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President Sukarno and Nikita Khruschev

Date: 1960
Description: President Sukarno of Indonesia (under the umbrella) escorts Nikita Khruschev (in the white suit), visiting Soviet premier, to inspect some new construction...
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Soldier and Civilian

Date: 09 1951
Description: A British soldier or police officer and a civilian on the bridge between the British area of Hong Kong and Communist China.
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Cold War Boundary

Date: 09 1951
Description: A hill in the countryside near Hong Kong, showing the fence that marked the border with Communist China. Two children are on a path on the side of the hill...
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Khruschev Speaks

Date: 1960
Description: Nikita Khruschev of the Soviet Union speaks to a crowd at the airport in Indonesia. President Sukarno stands at his side, while Indonesian troops stand at ...
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CP Meeting Room

Date: 1967
Description: Men in the Communist Party meeting room in the Hanoi hotel where American journalist David Schoenbrun was staying.
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Ramon Magsaysay

Date: 1950
Description: Ramon Magsaysay (in the wide-brimmed hat), then secretary of defense and later the President of the Philippines, during the campaign against the communist ...
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President Ford in China

Date: 12 01 1975
Description: President Gerald Ford being officially greeted at the airport by Deng Xiao Ping. Mrs. Ford stands on the President's right; on the far left are Secretary o...
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Senator Karl Mundt at Airport

Date: 09 02 1954
Description: Senator Karl Mundt, (S.D., Rep.) who is wearing a suit and hat, and putting a cigar up to his mouth. Mundt came to Madison to address a session of the Univ...
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Ho Chi Minh as a Radical in France

Date: 1920
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ho Chi Minh, with a shallow depth of field and simple background. Ho Chi Minh looks off to his right.
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The Bride and Groom Laughing

Date: 08 16 1952
Description: Dave and Carol Leudtke react to some high jinks done to their vehicle.
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United Nation Official Addresses Madison Civics Club

Date: 10 14 1960
Description: Sir Leslie Munro of New Zealand, former president of both the United Nation General Assembly and Security Council, is in Madison to address the Madison Civ...
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Anti-Communism Prayer Crusade

Date: 05 17 1961
Description: Five high school students participating in a anti-Communism crusade of young people from various parishes of the Catholic Diocese of Madison. The students ...
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Governor Heil at Desk

Date: 05 15 1941
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil sits at his desk signing a piece of paper. Behind him stand senators and assemblymen. A vase of flowers sits on the left corner of ...
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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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Hollington K. Tong, Nationalist China Ambassador to the United States

Date: 02 19 1958
Description: Hollington K. Tong, Nationalist China Ambassador to the United States (left) and O.C. Akre, Madison representative of Northwest Orient Airlines (center) ar...
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Adolpe Menjou at Edgwater Hotel

Date: 09 12 1958
Description: Movie and TV actor, Adolphe Menjou, right, with William Doudna, journalist for the Wisconsin State Journal. In 1947, Menjou was a witness in the Hou...
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Mosinee Goes Communist for a Day: Proclamation

Date: 05 01 1950
Description: Caption on back is a newspaper clipping that reads: "A proclamation was read to a mass meeting by 'Commissar' Joseph Z. Kornfeder, Detroit, a former Commun...
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Mosinee Goes Communist for a Day: Propaganda Films

Date: 05 01 1950
Description: Caption reads: "Simulated Communist Control-The local movie theater is seized by Communist authorities and pictures confiscated with Communist dominated fi...
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Mosinee Goes Communist for a Day: Rationing

Date: 05 01 1950
Description: Caption on back reads: "All foodstuffs is confiscated by Red authorities and rationed to the citizens. Mrs. Delbert Bauer is shown as she gets her cup of P...
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Mosinee Goes Communist for a Day: Red Raid

Date: 05 01 1950
Description: Caption reads: "Simulated Communist seizure--Editor Francis Schweinler, (Left) of the local paper is seized by Communist Commisar[sic] Joseph Kornfeder as ...

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