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| Date: | 11 15 1947 |
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| Description: | Michigan halfback, Gene Derricette, intercepting a pass intended for Wisconsin's Clarence Self, during their football game at Camp Randall Stadium. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Chef Carson Gulley, University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall chef, chopping vegetables. |
| Date: | 04 03 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's Calvin Vernon, an African-American, had led with a left and was blocking a left return by Idaho's Bill Diehl in the first round of their light ... |
| Date: | 04 22 1948 |
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| Description: | Four women sewing a 'sleeping garment' at the Blessed Martin House, 746 West Washington Avenue, an interracial and interfaith center sponsored by Madison C... |
| Date: | 04 23 1948 |
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| Description: | African-American man, Norman M., Ward (aka Paul Nokomis) 18-year-old Chicagoan who was sent to jail to await sentence when he pleaded guilty to larceny and... |
| Date: | 04 27 1948 |
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| Description: | Michigan shot putter Charley Fonville, at the Big Nine track meet. He set a new Big Nine outdoor shot put record. |
| Date: | 06 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church congregation in front of the church, 548 West Johnson Street, with pastor Rev. Cunningham. Members are prima... |
| Date: | 07 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of eight veteran Soap Box Derby racers who will be making their second or third attempts to win the city championship. They are shown liste... |
| Date: | 07 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Soap Box Derby racer Virgil Johnson, posing with his car outdoors on a porch. This image was taken before Virgil smoothed and painted his car. |
| Date: | 03 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster for Black Roots Black Art event held at Chadbourne Hall. Image is a woodblock print of an African American face. Featured work from Henry Hawkins, J... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster for a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) march against racist unemployment, taking place March 20, 1971, in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento, C... |
| Date: | 03 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster announcing a performance by the Harlem Globetrotters at the Dane County Coliseum, March 9, 1971. Picture features a globetrotter spinning a globe on... |
| Date: | 03 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster announcing a benefit performance for the 1971 Ann Arbor Blues Festival. Featuring Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins, John Hammond, the Sam Lay Blues Revi... |
| Date: | 04 1914 |
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| Description: | Booker T. Washington stands flanked by Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones (left) and Jenkin Lloyd Jones (right) near the shore of a Madison lake. Washington, desc... |
| Date: | 10 15 1965 |
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| Description: | Opponents of the War in Vietnam protesting at Truax Air Force Base. This event, which was probably sponsored by local members of the National Coordinating... |
| Date: | 10 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Three Madison Y-Teen Club members placing candles in the Y-Teen emblem as an observance of Nation Y-Teen Week. Left to right are Robereta Polkinghorn, West... |
| Date: | 10 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Two fourth graders at Lincoln School, Freddiemae Hill, left, and Russell Allen, Jr, right, are observing 10,000 bees that are preparing for winter in their... |
| Date: | 06 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for a concert by Ike and Tina Turner at the Dane County Coliseum, in Madison, Wisconsin, June 26th, 1971. Features a picture of Tina Tur... |
| Date: | 05 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a speaking event featuring Julian Bond at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House, May 22, 1971. Features a picture of Bond. Eve... |
| Date: | 06 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of African-American choir on steps in front of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 548 West Johnson Street. |
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