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Family in their Living Room

Date: 1955
Description: Family in their living room. The mother watches television, the father reads a newspaper, the daughter reads a book, and two sons play with a train set.
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L.C. and Daisy Bates Watching Television

Date: 09 1957
Description: L.C. and Daisy Bates watching television with Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus on the screen.
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Television for Patients

Date: 1950
Description: Hospital or nursing home patients are able to view television in their rooms.
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Video Portraits

Date: 04 02 1987
Description: Three school children are posing for a video camera portrait, one attraction at a school fair sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
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Electric Cooking with Meinhardt Raabe

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Description: Meinhardt Raabe, dressed as Little Oscar, standing with two women on a television soundstage kitchen.
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International Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 11 1954
Description: Advertising proof created by Young and Rubicam for the International Harvester Company. Features a photograph of Ronald Colman and Benita Hume with the tex...
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Robert Kennedy Announces His Candidacy

Date: 03 16 1968
Description: Senator Robert F. Kennedy announcing his candidacy for the office of President of the United States. The announcement took place in the Caucus Room of the ...
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"It's Your Business" Panel

Date: 12 17 1986
Description: Panel discussion on 'It's Your Business," a program sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The panelists are: (left to right) Richard Lesher of the ch...
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Stewart Douglas House

Date: 11 15 1951
Description: Interior view of the living room at 811 Farwell Drive, including plants and vines in foreground. Homeowners Jean and Stewart Douglas are sitting and looki...
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Lucky's — Interior

Date: 02 25 2005
Description: "Connie waited on us at Lucky's in Fond du Lac." From left to right; Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, John Bodden, Shirley Widmer, and Connie.
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NJ's — Interior

Date: 07 25 2008
Description: "At NJ's Amanda was our waitress." From left to right; Amanda, Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Shirley Widmer, and Richard Yehl.
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The Marsh Inn — Interior

Date: 04 30 2010
Description: "At The Marsh Inn, we had as our guests, Andy Kraushaar, Visual Materials Curator at the Wisconsin Historical Society, and his wife [Deena Brazy]. Our wait...
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WMVS-TV Mobile Unit Filming Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

Date: 1961
Description: The operators of the mobile unit of WMVS-TV, a community station out of Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools, film an interview with Roy Rogers and Dale ...
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Musical Families

Date: 03 23 1954
Description: Portrait of the Fromm family playing music. From left, they are: Kathleen, 14, playing cello, Barbara, 18, playing violin, the mother Emily playing the pia...
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University of Wisconsin Medical School Junior Class Skits

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Actors present a University of Wisconsin Medical School junior class skit during Field Day for the medical students. In this skit, "Medirma of the Future,"...
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Schlitz Beer Sign

Date: 1960
Description: "Schlitz beer sign on Highway 41."
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Onboard Air Force One

Date: 03 31 1979
Description: Onboard Air Force One with President Jimmy Carter are Wisconsin Congressman Henry Reuss (left), Joan Obey, and Congressman David R. Obey.
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York For Assembly

Date: 11 1984
Description: "Supporters of Dwight York watch election returns on the TV screen."
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Rick Santorum

Date: 03 2012
Description: Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum at a campaign event at South Lanes Bowling.
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Car Slogan Contest Winners

Date: 02 01 1957
Description: Five adults and three children posing in front of a prize new 1957 Chevorlet. On the left is Warner Young, chairman of the Madison Automobile Dealers Assoc...

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