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Sally Bowles Recruits for Peace Corps

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: Portrait of Sally Bowles, of Washington, D.C., who was on campus to promote the recently formed Peace Corps as part of her job as "assistant to the associa...
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Census Taker Wins Pay Battle with City of Madison

Date: 10 29 1964
Description: Wayne Klein complained to the City of Madison when the City advertised for census takers at 7 cents per name, but at the training only offered 6 cents per ...
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U.S. Attorney Edmund A. Nix Appointed

Date: 08 12 1965
Description: A man standing and holding a coffee cup. Edmund A. Dix was sworn in as United States attorney for the western half of Wisconsin in a brief Federal Court ce...
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Warren Hicks at Age 100

Date: 10 06 1965
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Warren Hicks taken on the day of his 100th birthday. The article states: "His biggest job began in 1912, when he supervised ...
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Portrait of Social Worker Helen Hilton

Date: 11 05 1965
Description: Portrait of social worker Helen Hilton, 1919 U.W. graduate, taken upon her retirement from the city welfare department. She had worked more than 40 years a...

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