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| Date: | 08 12 1932 |
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| Description: | RKO motion picture actress Raquel Torres christening the new model airplane manufactured in Madison by Orland Corben. Corben had flown the airplane that br... |
| Date: | 06 20 1931 |
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| Description: | Nine members of the junior and senior class at the University of Wisconsin are sitting in a semi-circle dressed as Native Americans. They are smoking the p... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Members of the National Welfare Rights Organization, some dressed in choir robes, hold candles and a cross as they are confronted by police. This is at the... |
| Date: | 01 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Charles E. Bohlen, United States State Department counselor, speaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House during a program which launched Wi... |
| Date: | 05 01 1948 |
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| Description: | Retiring mail carrier, Mike Cawley, accepting an envelope containing a token of appreciation from Myrtle L. Hansen, clerk of circuit court at the Dane Coun... |
| Date: | 08 1971 |
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| Description: | Nelson smokes a peace pipe held by Bill Baker outside a building after a meeting with tribe members. To Nelson's far right is Governor Patrick Lucey, and i... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men are looking at a newly unveiled plaque commemorating International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. Original caption reads: "Fowler ... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A young boy wearing a crown is presented with a framed portrait of himself by two men, one of whom is smoking a cigarette. The man on the right is holding ... |
| Date: | 01 03 1978 |
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| Description: | Liesl Blockstein of the Wisconsin Women's Political Caucus presenting guest-of honor, Vel Phillips, with an honorary poem at a reception at the L'Etoile Re... |
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