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| Description: | Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, at her desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Journalist Edward R. Murrow contemplates his herd of Holstein-Friesian cows on his farm. He sells the milk to a local distributor. |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Journal carriers Lloyd Briggs and Harold Joyce attacking a volley ball at Blue Mounds State Park. The partially obscured boy is unid... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Nineteen Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys at the Blue Mounds State Park swimming pool. Some are shown diving off a platform named for the previo... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | A new red, white and blue mail truck is displayed at the Madison Post Office garage. A poster on the side of the truck reads: "Don't be a Hurry Bug — Slow ... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Eight Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys around a picnic table enjoying root beer and apples in the shade of a grove. They are (left to right): Ri... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Officers of the Madison Theatre Guild frolic around a piano. Al Barraclough, director of the Guild, is sitting at the piano. The others are (left to right)... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Three graduating seniors model clothing especially suitable for college life at the tea sponsored by the Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Council. The models ar... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Two women are sitting behind piles of printed bulletins and a typewriter, woring at addressing each one. Jane Gintz (right) was Madison Theatre Guild's box... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Clothing outfits available at Madison stores being modeled by young women: Standing on a flight of steps, Margaret McDowell is wearing a black felt, full ... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Clothing outfits available at Madison stores being modeled by young women: Margaret McDowell is wearing a pleated wool and orlon skirt in Black Watch Tarta... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Clothing outfits available at Madison stores being modeled by young women: Walking on a sidewalk, Margaret McDowell is wearing a suit of a avocado green tw... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Fern and Charles Thompson, chairmen of the ticket campaign for the Madison Theatre Guild, are presenting the first two season tickets to Mayor George Forst... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Water comedian, Eddie Rose, of the Sam Snyder's Water Follies performing his routine jumping off a high-level diving board during a show at Breese Stevens ... |
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