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Madison Police Chief Bruce Weatherly Investigation Before City Council Committee

Date: 02 05 1959
Description: A Madison City Council investigative committee explores a traffic accident involving Police Chief Bruce Weatherly and witnesses' claims that he was under t...
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Miss America Visits Madison

Date: 10 22 1957
Description: Miss America, Marilyn Elaine van Derbur, giving a speech at Madison's United Givers' Fund banquet during the Madison stop on her tour of the country.
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Dane County Republican Party Rally

Date: 08 24 1950
Description: View of the crowd at the Dane County rally of the Republican party sitting at the Eagle's Club in Madison.
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George Forrester at Ringling Circus

Date: 1953
Description: Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest...
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University of Wisconsin Commencement

Date: 06 20 1952
Description: Graduating seniors seated at the commencement ceremonies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. The band is seated in the foreground.
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Woman Talking to a Group of Women

Date: 12 03 1952
Description: A woman talks to a group of women while two men stand in the background.
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"Rhapsody of Recipes" Cooking School

Date: 05 21 1957
Description: Robert Rohr of Madison Newspapers collects limerick lines for winning prizes from Elaine Mohr and Mrs. Lee Wesner at the three-day "Rhapsody of Recipes" Co...
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Leonard Schmitt Talkathon

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Mrs. R.R. (Helen) Brinsmade of Madison, right, takes a microphone to defend the record of U.S. Senator Joseph B. McCarthy during the 25-hour radio talkatho...
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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Joan Nordness, general chairman of the "Youth and the Community" conference, addresses an audience at an all-morning meeting held at the YWCA.
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Wright for Stevenson

Date: 1952
Description: Among those attending a dinner for Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson in 1952 was Frank Lloyd Wright and Oligavanna Lloyd Wright.
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Neighborhood Play Acting

Date: 07 18 1951
Description: A group of children sitting on the lawn in a residental neighborhood watching seven other children acting in a play in front of a make-shift stage.
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University of Wisconsin Graduation

Date: 06 17 1955
Description: The stands at Camp Randall Stadium are packed for University of Wisconsin graduation.
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St. Bernard's School Christmas Pageant

Date: 12 12 1952
Description: St. Bernard's Catholic School Christmas pageant, showing choir, angels, Mary, Joseph and Infant, with audience in foreground.
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Walt Kelly on Book Tour

Date: 09 26 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin students in the Rathskeller during a presentation by the cartoonist Walt Kelly.
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 25 1953
Description: An adult stands beside a Badger Spelling Bee contestant at a podium behind a WIBA microphone.
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Badger Kennel Club Dog Show

Date: 06 28 1953
Description: Two men and two women looking at a terrier at the Badger Kennel Club dog show.
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University of Wisconsin Mid-Year Graduation

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: Convocation ceremonies of mid-year University of Wisconsin graduation class in the Union theater.
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Pontifical Field Mass

Date: 09 11 1955
Description: View of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine pontifical field mass held at Breese Stevens Field. The Most Reverend John Treacy, bishop of the La Crosse ...
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Mobile Civil Defense Test

Date: 10 31 1951
Description: Governor Walter Kohler addresses a group of volunteers assembled at the Wisconsin State Capitol as part of Wisconsin's first civil defense support battalio...
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Leonard Schmitt Talkathon

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Live audience attending the 25-hour radio talkathon of Leonard F. Schmitt, Merrill attorney who is challenging U.S. Senator Joseph B. McCarthy for the Repu...

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