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Daisy Bates at a Podium

Date: 05 1960
Description: Daisy Bates speaks at a podium, with several people, including a smiling man, seated to her left.
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Commandos L Meeting with Radio

Date: 1963
Description: Meeting of the anti-Castro group Commandos L. Men are sitting and standing around a kitchen table with a radio receiver and transmitter. Tony Cuesta is sit...
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Nelson Campaigning for Obey

Date: 03 1969
Description: Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson speaking to an audience in northern Wisconsin in behalf of the congressional campaign of David R. Obey who is seated to Ne...
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Seven of Ten

Date: 1969
Description: Seven of Wisconsin's ten congressional representatives posed with David R. Obey shortly after his victory in a special election to replace Melvin Laird. Le...
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Joan and David Obey

Date: 06 09 1962
Description: Joan and David Obey smile on their wedding day. She is wearing a wedding dress and he is wearing a suit with a vest.
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Portrait of Laura Graf

Date: 1960
Description: Portrait of Laura Graf seated in a chair at her home in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. A bookcase is behind her. Laura was born September 2, 1898 in Pewaukee (Wa...
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Admiring the GOP Mascot

Date: 1960
Description: Ralph H. Bonnell, delegate from the Republican Party of Massachusetts, admires the GOP mascot, an elephant, with another unidentified man at the Republican...
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Bedroom

Date: 07 1965
Description: View of a bedroom taken by a civil rights volunteer. "George Washington didn't sleep here, but I was fortunate to do so at Mrs. Thompson's for almost thre...
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Truck Drivers Watching Television

Date: 1962
Description: A group of truck drivers watch television while relaxing at the Mt. Victory truck stop. The caption on a similar photograph reads, "Bigger than a football ...
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Vel Phillips Speaking with Arthur Goldberg

Date: 04 08 1961
Description: Vel Phillips stands while speaking with Arthur Goldberg, former Secretary of Labor and, at the time of the photograph, Supreme Court Justice. Another man c...
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Prof. Verner Suomi Talks at First Annual Eagle Scout Recognition Banquet

Date: 02 12 1960
Description: Prof. Verner E. Suomi speaks on the building and launching of weather satellites at the first annual Eagle Scout recognition banquet at the Madison Elk's C...
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Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae Group Benefit Party

Date: 02 22 1960
Description: Group portrait of four committee members for the Kappa Alpha Theta alumnae group's benefit Aloha party. Seated are: Dr. Anne Gilfrey, Mrs. Elizabeth Green,...
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We Saw You . . . at Alpha Delta Phi Reception

Date: 02 14 1960
Description: An open house for representatives of University of Wisconsin campus groups, housemothers, and alumni is held at the new Alpha Delta Phi fraternity house. S...
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Three Men Tasting Honey

Date: 10 1969
Description: Three men standing in front of a window curtain sampling honey.
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Three Links Club Luncheon

Date: 06 26 1960
Description: Marjorie Holmes, newly elected Three Links Club president, is shown at left, with Alydia Knoff and Emma Pedley, both luncheon hostesses. Myrtle Michelson, ...
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University of Wisconsin Football Banquet

Date: 11 22 1960
Description: Honored at the U.W. annual football banquet are, left to right: Jerry Kulcinski, winner of the Ivy Williamson award for sportsmanship throughout his colleg...
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Farewell to the Madison Air Defense Commandant

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Major General James C. Jensen is congratulated by Madison mayor Henry Reynolds, center, and president of the Chamber of Commerce Dorsey Botham at a farewel...
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Sororities Sponsor "Summer Hat Festival" Luncheon

Date: 06 21 1961
Description: Members of the Alpha Sigma Alpha X, Beta Lota, Beta Omicron, and Beta Zeta chapters of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority sponsor the "Summer Hat Festival" l...
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International Scout 46

Date: 1962
Description: Elevated interior view of an International Scout 46 in a dealer setting. A mannequin of a man is positioned near the plate glass windows that face the side...
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Eating at the Dinner Table

Date: 1961
Description: The Edgar Krueger family eating dinner together in the dinning room. A centerpiece of flowers inside a ceramic duck vase sit in the center of the table. St...

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