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| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) holding a press conference about federal funding for education with students at Ellis School. A few journal... |
| Date: | 05 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Sue Collins jots down scores she hears transmitted by the new recorder machine as radio station WIBA's automatic telephone system is in operation for the f... |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Souvenir Record Album of Wisconsin songs recorded by the "Incomparable" Hildegarde, c. 1969. (Museum object #2001.50.13.1-2) |
| Legendary Guitarist and Electronics Innovator |
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| Learn about Les Paul, pioneer of the solid-body guitar and innovator in recording techniques. |
| Date: | 04 1987 |
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| Description: | Singer Harry Bellafonte, then the ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) testified on behalf of the fund before the House Appropriation... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A portrait of First Lieutenant Edward W. Legier, Company C, 310th United States Army Corps of Engineers, in uniform and sitting in the barracks. A stack of... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle, Journal war correspondent, took his wire recorder aboard the battleship Wisconsin while it was part of Admiral Halsey's 3rd fleet off ... |
| Date: | 11 18 1959 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Barbara Featherstone and Mrs. Edith Norman unveil a Christmas centerpiece for the annual Red Cross Christmas Talking Letter project. The centerpiece w... |
| Date: | 09 29 1960 |
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| Description: | Pauline Dubner, a patient at the Wisconsin Neurological Foundation, poses in her hospital bed next to a new record player in a case. Behind her stand the f... |
| Date: | 03 1955 |
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| Description: | Lee Dolnick of the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association plays a tape recording explaining the upcoming Dane County health survey project. Looking on are... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Robert and Shirley Krueger listening to the Edison Standard Phonograph that is sitting on top of the dining room table. Robert is holding one of the cylind... |
| Date: | 02 11 2016 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 01 1989 |
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| Description: | A man is speaking into a microphone in the foreground, while several people are dancing in the background. Caption reads: "The Clover Leaf Squares, a Menom... |
| Date: | 07 18 1978 |
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| Description: | From left to right, Stu Baker and Gregory Patrick Garvey are working at a synthesizer panel, while Serge Ossorguine is playing electronic drums. There are ... |
| Date: | 04 30 1954 |
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| Description: | A.L. Throne of Milwaukee and Karl E. Bartel of Blue Island studying bird songs at the reception of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology at the Memorial Un... |
| Date: | 08 20 1957 |
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| Description: | Pierre du Vair, a June graduate from Notre Dame University, is shown working at his typewriter and tape recorder preparing for graduate study in economics ... |
| Date: | 08 20 1957 |
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| Description: | Paul du Vair, a hi-fi enthusiast, is shown checking over the vinyl records he plans to take to St. Norbert College this fall. |
| Date: | 12 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Eldred Garter, Madison Newspapers employee, showing a secretary how to type using a dictaphone. |
| Date: | 03 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Peggy Van Wagenen (left, 122 E. Gilman Street) and Ellen Erickson (right, 1321 Morrison Street), check out an LP vinyl record in the Madison Central Librar... |
| Date: | 07 08 1958 |
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| Description: | Janice Hubred, president of the Edgerton Pat Boone fan club, listens intently to a Pat Boone record. |
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