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Spring Election 1961

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: "We Saw You Performing Civic Duty" at the Fire Station. A voter is checking in before voting at the 19th Ward poll. He is at the head of a long line of vot...
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Nuckles for Mayor

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: Billboard on a trailer that reads: "Robert E. Nuckles for Mayor."
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Fidel Castro Rally and Protest on U.W. Campus

Date: 04 21 1961
Description: U.W. students protest a rally by the Wisconsin Socialist Club, hosts of an event at the Wisconsin Union theater supporting Fidel Castro and protesting the ...
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Fidel Castro Rally and Protest on University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 04 21 1961
Description: U.W. students protest a rally by the Wisconsin Socialist Club, hosts of an event at the Wisconsin Union theater supporting Fidel Castro and protesting the ...
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NAACP Leaders Plan Freedom Fund Benefit

Date: 05 10 1961
Description: Madison chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) plans annual Freedom Fund benefit at Central High School. Shown (...
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Invest in America Drive

Date: 05 16 1961
Description: Oscar Mayer (seated), president of Oscar Mayer Company, holding a Mayer Company sales chart. Mayer spoke at a meeting launching the "Invest in America" pro...
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Twelve Annual World Championship Rodeo

Date: 07 28 1961
Description: Ray Risch, Edgerton, participates in the bareback bronco competition at the 12th annual World Championship Rodeo at the Holmes No-Oaks Ranch on Syene Rd.
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Wisconsin United States Senator Speaks to Young Republicans

Date: 10 05 1961
Description: Wisconsin's senior United States Senator Alexander Wiley is greeted by three members of Dane County Young Republicans. The greeters are, left to right: Pet...
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Race Bias Against U.W. Instructor

Date: 09 09 1961
Description: A group of students from the University of Wisconsin Student Council on Civil Rights picket a house on 540 West Mifflin Street and help to move out the pos...
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Gov. Wallace Given Good Reception Here

Date: 04 03 1964
Description: Three people of the 18 protestors outside of the Cuba Club restaurant. A large protest sign states, "Wallace: Blood is on your hands." The protestors were...
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Securities Complaint Press Conference

Date: 09 30 1964
Description: Three officials of Madison American Guaranty Insurance Company (MAGIC) and Allied Development Corporation at a press conference in the Wisconsin Attorney G...
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Ken Luedtke Campaign Sign Appears in Window of Madison Labor Temple

Date: 10 02 1964
Description: A campaign sign for Republican State Senator candidate Ken Luedtke is in the window of the normally Democratic leaning Madison Labor Temple located at 1602...
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Open House Day at the Madison Fire Department

Date: 09 25 1964
Description: Jerry Hauser, 10, son of Fireman Michael and Barbara Hauser, is shown wearing a fireman's helmet equipped with a microphone and loudspeaker. An open house...
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Republican Candidate Campaigns at Madison Labor Temple

Date: 10 29 1964
Description: Two politicians and three labor officials are standing behind a campaign sign that says: "Elect Ken Luedtke State Senator." Exchanging greetings are Willia...
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Beloit Students March to Capitol in Support of Civil Rights

Date: 03 10 1965
Description: Gov. Warren Knowles, right, is shown addressing the 175 Beloit College students who undertook a two-day march to the capitol from their campus 50 miles awa...
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School Bond Referendum

Date: 03 23 1965
Description: Members of Madison's Parent-Teacher Associations are attempting to win favor for the $6,450,000 school bond referendum by distributing booklets citing fact...
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Madison Diocesan Convention

Date: 06 08 1965
Description: Four of the more than one thousand women who attended the convention of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at Edgewood College. In this photogr...
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Demonstration Commemorating Hiroshima Bombing

Date: 08 06 1965
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison student holding a placard in front of a speaker at a demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol commemorating the atom bo...
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Mayoral Secretary Adeline Brunke Retires

Date: 07 23 1965
Description: Adeline Brunke is shown at her desk in the Mayor's office on her last day before retirement. She served as secretary for four Madison mayors in the past se...
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Anti-Castro Protest

Date: 04 21 1961
Description: Several sign-carrying U.W. students protest a rally by the Wisconsin Socialist Club, hosts of an event at the Wisconsin Union Theater supporting Fidel Cast...

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