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Len Schmitt Senate Campaign

Date: 08 13 1952
Description: Len Schmitt, former Progressive Party legislator from Merrill, led the Republican opposition to Senator Joseph R. McCarthy's bid for re-election. Schmitt a...
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Gov. Walter Kohler Signing a Document

Date: 06 03 1953
Description: Five men standing behind Gov. Walter Kohler watching him sign a document in his office. One of the men might be Paul Thielan from Brookfield, Wisconsin.
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West Side Optimist Club Meeting

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: West Madison-Middleton Optimist Club members (left to right) W.C. Matthews, Keith McKenzie, Less Fleury and Dr. H.G. Meidell.
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West Side Optimist Club Meeting

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Gordon Logan, West Madison-Middleton Optimist Club president (right) confers with luncheon speaker Sanger B. Powers, superintendent of the state reformator...
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West Side Optimist Club Meeting

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Dr. Carl W. Umland, Wesley West, Dr. Lloyd Langer, Lester Moller and Jerome Braman are looking at the latest West Madison-Middleton Optimist Club bulletin.
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Lions Club Constitution Day Luncheon

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley chatting with John H. Shiels, vice-president and trust officer with Madison Bank and Trust Company, at the at the luncheon. An unid...
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Lions Club Constitution Day Luncheon

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Senator Alexander's wife visiting with Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon Thomson at the luncheon. An unidentified man is on the right, but not included in ...
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South Side Men's Club Meeting

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: The South Side Men's Club held a special meeting to honor members of the organization who have won their wings in Madison's Ground Observer Corps, a civil ...
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South Side Men's Club Meeting

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: Charles Waddell (right) telling a story while, (left to right): Dr. William T. Lindsey, Harry Hayes and Henry Esser are looking on at a meeting of the Sout...
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South Side Men's Club Meeting

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: After the formal meeting of the South Side Men's Club there is time for conversation. Norman Opatt (left) draws smiles from William Dyhr (second from left)...
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Madison Art Association Collectors' Show

Date: 12 04 1953
Description: A.T. Flint taking a close look at one of the paintings at the Madison Art Association Collectors' Show in Scanlan Hall at the Madison Vocational school.
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Madison Curling Club

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Two members of the Madison Curling Club during an intra-club competition. Norm Sonju (left) and Gil Bach survey shots made by members of their rinks. Bach,...
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Albert A. Hanson Trial

Date: 12 05 1953
Description: Diane Nelson, 20-year-old bookkeeper, is shown reviewing with her attorney, Maurice B. Pasch, the testimony she gave as the chief prosecution witness again...
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Philip La Follette Portrait

Date: 01 26 1954
Description: Framed portrait of Philip La Follette.
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Madison Stamp Club Meeting

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Two visitors are looking over a specimen pulled from the stamp collection album of T. Leslie Welch at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YMCA. They...
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Madison Stamp Club Meeting

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Club treasurer, Charles P. Ingold, sitting among a crowd at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YMCA. Behind him, Edgar Phillips is showing a philat...
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Madison Stamp Club Meeting

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Dick Thomas, sitting in the crowd of philatelic collectors and enthusiasts, scanning an exhibit at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YMCA. The man...
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Madison Stamp Club Meeting

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Milton Geier, smoking a cigarette, is examining a stamp with a magnifier, while W.L. Millar is looking on, at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YM...
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Madison Stamp Club Meeting

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Arthur Schwebs, with his daughter, Karen, and son, Roger, are looking at a philatelic exhibit in an album at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YMC...
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Public Service Commission Meeting

Date: 03 16 1954
Description: Public Service Commission members are sitting around a long table before papers, taking up a proposal for a rate increase for the Madison Bus Company. A fe...

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