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Playing Checkers and the Accordion

Date: 03 31 1934
Description: Indoor flashlight portrait of Ernst Bruetzman, Edgar Krueger, Jennie Krueger Bruetzman, and Raymond Fehrmann sitting at the table. Ernst is playing the acc...
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Florentina and Alexander Krueger

Date: 1940
Description: Florentina and Alexander Krueger sitting at either end of the dining room table. A tablecloth and a large potted plant are on the table.
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Group Posing in front of the Post Office

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of two men displaying two teams of two horses which are hitched to buggies in front of a post office building. A group of people are...
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Telstar Passing Test at U.W.

Date: 07 26 1962
Description: With the Telstar model in the foreground and University of Wisconsin President Conrad Elvehjem looking on, Professor Arthur Code made a transatlantic telep...
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Telstar Passes Test at U.W.

Date: 07 26 1962
Description: Fred Bjorkstem, a Finnish student at U.W., made a transatlantic telephone call to Finland from Sterling Hall via the Telstar communications satellite. Tels...
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Minow and Brodemas

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Description: John Brodemas (sp?) and Newton Minow are seated at a desk together, which has a microphone and a telephone. Behind them is a fake window with a view of the...
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James Davidson in an Office

Date: 11 1907
Description: Three men are sitting in an office around a large desk with stacks of books, papers and a telephone. They men are wearing suits, ties and watch fobs, and ...
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Governor Emmanuel Philipp with his Senators

Date: 1918
Description: Governor Emmanuel Philipp sits at his desk in a group portrait with his senators. Three other men sit in chairs behind the desk, and eleven men stand in a ...
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Governor John J. Blaine in his Office

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Description: Governor John J. Blaine, Wisconsin's 24th governor, sits in an office next to a desk in a leather chair. Papers, books and a telephone are on the desk. On ...
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Disaster Command Post at the Capitol

Date: 04 23 1965
Description: Governor Warren Knowles' Command Post, located in the Capitol, was called into action after tornadoes struck southern Wisconsin. It serves as the disaster ...
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Chester P. Gross

Date: 1935
Description: Indoor portrait of Chester P. Gross, seated in a chair at a desk. He is writing in a notebook with a pencil. Gross photographed the Wisconsin State Capitol...
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Mayoral Secretary Adeline Brunke Retires

Date: 07 23 1965
Description: Adeline Brunke is shown at her desk in the Mayor's office on her last day before retirement. She served as secretary for four Madison mayors in the past se...
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Brooks McCormick

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Description: Brooks McCormick sitting behind a desk resting his cheek on his right hand. His elbow is propped on top of the desk blotter. Another person's hands can be ...
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Philip La Follette at His Desk

Date: 1931
Description: Portrait of Philip La Follette sitting behind his desk during his first term as Wisconsin's governor. He is formally dressed in a three-piece suit with nec...
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Sid with Two Friends

Date: 01 1957
Description: Group portrait of Sid Boyum standing with two men inside a bar. Sid, on the left, has his arm up in the air, and his button-down shirt appears to be torn, ...
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"Don't Believe the Liberal Media"

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A man and a woman are facing each other and leaning against a metal barricade fence, each holding up signs from the Media Research Center that read: "Don't...
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Security at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: An African-American police officer in the foreground is talking on a phone or walkie-talkie while he is surveying the line of men and women waiting to ent...
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Family Photograph at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Group portrait of a family standing in a tight group to take a "selfie" while standing outside the Republican presidential debate at the Milwaukee Theater....
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Rick Santorum

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania talking with the media in the spin room at the Republican presidential debate.
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Mike Huckabee

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee talking to the media in the spin room at the Republican presidential debate.

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