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Donald C. Slichter, President Of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Date: 06 03 1961
Description: Donald C. Slichter, president of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, received the "Alumnus of the Year" award of the Wisconsin Alumni Associati...
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Oregon's Governor Hatfield Visits Madison

Date: 04 11 1964
Description: Oregon's Governor Mark Hatfield, campaigning for nomination for the Republican presidential candidate, is shown being greeted by Claude Jasper as he arrive...
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We Saw You . . . at Council Opening

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Newly elected Madison City Council President, Alderman William C. Sachtjen (left) admires one of the desk microphones in the new City-Council Building Coun...
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Home on Observatory Hill

Date: 1899
Description: View of home atop of Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Truman, Rennebohm, Thompson

Date: 10 14 1948
Description: President Harry Truman, Governor Oscar Rennebohm, and Senator Carl Thompson of Stoughton riding in the back of an open car during a Presidential visit to M...
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Kennedy Campaigning in Wisconsin

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy at the Madison airport with state Democratic leaders. To Kennedy's left are Governor Gaylord Nelson and state Democr...
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University Presidents at Meeting of American Association of Universities

Date: 10 28 1949
Description: Pictured at a meeting of the American Association of Universities are (seated, from left): Harold B. Stassen, president, University of Pennsylvania; Dwight...
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President Harry S. Truman Visit

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: President Harry S. Truman visited Madison to be present at the laying of the cornerstone for the CUNA's Filene House, 1617 Sherman Avenue. He is pictured ...
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Madison Education Association Banquet

Date: 02 13 1961
Description: Evangeline Purucker left; Lois Johnson, fourth grade teacher at Hoyt School; Ralph Purucker; and Miss Murray, practice teacher at Hoyt, attend the Madison ...
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Annual Meeting of Madison Community Welfare Council

Date: 05 27 1954
Description: Members of the Madison Community Welfare Council are honored at the group's 6th annual meeting. Mr. Kenneth M. Orchard, council president, is seated center...
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 21 1958
Description: Mrs. Elvehjem holds two of her dinner plates to add to the supply of china, crystal, and pottery that has been accumulated from the wives of former Univers...
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University of Wisconsin Historical Decorative Map

Date: 1949
Description: Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an...
Poster

Six Million Victims Anti-War Poster

Date: 11 1972
Description: Vietnam anti-war poster proclaiming that the human cost of the war has been six million people under Nixon's term as President. Features a picture of Presi...
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President Harry S. Truman Visit

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: President Harry S. Truman is shown speaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. He was in Madison to be present at the laying of the corner...
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President Harry S. Truman Visit

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: President Harry S. Truman came to Madison for the opening and dedication of the Filene House, located at 1617 Sherman Avenue, and is shown here surrounded ...
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St. Andrew's Women's Guild

Date: 04 14 1953
Description: Group portrait of six members of the St. Andrew's Women's Guild dressed in Chinese costumes to promote an upcoming Chinese Festival at the church. The cost...
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Madison Woman's Club Meeting

Date: 10 07 1960
Description: Grace Conover, seated, who recently celebrated her 96th birthday and who is believed to be the oldest living woman graduate of the University of Wisconsin,...
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Dane County GOP Club Lincoln Day Dinner

Date: 02 11 1965
Description: Former Lt. Gov. Jack B. Olson, main speaker at the Dane County GOP Club Lincoln Day dinner, looks over the dinner program with, left to right: Mrs. Gene Bu...
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Capitol Square Parade

Date: 10 07 1887
Description: Military parade on Main Street honoring President Grover Cleveland's visit to Madison. Soldiers of the University Battalion are marching on West Main Stree...
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Zonta International Chapter Presidents

Date: 11 11 1944
Description: Group portrait of four members of the Zonta International Club, a classified service club for executive women, taken at an inter-city meeting held at the C...

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