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Leonard Schmitt Talkathon

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Leonard F. Schmitt, Merrill attorney who is challenging U.S. Senator Joseph B. McCarthy for the Republican nomination in the primary, is pictured as he end...
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Leonard Schmitt Talkathon

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Live audience attending the 25-hour radio talkathon of Leonard F. Schmitt, Merrill attorney who is challenging U.S. Senator Joseph B. McCarthy for the Repu...
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Leonard Schmitt Talkathon

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Mrs. R.R. (Helen) Brinsmade of Madison, right, takes a microphone to defend the record of U.S. Senator Joseph B. McCarthy during the 25-hour radio talkatho...
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McCormick-Deering Sisters and Big Brother Johnny

Date: 1938
Description: Group portrait of the McCormick-Deering Sisters and Big Brother Johnny, taken at the KCRC studios. Original caption reads: "Radio Talent "McCormick-Deering...
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Price Control Broadcast, WRJN

Date: 08 18 1946
Description: Pro price-control broadcast at WRJN. A woman and two men stand encircling a microphone holding scripts. A clock is on the wall behind them and a piano [?] ...
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WIBA Radio Performers

Date: 03 04 1954
Description: Portrait of Marion Hoesly seated at a piano. She and her daughter Luan Hoesly, who played an electric organ, performed duets for a weekly radio broadcast o...
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WIBA Radio Performers

Date: 03 04 1954
Description: Portrait of Luan Hoesly seated at an electric organ keyboard. She and her mother Marion Hoesly, who played a piano, performed duets for a weekly radio broa...
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Roma Borst

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Portrait of Roma Borst, a Spanish-language PhD candidate and a Spanish department teaching assistant. She lead long summer tours of Europe and traveled ext...
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American Association for State and Local History

Date: 09 08 1954
Description: Group portrait of members of the American Association for State and Local History who participated in the "America's Town Meeting of the Air" radio broadca...
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WTMJ Radio Booth

Date: 1977
Description: "Radio personality, Gordon Hinkley, appeared in the WTMJ radio booth at the Wisconsin State Fair."
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WIBA Sports Telephones

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: The WIBA automatic telephone system which will give latest baseball scores is tested on first day of operation. Shown testing the phones are Norman Hahn, W...
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WIBA Sports Telephones

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: Sue Collins jots down scores she hears transmitted by the new recorder machine as radio station WIBA's automatic telephone system is in operation for the f...
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Marc Blitzstein Publicity Still

Date: 1943
Description: Marc Blitzstein in U.S. Army Air Corps uniform at a piano, singing into a BBC microphone. Caption on reverse of image reads "London, 1943".
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Obey Replies to Reagan

Date: 08 30 1986
Description: Congressman David R. Obey delivering the Democrat's reply to a Labor Day speech by President Ronald Reagan.
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Robert Doyle

Date: 1945
Description: Robert Doyle, Journal war correspondent, took his wire recorder aboard the battleship Wisconsin while it was part of Admiral Halsey's 3rd fleet off ...
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Jim Hightower

Date: 1988
Description: Texas political activist and broadcaster James Hightower at a political event for Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey.
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Bob Barry at The Beatles Press Conference

Date: 09 04 1964
Description: Radio disc jockey "Beatle" Bob Barry squats in front of the table where The Beatles are seated for a press conference before a concert.
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The Beatles at Press Conference

Date: 09 04 1964
Description: The Beatles at a press conference in advance of their concert that evening. Pictured: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison. Not pictured: Ringo...
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Cake, Presents, and Plaque For The Beatles

Date: 09 04 1964
Description: A table and wall display a cake, presents, and a plaque honoring the arrival of The Beatles. Icing on the cake reads "Beatles Welcome To Milwaukee From WOK...
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"Beatle" Bob Barry with Paul McCartney

Date: 09 04 1964
Description: "Beatle" Bob Barry, disc jockey for Milwaukee radio station WOKY, posed for a photograph with (Sir) Paul McCartney. At the bottom is a brass plate that rea...

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