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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Assembly Detail

Date: 03 15 1899
Description: Detail of the Assembly Chamber photograph focusing on the journalists seated near the front of the room. During the 19th century, coverage of Capitol news ...
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Actress Esther Williams and William L. Doudna.

Date: 01 21 1948
Description: William L. Doudna, Wisconsin State Journal staffer, interviews movie actress Esther Williams during her visit to Madison. In the background is the W...
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Twin Caskets of Glenn Frank and Glenn, Jr. in the State Capitol

Date: 09 18 1940
Description: Elevated view of the twin caskets of University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and Glenn, Jr. in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda at the state funer...
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Frank Lloyd Wright and Admirers

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Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and Mrs. Wright at a Madison event honoring him. They are looking at a model of the Wright-designed model of Monona Terrace. With them ...
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Confections For Any Occasion — Exterior

Date: 03 21 2003
Description: "Today we are at Confections For Any Occasions in beautiful downtown Theresa. On the special time of our 200th different place, we are joined by Andrea Han...
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Robert Kennedy in Hong Kong

Date: 1962
Description: Robert Kennedy, then attorney general, surrounded by young people during a visit to Hong Kong. Kennedy was traveling in Southeast Asia, and the tall white-...
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When the President Comes to Town

Date: 1979
Description: Press photographers set up their equipment in the press area before they cover a visit by President Jimmy Carter. A scoreboard hangs on the wall in the bac...
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Budget Conference

Date: 1979
Description: An emergency budget cutting session, under the watchful eye of the press. Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey is at the far right of the table. Opposite hi...
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Wisconsin Democrats

Date: 1984
Description: The audience at the Lincoln County fairgrounds who gathered to hear Democratic candidates Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro, with the national media cov...
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Villagers Pose with Servicemen

Date: 03 02 1945
Description: Indigenous villagers pose with Robert Doyle (7th from left) and NATS (Naval Air Transport Service) crew on Ella Island, Tarawa Atoll, in the South Pacific....
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Soledad O'Brien

Date: 11 06 2013
Description: Posed, seated portrait of national television journalist and featured speaker Soledad O’Brien at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
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Television Crews at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Reporters and television crews setting up their equipment in a large auditorium outside the Republican presidential debate. On the right a reporter for CNN...
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Dickey Chapelle at Matrix Dinner

Date: 03 30 1965
Description: Dickey Chapelle sitting and talking and smoking a cigarette prior to speaking at the Theta Sigma Pi Matrix Dinner in Memorial Union's Great Hall.
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Women Journalists

Date: 03 01 1958
Description: The four journalists who have been asked to speak for the traditional "ladies night" program of the Madison Advertising Club at the Cuba Club. They are (le...

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