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University of Wisconsin Budget Hearing

Date: 02 05 1953
Description: Joint Finance Committee of the 1952 Wisconsin Legislature listening to arguments for and against the $5,000,000 cut Governor Walter Kohler proposed in the ...
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League of Women Voters Dinner Committee

Date: 03 28 1944
Description: League of Women Voters dinner ticket committee. Standing at left is Mary Rennebohm, and seated left to right are: Harriet J. Morris, Caryl A. Regan, Lucill...
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NCAA National Boxing Tournament

Date: 03 28 1947
Description: Four members of the NCAA committee checking score cards from the referee and two judges following a bout at the NCAA National Boxing Tournament at the Univ...
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Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 06 05 1949
Description: Members of the planning committee for the Wisconsin Women's Golf Association state tournament to be held at the Maple Bluff Country Club. From left are Mrs...
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Lincoln Day Planning Committee

Date: 01 12 1950
Description: Dane County Republican committee members plan for the Lincoln Day dinner. Seated from left to right are: Mrs. Philip M. (Nettie) Fairchild, Mrs. Warren S. ...
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Public Housing Hearing at Madison Common Council

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: Elevated view of the crowd of over 500 persons attending the public hearing of the Madison Housing Authority (MHA), a committee of the Madison Common (City...
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Governor's Youth Advisory Board

Date: 04 24 1953
Description: Youth advisory board, a part of the Governor's Commission on Human Rights. Standing, left to right, are: David Willette, Chippewa Falls; Richard Rosenweig,...
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Edgewood College Reunion Committee

Date: 05 26 1953
Description: Members of the Edgewood College reunion committee are, left to right: (seated) Mary Conlin, and Betty Jacques. Standing are: Ann Sweeney and Mary Downey.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Organizers

Date: 07 07 1953
Description: The planning committee for the soap box derby looking at a drawing of the new hill site.
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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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Secretary of State Testifying at the Foreign Operations Subcommittee

Date: 03 14 1989
Description: Secretary of State James Baker testifying before the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. Wisconsin Congressman David R....
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Schultz Before the Committee

Date: 03 06 1986
Description: Secretary of State George Schultz during the Reagan Administration (second from the left) testifying before the Foreign Operations Subcommittee. Leaning fo...
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Wausau Hearing

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Description: Under the chairmanship of David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) the congressional Joint Economic Committee held hearings in Wisconsin. In the background are ...
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Madison Civic Music Association

Date: 06 07 1956
Description: Guests at the organizational tea of the Woman's Committee of the Madison Civic Association included, from left: Lois Mayer, Rosalie Mayer, Sarah Jamieson, ...
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NAACP Members Admire Prize Book

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: Five people admire a book entitled "Go South To Sorrow" which will be given as a prize for the NAACP's Madison branch membership drive at the annual freedo...
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Optimist Club Wives

Date: 05 02 1958
Description: Group portrait of eight Madison area Optimist Club wives assisting in plans for a upcoming district Optimist convention. Left to right, front row: Iola Rep...
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Stagette Day Planning Committee

Date: 07 14 1958
Description: Members of the committee who are making arrangements for the annual "Stagette Day" at Maple Bluff Country Club. Seated from left to right: Zella Svendsen, ...
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Advisory Committee on Tax Revisions

Date: 09 14 1959
Description: The Governor's blue ribbon advisory committee on tax revisions meet to discuss long range recommendations.
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Beta Sigma Phi Style Show

Date: 10 14 1959
Description: "Harvest of Fashions" is the theme for the annual benefit style show of Beta Sigma Phi. Pictured are members of the four Madison chapters who are serving ...
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Conference Concerning the Pending Bill to Improve the Social Security Act

Date: 03 31 1939
Description: The conference concerned the pending bill to improve the Social Security Act. From left to right, all sitting: Senator James F. Byrnes, Chairman of the Sen...

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