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Creating Menominee County

Date: 07 1959
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson signing the bill which created Menominee County as the state's 72nd county. The new county consisted of those portions of Shawano a...
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Circuit Judge Michael Torphy

Date: 06 16 1980
Description: Circuit Judge Michael Torphy, presiding over the murder trial of Barbara Hoffman.
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Addressing Mifflin Street Crowd

Date: 05 05 1969
Description: A man is speaking through a megaphone to a large crowd from the steps of the Mifflin Street Co-op, 32 North Bassett Street. Possibly Attorney Melvin Greenb...
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Protest in Support of Hortonville Teachers

Date: 04 18 1974
Description: View towards large group of people marching with signs on the sidewalk at the office of State Superintendent of Education, Barbara Thompson at the Departme...
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Paramedics Responding to Call

Date: 12 1992
Description: Jody Kurilla and Paul Elvord, both paramedics with the City of Madison Fire Department, responding to a call at 1221 Williamson Street.
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Book Signing Party at the Club Tavern

Date: 06 13 1975
Description: A man is looking at a copy of E.E. LeMasters' book, Blue-Collar Aristocrats, at a book signing party at the Club Tavern. The author is holding the b...
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Book Signing Party at the Club Tavern

Date: 06 13 1975
Description: A group of three men and one woman sitting in a booth at the Club Tavern with author E.E. LeMasters, who is wearing a sport coat. Copies of the author's bo...
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Book Signing Party at the Club Tavern

Date: 06 13 1975
Description: Two men and a woman discussing E.E. LeMasters' book, Blue-Collar Aristocrats, with the author, who is wearing a sport coat, at a book signing party ...
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Book Signing Party at the Club Tavern

Date: 06 13 1975
Description: View from behind of a female patron and a man, perhaps a bartender, chatting at a book signing party at the Club Tavern. The bartender has the book, Blu...
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Book Signing Party at the Club Tavern

Date: 06 13 1975
Description: View from behind bar towards people sitting and standing. One man is chatting with E.E. LeMasters (wearing a sport coat), the author of the book, Blue-C...
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Exterior View of the Club Tavern

Date: 06 04 1975
Description: Exterior of the Club Tavern, with automobiles parked along the side. Trees, shrubs and a parking lot surround the building.
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Club Tavern

Date: 06 04 1975
Description: Exterior view of the Club Tavern, with a Hamm's Beer and Club Tavern electric sign with an arrow pointing to the tavern in the foreground at the entrance t...
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Philadelphia Orchestra at U.W. Stock Pavilion

Date: 05 10 1962
Description: Philadelphia Orchestra performing at the University of Wisconsin Stock Pavilion.
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Pedestrian and Automobile Congestion on State Street

Date: 09 08 1969
Description: A view up State Street from the corner of Lake and State Streets showing heavy automobile and pedestrian traffic. The Wisconsin State Capitol and the Orphe...
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State Street Holiday Lights

Date: 11 23 1962
Description: Night view of State Street taken from Lake Street intersection and showing Christmas season lighting. A number of businesses are seen, including Rennebohm'...
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Satchel Paige

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Satchel Paige at the annual high school basketball banquet sponsored by the West Side Business Men's Association, at the WSBM clubhouse. Jim Atkins, presid...
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Sno-Tube

Date: 12 03 1990
Description: A young boy is going down a snowy hill on a Sno-Tube during the blizzard.
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Nurses Picketing at UW Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 07 06 1981
Description: Men and women picketing outside UW Hospital.
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Nurses Picketing at UW Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 07 06 1981
Description: Men and women picketing outside a hospital, likely UW Hospital. Some of signs they are carrying read: "Poor Staffing is Dangerous to Your Health", "Citizen...
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Nurses Picketing at UW Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 07 06 1981
Description: Men and women picketing outside a hospital. Some of signs they are carrying read: "Tired Nurses Are Unsafe", "Stop the Exodus from UWH Before it's too late...

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