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Where's Joe?
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Leonard Schmitt, independent Republican candidate for the United States Senate, holding a copy of The McCarthy Record and pointing to an empty chair with a sign showing the seat reserved for his opponent, Joseph R. McCarthy, to debate the issues with him.
August 3, 1952
Capital Times (Madison, Wis.)
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Governor Kohler and Foreign Dignitaries
June 1955
Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., meeting with a delegation of Latin American newspapermen in his office at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Len Mattioli, Crazy TV Lenny
"See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me." Len Mattioli (Crazy TV Lenny), of American TV and Pioneer's John Talbot with a Pioneer laser disk and a Pioneer Laserdisc player.
Alvin Benson, VA Hospital
March 23, 1954
Alvin Benson playing records to broadcast over the radio at the VA Hospital.
Highway Patrol Inspection
July 19, 1962
Inspection of Wisconsin State Highway patrolmen.
Sound Storm Rock Festival
April 24, 1970
Group of people outdoors behind a fence at a rock festival.
Shorewood Fire Fighters
1930
Members of Shorewood Fire Fighters standing in front of fire engine posing outdoors near a lake.
