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Dreyfus Inaugural Address

Date: 01 03 1979
Description: After being sworn in, Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus delivers his inaugural address. Second from the right is the former acting governor, Martin Schreiber, w...
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Reverend William Waltmire

Date: 10 18 1948
Description: Portrait of Reverend William Waltmire, pastor at the Bashford Methodist Church, as he prepares for the broadcast of the worship service over station WFOW-F...
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Madison's Youth Radio Program

Date: 11 03 1948
Description: One of several radio programs produced by Madison teenagers is the Teen Colony on WKOW every Saturday morning. Another program is the Hy Time, every Monday...
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University of Wisconsin Foundation Centennial Campaign Dinner

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: People at the speakers' table at the dinner marking the start of the University of Wisconsin's foundation's centennial campaign. From left are Herbert V. K...
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University of Wisconsin Foundation Centennial Campaign Dinner

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: Guests of honor at the banquet that opened Dane county's campaign for the University of Wisconsin centennial campaign. From the left are: Prof. Kiekhofer; ...
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Who's New Club - Barn Dance

Date: 11 19 1948
Description: Members of the Madison Who's New Club at a barn dance at the YWCA gymnasium. Square dance caller, Frederic E Risser, and his wife Elizabeth wearing a bonne...
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Doudna and Salisbury

Date: 12 03 1948
Description: "Bill Doudna, State Journal newscaster, was honored for his promotion of child safety on his 7:30 a.m. broadcast on WIBA." Robert Salisbury, directo...
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A.W. Bareis, George Forster and Bruce Weatherly

Date: 12 28 1948
Description: City Clerk Alfred W. Bareis swears in police chief Bruce Weatherly in front of WKOW and WIBA microphones. George Forster, city finance director and acting...
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Signing City-County Building Construction Contracts

Date: 11 24 1948
Description: Dane County Board Chairman Paul A. Robinson, left, and Madison City Manager Leonard G. Howell, right, signing contracts which officially join Madison and D...
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Gaylord Nelson Holding Hearing

Date: 1968
Description: Nelson, as chairman of the Monopoly Subcommittee, holding a hearing regarding the abuses of the pharmaceutical industry. He is sitting at a table behind a ...
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Gaylord Nelson Speaks at Democratic Convention

Date: 1962
Description: Nelson stands at a podium and addresses a crowd during a Democratic Convention, probably during the 1962 Senate elections. Behind Nelson are three oversize...
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 01 13 1949
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm addressing a joint meeting of the Wisconsin legislature as it convened for it's 69th legislative session.
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Longfellow School Third and Fourth Graders

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Third and fourth graders from Longfellow school putting on a "quiz show" about electricity and lights that they have been studying. Joanne Tewalt (left) is...
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Madison Bible Fellowship Church

Date: 02 10 1949
Description: Pastor Charles R. Polley, at the pulpit in the Madison Bible Fellowship Church, 1704 Roberts Court.
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William Proxmire in Striped Suit

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Description: William Proxmire gives a speech wearing a striped suit and raising his fist.
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William Proxmire in Front of Microphones

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Description: Senator William Proxmire giving a speech in front of several microphones.
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William Proxmire Giving Speech Wearing Eyeglasses

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Description: Senator William Proxmire gives a speech in front of many microphones, wearing eyeglasses.
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 30 1949
Description: Roy Matson, Wisconsin State Journal editor, standing to the right and presenting a championship trophy to Charlotte Kreul of Fennimore, Wisconsin. W...
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Cast of Wisconsin Players Rehearsing for "Bite the Dust"

Date: 05 05 1949
Description: Rehearsing for the Wisconsin Players production of "Bite the Dust" are left to right: Irving Kreutz as Six-Killer Onehorse; Patricia McKeene as Polly Pears...
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Brian Willson Gives the Peace Sign

Date: 1988
Description: Brian Willson, Vietnam veteran who lost both legs during a demonstration in 1987, holds up his arm to give the peace sign to audience at a New York peace c...

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