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John Fitzgerald Kennedy at the Podium

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: A campaign speech by presidential candidate John F. Kennedy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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President Herbert Hoover Speaking at the University of Wisconsin Fieldhouse

Date: 11 05 1932
Description: President Herbert Hoover addressing a crowd of 12,000 at the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse. On the platform behind the president are, left to right: J...
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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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Richard Nixon and the Honey Queen

Date: 1958
Description: Richard M. Nixon welcomed by Barbara Bird, Honey Queen, and Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson with cheese package at the Oshkosh Airport.
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Three Honored Friends of 4-H

Date: 06 17 1959
Description: University of Wisconsin President Conrad A. Elvehjem, left, presents plaques to three "Friends of 4-H" at the State 4-H Club Week program in the Wisconsin ...
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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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Dr. Alberto Lleras Camargo, Former President of Columbia, Speaks at the U.W.

Date: 10 17 1965
Description: Dr. Alberto Lleras Camargo, twice former president of Columbia, speaking at the Wisconsin Memorial Union on the problems of overpopulation in Latin America...
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Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee

Date: 09 01 1912
Description: Theodore Roosevelt in front of the Deutscher Club. The club later became the Wisconsin Club.
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Honorary Degree Recipients, Wisconsin Alumni Association Banquet

Date: 06 03 1961
Description: Seated are, Mrs. Mary Ingraham Bunting, president of Radcliffe College, and Louis P. Lochner, Fair Haven, New Jersey, Pulitzer prize winning foreign corres...
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President Herbert Hoover Arriving in Madison by Train

Date: 11 05 1932
Description: President Herbert Hoover stands with his wife on the platform of their special train as they arrive in Madison. Hoover spoke at the University of Wisconsin...
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Carter and Nelson

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Description: President Jimmy Carter and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson in the White House Oval Office.
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Abe Lincoln Portrait & Impersonator

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: Abraham Lincoln impersonator, Charles E. Bull, Hollywood, California and Jesse S. Meyers, commander of the Madison G.A.R. post, and two other men are stand...
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Vice President Richard Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon helps lift crutch-clutching Lynn Cooperman to the speaker's platform during a campaign stop at the Madison Municipal Airport. She...
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Carl Thompson, Harry S. Truman, and Governor Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 10 15 1948
Description: Left to right are: Carl Thompson, Stoughton, Democratic candidate for governor; Harry S. Truman, President, and Democratic candidate for the presidency; an...
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Diplomatic Meeting

Date: 1980
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (far left) meeting President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq during a visit to Pakistan.
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Presidential Debate

Date: 11 1980
Description: "Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan engage in a presidential debate on television."
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Presidential Debate

Date: 11 1980
Description: "Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan engage in a presidential debate on television."
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Vice President Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon on the speakers platform during a presidential campaign stop at the Madison Municipal airport. With him are his wife, Pat; injure...
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Nixon Cabinet Meeting

Date: 05 20 1971
Description: President Richard Nixon meeting with his cabinet in the White House. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, originally from Marshfield, Wisconsin, is to his l...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Tours the Allis-Chalmers Plant

Date: 1940
Description: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil, and other officials touring the Allis-Chalmers plant.

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