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Playground Supervisors

Date: 06 15 1934
Description: Group portrait of fifteen men and ten women. They are playground supervisors hired by the Board of Education and Madison Park Commission to run nine full t...
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Senate Bribery Investigating Committee

Date: 02 12 1931
Description: Seated L to R: Senator Herman J. Severson, Senator Walter S. Goodland, chairman of the committee, and Oliver Knutson, clerk of the committee. Standing is E...
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NCAA Boxing Committee

Date: 03 25 1947
Description: Members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association boxing committee meeting at the Madison Club prior to the national tournament held at the Universit...
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Group Portrait of the Governor's Commission on Human Rights

Date: 10 09 1947
Description: Members of Governor Oscar Rennebohm's Commission on Human Rights are shown outside of the Wisconsin State State Capitol for their first formal meeting.
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One Man, One Vote

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Description: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster of an African American man in a straw hat and overalls seated in front of a weathered building. Text in th...
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SNCC Group Near Burned Church

Date: 1962
Description: Student Non-Violence Coordinating Committee (SNCC) workers pray together near the burned remains of a church in southwestern Georgia.
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Attorneys John Brickhouse and James Karn, members of the 1949 Madison Community Chest budget committee, standing on the steps of the Dane county court hous...
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French Gratitude Train Boxcar

Date: 12 05 1949
Description: Five men, including State Historical Society Director, Clifford Lord at left, standing near a box car labeled "Gratitude Train" on a flat bed truck parked ...
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Community Chest Budget Committee Visit

Date: 04 21 1950
Description: Members of the Community Chest budget committee are shown craft work done by three boys at Neighborhood House. Members of the committee, left to right, are...
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Neighborhood House Staff

Date: 09 27 1950
Description: Staff members of the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue, pose around a table for a group portrait. Seated, left to right: Louise Schleicher, as...
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St. Lawrence Seaway Committee

Date: 01 30 1952
Description: Governor Walter Kohler, Jr. seated at a desk in the governor's office with four men standing by. The photograph was taken during a Great Lakes-St. Lawrence...
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Wisconsin Barbers Convention Committee

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Barbers Local #153 and Barbers Guild #23 joint committee to plan the annual convention of the Wisconsin Barber and Beauty Culture ...
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United Steelworkers Convention Resolutions Committee

Date: 08 24 1946
Description: Posed group shot of the United Steelworkers of America District 32 Convention Resolutions Committee. The men wear suits and are all sitting or standing aro...
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Theresa Village Board

Date: 02 06 1978
Description: "Theresa Village Board. (l-r) Ray Guelig, Leroy, Gerald Musack, Jim Leisk, Pres. Gordon Neitzel, Clerk-Treas. Ralph Ruecker, Jack Burns, and Harold Adelmey...
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Welcome to Appropriations

Date: 02 1970
Description: Congressman George Mahon of Texas, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, welcomes newly-appointed Congressman David R. Obey to the committee and ...
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Lew Foster Porter

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Lew Foster Porter, the state’s supervising architect and secretary of the Wisconsin State Capitol Building Commission.
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Walk Against the War

Date: 1987
Description: A group of people are marching up a city street holding banners, the most prominent of which reads: "Walk Against the War, Join CISPES [Committee in Solida...
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Chicago Walkathon

Date: 1987
Description: Two people are posing holding a sign that reads: "Walk Against the War, JOIN CISPES [Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador] for PEACE with...
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1960 Madison City Council Group Portrait

Date: 04 17 1960
Description: The 1960 Madison City Council poses for a group portrait in the City County Building. The State Office Building at 1 West Wilson Street can be seen through...
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Unveiling of Monona Terrace Plans

Date: 01 23 1961
Description: Architect Wesley Peters unveils Monona Terrace plans for the Auditorium committee of the Madison city council.

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