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Wendell Willkie Speaking in Richland Center
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Wendell Willkie giving a campaign speech in 1944 in the Richland Center High School gymnasium. There is a WIBU microphone with a sign for Wisconsin Network - MBS (Mutual Broadcasting System ?) in front of the podium.
March 18, 1944
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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