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Milwaukee Railroad Service Club

Date: 09 24 1939
Description: Group portrait of Milwaukee Railroad Service Club convention in Crystal Ballroom of Loraine Hotel. A group people are in front posing with musical instrume...
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S & M Theatres Employee Gathering

Date: 03 31 1948
Description: Group portrait of S & M Theatres (Oshkosh Wisconsin) employees seated around table at the Hotel Loraine, 123 West Washington Avenue.
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Adequate Wiring Bureau Meeting

Date: 04 10 1948
Description: Group portrait of men attending an informational meeting of the Wisconsin Power & Light Company, Central Wisconsin Adequate Wiring Bureau at the Loraine Ho...
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Theatre Managers Meeting

Date: 09 21 1949
Description: Group portrait of S & M Theatre managers (Ben Marcus), from Oshkosh, meeting at the Loraine Hotel in Madison.
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Farmer-Labor Unity Meeting Speakers

Date: 03 18 1944
Description: Six of the speakers for the farmer-labor "unity meeting" held at the Loraine Hotel; left to right: N.R. Johnson, head of the Railway Brotherhoods; Claude R...
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Fifth Annual Western Retail Lumbermen's Convention

Date: 02 27 1908
Description: Panoramic view of the Fifth Annual Convention of Western Retail Lumbermen's Association, including the Association members and Lumbermen's Mutual Society. ...
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Hearing at Dane County Court House on Fuel Oil Shortage

Date: 01 19 1948
Description: Hearing at the Dane County Court House attended by city officials and fuel dealers concerning temporary fuel oil shortages. Pictured clockwise around the t...
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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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Dane County Rural Letter Carriers' Association Officers

Date: 02 22 1949
Description: Vice-president Leslie Larson, McFarland, (left) and president Wilbur Johnson, Lake Mills, who were re-elected to head the Dane County Rural Letter Carriers...
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CIO Convention

Date: 11 21 1950
Description: Elevated view of the annual convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations at the Palmer House hotel.
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Red Skelton on International Harvester Stage

Date: 1959
Description: Red Skelton entertains an audience while onstage at the convention of American Trucking Associations. The International Harvester logo is displayed on the ...
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Two Mayors after a CIO Rally

Date: 05 10 1947
Description: Mayor Vincent Totka of Cudahy and Mayor Charles Plotz of South Milwaukee pose for a photograph after greeting a CIO organized rally in South Milwaukee. A l...
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Madison Restaurant Association Open House

Date: 04 03 1958
Description: Melvin Dykman, left, and Ernest Clausen register for a Madison Restaurant Association open house. Nora McSherry, right, is assistant secretary of the group...
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Madison Restaurant Association Open House

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Vivian Soule (center), of Rt. 3 in Madison, was chosen as Wisconsin's most outstanding restaurant hostess at an open house held by the Madison Association....
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Phi Chi Theta Convention

Date: 06 15 1958
Description: Joyce Hittenberger (left), Berkeley, California, the new national president; Mary Seymour, retiring national president; Janet Bruhn, general chairman of th...
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Conference of United States Court Reporters

Date: 08 03 1959
Description: Madison Federal Court Judge Patrick T. Stone greets members of the Conference of United States Court Reporters at their convention at the Edgewater Hotel i...
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Wisconsin National Secretaries Association

Date: 05 16 1960
Description: Wisconsin National Secretaries Association annual spring meeting is held at the Ivy Inn in Madison. Officers of the Association shown (left to right) are: ...
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Flat-Top Haircuts-New Art Form

Date: 10 16 1960
Description: Persons attending the 34th annual state convention of the Associated Master Barbers, held at the Madison Holiday Inn, 4402 East Washington Avenue, observe ...
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Theater Men and Plaque

Date: 05 02 1961
Description: Three men examining a plaque. The original caption states: "F.J. Williams, left, Portage theater owner and longtime Wisconsin showman, receives a plaque co...
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Newton Minow with Staff

Date: 10 1962
Description: Newton Minow (far right) is seated at a table with members of his staff at the Communications Research Center. There is a large map on the wall on the righ...

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