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About the Wisconsin Sound Archive

Online access to Wisconsin's heritage in sound
Listen to stories and sounds of Wisconsin's past, including oral histories, radio programs, advertising, political speeches, and more.
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Couple Looking at Record

Date: 11 10 1963
Description: A couple that used a "couple computer" that matched preferences choose a record.
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Language Lab Reel-To-Reel Tape Machines

Date: 02 18 1959
Description: Language teachers listening to foreign languages on tape decks at an institute for public school language teachers at Mount Mary College.
Postcard

Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1948
Description: A crowd surrounds a 10-foot mechanical mannequin of Alice in Dairyland at an Alice display for the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The Alice could raise h...
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Joe McCarthy and Tape Recorder

Date: 12 11 1951
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy prepares to play a tape recording at a dinner honoring him. McCarthy said the tape caught Harry Bridges speaking about plotting ...
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Badger Talking Machine Shop Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Badger Talking Machine Shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, "exclusive dealers in Victrolas, Records, and Supplies," with a center oval medallio...
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Tammy Baldwin

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, a Hillary Clinton supporter, is being interviewed in the spin room after the Democratic presidential debate. She i...
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Practice Job Interview

Date: 03 13 1968
Description: A woman and a man are sitting at a table. The woman is speaking into a microphone. A tape deck in the foreground is connected to a television. Caption read...
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Brooks Memorial Union Mixer

Date: 09 17 1954
Description: Two women and two men are looking at a pile of vinyl record albums. Caption reads: "Foreign students were among guests of honor at a mixer at Brooks...

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