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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 17 1957
Description: Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin holds an autographed football auctioned off at an Empty Stocking Club telethon. Standing with him is Patricia Cornwell, secretary ...
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Frame 43: Mrs. Hamer and Microphones on Television

Date: 1964
Description: A television set displays an image of Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights activist and political figure, speaking into microphones.
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Frame 44: White Man Testifying on Television

Date: 08 1964
Description: A television set displays an image of a man seated at a desk covered in papers and microphones, likely at the 1964 Democratic National Convention where the...
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Doris Platt on WHA-TV

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Doris Platt at the WHA-TV station displaying artifacts during the broadcast of Scandinavian Backbone, part of her series of 1959 television shows. E...
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Truck Drivers Relaxing in Truck Stop Lounge

Date: 1966
Description: Several truck drivers relaxing in an American Oil Company truck stop lounge. Two men in the foreground are working on paperwork.
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Truck Drivers Watching Television

Date: 1962
Description: A group of truck drivers watch television while relaxing at the Mt. Victory truck stop. The caption on a similar photograph reads, "Bigger than a football ...
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Interior Decorating in Homes

Date: 04 10 1958
Description: There is a corner fireplace in the living room of the E.R. Welch house at 3620 Lake Mendota Drive. The fireplace forms a wall and conversation corner overl...
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Puss'n Boots Bronze Award

Date: 07 18 1958
Description: Charles B. Seals, and his father Bellamy, have received a citation from the Puss'n Boots bronze award committee. The citation resulted from pictures of the...
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Westmorland Party Planning Committee

Date: 07 29 1958
Description: Group portrait of seven members of a committee planning an upcoming dancing party sponsored by the Westmorland Association. Front row, left to right, are: ...
Historical Essay

Hill Street Blues Badge

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Police captain's badge prop worn by Wisconsin's Daniel J. Travanti on the television series Hill Street Blues, 1981-1987. (Museum object #2007.41.2)
Historical Essay

Happy Days Bowling Shirt

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Leopard Lodge League bowling shirt costume worn on Happy Days television series, 1977-1984. (Museum object #2006.39.1)
Historical Essay

Shotz Brewery Costume

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Shotz Brewery smock used in Laverne and Shirley television series, 1976-1980. (Museum object #2006.38.1)
Photograph

Empty Stocking Christmas Show on WISC-TV

Date: 12 08 1958
Description: Behind-the-scenes workers at WISC-TV make preliminary plans for the Empty Stocking Christmas show. Front row, left to right, Walter Harlu, technical direct...
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Better Broadcasts Association Meeting

Date: 04 03 1959
Description: The Wisconsin Association of the American Council for Better Broadcasts (ACBB) will hold its public spring conference at the Wisconsin Center building. A p...
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Junior Chamber Of Commerce Fashion Show

Date: 09 09 1959
Description: Mrs. Victor (Roberta) Comstock, 7 Oconto Court, production chairman of the Jaycette fashion show and Mrs. Edwin Duckwitz, 1544 Maywood Avenue, Middleton, w...
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Y-Teens Give Television to Central Colony

Date: 12 30 1959
Description: Dr. John Touissant , clinical director at Central Colony, accepts a television set from Y-Teens Alison Keith and Ruth Rauschenberger. The Senior Y-Teens of...
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Nixon Film Preview

Date: 11 02 1960
Description: 40 Madison area women preview a film of Vice-President and GOP presidential candidate Richard Nixon. The film is to be shown on WISC-TV.
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Dosch Sisters Hold Reunion

Date: 07 13 1960
Description: Seven Dosch sisters, all whom were former teachers in Wisconsin, hold a reunion in Madison at 509 W. Dayton Street. Shown seated (L-R) are: Beulah Dosch E...
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Anchorwoman Heather Armstrong

Date: 10 24 2012
Description: WXOW-TV anchorwoman Heather Armstrong, posing in a room adjacent to a Republican Election Rally at LaCrosse County Republican Headquarters. She is wearing ...
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Kruegers Dining Room

Date: 1960
Description: View of the dining room in the Krueger home. A television and couch sit behind the dining room table near a window.

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