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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Seaman 1st class Tom Teeley with newsboy, Bernard Ehrmann, holding a copy of the Wisconsin State Journal with headline declaring peace in the Pacific. Cele...
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Two Gardners with Trophy

Date: 06 11 1941
Description: Louis Gardner seated with Chicago paper and Louis L. "Speed" Gardner holding Sperry trophy.
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Three Female Models

Date: 03 31 1933
Description: Elizabeth Dill, Mary Flynn, and Sarah Ann Wiley, in the lobby of the Capitol Theatre, 209 State Street, modeling clothing from Kessenich's Easter collectio...
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Winners and Entries in Valentine Contest

Date: 02 15 1932
Description: Winners and entries in "Capital Times" Valentine contest. The Valentine with the court scene in the center, featuring comic actors in "Ladies of the Jury,"...
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Halloween Costumes

Date: 10 31 1931
Description: Children posing in Halloween costumes at The Capital Times-RKO Strand Theatre Halloween party.
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Coffee Club

Date: 1950
Description: Two men clink coffee mugs as they prepare to drink their morning coffee.
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Roundy Coughlin with Lieut. Col. Royal Thompson

Date: 11 15 1945
Description: Roundy Coughlin shaking hands with Lieut. Col. Royal Thompson as they renew their acquaintance from attending a baseball game in Chicago when Royal Thompso...
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Mazomanie High School Football Players

Date: 02 19 1947
Description: Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin presenting the Wisconsin State Journal Trophy, emblematic of the suburban Six-Man Football league championship, to two memb...
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Wisconsin State Journal Correspondents

Date: 01 31 1948
Description: Wisconsin State Journal correspondents, staff members, and guests attending the annual conference of correspondents in the Park Hotel.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Chicago Seed

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of "The Chicago Seed," an underground newspaper, featuring Santa Claus crucified on a dollar sign. The landscape below is made from collaged advertis...
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Governor Rennebohm with Four Newspaperboys

Date: 09 25 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm signing a proclamation for Newspaperboy Day. Observing the signing ceremony are four newspaper boys. From left to right are: Ken ...
Magazine or Periodical

Gaylord Nelson Newsletter

Date: 05 1970
Description: The front page of "The Gaylord Nelson Newsletter" announcing Earth Day 1970, with the headline: "Mass Movement Begins."
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Dane County Rural Letter Carriers' Meeting

Date: 02 22 1949
Description: Seated at the speakers table at the Dane County Rural Letter Carriers' meeting (left to right), are: Earl Bagley, Cambridge, treasurer; R.C. Salisbury, Mad...
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Novak and Rove

Date: 06 2003
Description: Presidential adviser Carl Rove and journalist Robert Novak at an event honoring the 40th anniversary of Novak's newspaper column.
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Newman Club Banquet

Date: 11 27 1949
Description: Seated at the head table of the fund raising banquet for the "Northlight," a new publication of Catholic University of Wisconsin students are, left to righ...
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Gauer and Bloch: Reaction to Ruess's Defeat

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Description: Gauer and Bloch reacting to Ruess's campaign defeat. Gauer worked full time on the campaign, but Bloch was an occasional help. According to Gauer, Ruess wa...
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P.A. Cary

Date: 04 28 1950
Description: Group portrait of P.A. Cary, 1602 Jefferson Street, retiring classified advertising manager of Madison Newspapers, Inc. and his staff at a farewell party...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 29 1950
Description: Spelling bee champion Arlene Brown of Janesville holding her trophy. Smiling on the right is her eighth grade teacher at St. Mary's Catholic school, Siste...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 29 1950
Description: Roy L. Matson, editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, gives a handshake to champion Arlene Brown of Janesville as runner-up Dale Sorenson looks on.
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Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin

Date: 09 18 1950
Description: "Roundy" Joseph Leo Coughlin (right) celebrated his birthday. When asked his age Roundy responded in typical fashion, "What the heck, a dollar's only worth...

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