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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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Spencer Tracy and College Friends

Date: 1921
Description: Spencer Tracy and four of his friends pose on the steps of West Hall at Ripon College sometime between February 1921 and March 1922. Tracy is on the far ri...
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Senator Wiley, Paul Anka and Senate Page Boys

Date: 09 04 1959
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley posing with singer Paul Anka and senate page boys on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building.
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Carolers For Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 12 22 1957
Description: "Roundy" (Joseph Coughlin) is sitting in a chair while holding an envelope he received from Christmas carolers Lea Heifetz, Janice Huza, and Patty Walker. ...
Poster

Nixon's The One!

Date: 1968
Description: Political campaign poster that features a drawing of Richard Nixon surrounded by contemporary celebrities and politicians in the center. He is wearing a bu...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

A Young Alfred Lunt as Rip Van Winkle

Date: 1904
Description: A young Alfred Lunt dressed as Rip Van Winkle, using clothing and a musket borrowed from farm hands and leggings made of gunny sacks.
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Lucy Baines Johnson Visiting Madison Friend

Date: 01 22 1964
Description: Visible in a the back seat of a car are, left to right, Mrs. James Cain of Rochester, Minnesota, Jack J. Olson, and Lucy Baines Johnson, daughter of Presid...
Photograph

Willard Scott

Date: 1998
Description: Television weatherman personality Willard Scott at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Scott broadcast a segment for ...
Photograph

Miss America Visits Madison

Date: 10 22 1957
Description: Young Madison girls requesting autographs of Miss America, Marilyn Elaine van Derbur, during a fashion show at the Casey and O'Brien, Inc. store on Atwood ...

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