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University of Wisconsin International Students

Date: 01 1960
Description: Five unidentified University of Wisconsin students, all sitting cross-legged on the floor with a small portable pump organ or harmonium. In South Asia, the...
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Procession in front of Middleton St. Bernard's Catholic Church

Date: 1959
Description: A procession of clergymen walks in front of the new Middleton St. Bernard Catholic Church on Parmenter Street in Middleton. The modernist building features...
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Portrait of Middleton Planner

Date: 09 29 1960
Description: Portrait of a Middleton planner.
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Portrait of a Man Wearing a Suit

Date: 02 03 1959
Description: A portrait of a man taken for John Addington, possibly alderman Werner Wilking.
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Three Car Accident at 323 East Johnson Street and North Hancock Street

Date: 03 01 1961
Description: A three-car accident occurs at the corner of 323 East Johnson Street and North Hancock Street.
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Waunakee Basketball Team with Coach Ron Hering

Date: 02 27 1961
Description: Head Coach Ron Hering (kneeling) poses with the starting five of the Waunakee High School basketball team. Members of the team shown (L-R) are Dave Roberts...
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Sears, Roebuck, and Company Profit Sharingstein

Date: 02 24 1961
Description: Five employees of Sears, Roebuck, and Company who have a stake in the company's profit-sharing plan. Controller, R. L. Roidt holds up a graphic illustratio...
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Advertising Week Proclaimed in Madison

Date: 02 22 1961
Description: Mayor Harold E. Hanson, seated, displays a proclamation hailing the part played in American society by the advertising industry. Looking on are, left to ri...
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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. All eyes are watching the movie "Ope...
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Chimba the Chimpanzee in Madison for the Zor Shrine Circus

Date: 02 17 1961
Description: Chimba the chimpanzee makes an appearance at the final Madison Zor Shrine planning meeting for the annual Shrine Circus held at the Dane County Fairgrounds...
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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Assembly chamber is overflowing ...
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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Emil Muelver, Milwaukee, listens to ...
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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. University of Wisconsin Professor Ed...
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State Budget Hearing

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: An over-all view of the Legislature's 15-member Finance Committee conducting public hearings on the governor's budget recommendations.
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State Budget Hearing

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: At left is Senator William Draheim, Neenah, chair of the Legislature's Joint Committee, and co-chair Everett Bidwell, Portage, center, listen to a budget e...
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Penalty for Those Who Pose as Deaf

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: Rev. Herbert Drachenberg, right, pastor of the Madison Silent Lutheran Church, 1909 Huxley St., uses sign language to relay a question from members of the ...
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State Budget Hearing

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: Assemblyman Emil Hinz from Merrill, a member of the Finance Committee, studying the 260-page budget document prepared by the Dept. of Administration.
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Public Hearing for New Dormitory

Date: 02 06 1961
Description: U.W. Dean Kurt Wendt (standing right) answering questions from Eighth Ward Supervisor Frank Gagel, during a State Building Commission hearing in which the ...
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New Supermarket Opens in Madison

Date: 02 03 1961
Description: Manager Ralph Johnson, left, and supervisor Richard Brye stand in an aisle of the new A and P supermarket to open on Wingra Drive.
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We Saw You . . . Touring Newspaper Plant

Date: 02 09 1961
Description: The 2nd grade class at Hawthorne School tour the Madison Newspaper, Inc. plant as part of a week-long study of newspapers in their Social Studies class. Th...

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