944
Description: Clifford Thompson, the second tallest man in the world, being sworn into the Wisconsin state bar at the Wisconsin State Capitol by Justice Elmer E. Barlow....
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University of Wisconsin Industrial Management Institute Staff

Date: 02 11 1948
Description: Instructors of the University of Wisconsin Industrial Management Institute staff. Seated at a desk is Associate Professor Russell Moberly, institute direct...
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Madison Artists Exhibition Award Winners

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: Four award recipients from the University of Wisconsin at the Madison Artists exhibition. From left are Donald M. Anderson, art education instructor, water...
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Madison Artists Exhibition Award Winners

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: The top prize winners at the Madison Artists Exhibition. From left are Professor Alfred Sessler, University of Wisconsin art education, for two small oil p...
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Governor Authorizes University of Wisconsin Library

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Governor Rennebohm signs a bill which will provide the University of Wisconsin with a new library. He is using a pen once used by President John Bascom. Th...
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University Extension League Style Show

Date: 01 30 1950
Description: Three of 15 models who will display play dresses, hats, coats, suits, robes and evening gowns at the meeting of the University Extension League are, from l...
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Indian Ambassador to the United States

Date: 06 23 1956
Description: Guest speaker at the Students from India Attending Mid-Western Colleges and Universities convention is G.L Mehta, second from left, India's ambassador to t...
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State Commission on Human Rights Officers

Date: 03 12 1959
Description: Newly elected officers of the State Commission on Human Rights. "They are, left to right, the Rev. Perry Saito, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Stev...
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Brooks McCormick and the United Negro College Fund

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Description: Brooks McCormick stands with men who are all holding a large sign above their heads that reads: "$750,000."

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