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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
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Homer Bigart

Date: 1951
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times".
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Russell Jones with Group of Journalists

Date: 11 1956
Description: Russell Jones, facing camera wearing a light trench coat, standing with a group of journalists on a street corner during the fighting in Budapest, Hungary....
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Little White House Press Conference

Date: 03 15 1951
Description: President Harry Truman at a Press Conference in Key West. The President called press conferences infrequently while at the Little White House. This one la...
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Edward R. Murrow

Date: 03 09 1954
Description: Edward R. Murrow of CBS. On March 9, 1954, Murrow broadcast an episode of his "See It Now" series about Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and McCarthyism, and on ...
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Young Robert Novak

Date: 1952
Description: Journalist Robert Novak as a young man.
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Rowland Evans, Jr.

Date: 06 1958
Description: Journalist Rowland Evans, Jr., shortly before he began his partnership with Robert Novak.
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"Outstanding Young Man of the Year"

Date: 03 07 1950
Description: Warren Jollymore, Wisconsin State Journal staff member, receives Madison's Junior Chamber of Commerce "Outstanding Young Man of the Year" award from...
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Korean War Opinion Poll

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Journalist John Prindle, left, conducts an on-the-street interview of T.B. Peterman, realtor, about his opinions on the Korean War.
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Korean War Opinion Poll

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: James H. Roberts, age 22, member of the 32nd Division Band, during on-the-street interview about the Korean War by journalist John Prindle.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Prizes

Date: 07 07 1950
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby racer John Bock of 19 Paget Road, right, is shown prizes to be awarded to the top racers by Jean Behling, staff writer for the "Wisc...
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Korean War Opinion Poll

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Journalist John Prindle, right, conducting an on-the-street interview with W.H. Kelly, a sporting goods dealer and Navy veteran, about his opinions on the ...
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Korean War Opinion Poll

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Journalist John Prindle, left, doing an on-the-street interview with Conrad Druse, veteran and University of Wisconsin graduate student, about his opinions...
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McClelland family

Date: 08 20 1950
Description: Family portrait of Harold E. McClelland, his wife Beulah McClelland, her mother Mary Day, and a young girl. Harold McClelland was state editor of the Wisc...
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Youngster Contributors to Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 09 16 1950
Description: "Roundy" Coughlin sitting on a stoop with some neighborhood children who put on a magic show to collect money for Roundy's Fun Fund for handicapped kids.
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Murrow and his Cows

Date: 08 1955
Description: Journalist Edward R. Murrow contemplates his herd of Holstein-Friesian cows on his farm. He sells the milk to a local distributor.
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Lapham School Halloweem Party

Date: 10 31 1950
Description: At Lapham School, more than 800 costumed children and their parents attended one of the largest Halloween night parties held in Madison. Judges Roundy, and...
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Journalist and Coach

Date: 11 13 1950
Description: Journalist "Roundy" Coughlin (right) confers with Wisconsin basketball coach "Bud" Foster regarding an alarm clock.
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Roundy Coughlin with Parking Meter

Date: 07 12 1951
Description: Friday the 13th joke: "Friday the 13th won't come 'til they tear out the parking meters around the square and put in these babies, huh?" He was figuring on...
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Belfrage in China

Date: 1957
Description: Cedric Belfrage of the "National Guardian" visiting with China philosophers in Peking. Belfrage was the first western correspondent to visit mainland China...

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