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Wisconsin Banking Commission
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Members of the Wisconsin Banking Commission shown examining a State Historical Society collection of coins and currency, and bank notes signed by some of Wisconsin's greatest public figures, all dating back to territorial days. From left are E.W. Tamm, commissiion secretary: James B. Mulva, commission chairman: and H.A. Quinn, vice-chairman in charge of banks. The portrait in the background is of Alexander Mitchell, a famous early Wisconsin banker, financier and railroad executive.
November 5, 1944
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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George F. Kull
September 27, 1944
Portrait of George F. Kull, Executive Secretary of the Wisconsin Manufacturers Association.
William E. O'Brien
July 20, 1944
Portrait of William E. O'Brien, Wisconsin Director for the War Manpower Commssion. Mr. O'Brien, a civil engineer, was formerly Chairman of the Wisconsin Highway Commission.
Wisconsin Council of Agriculture
November 10, 1944
Group portrait of the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture, including twenty-six men.
Louis Hirsig
February 24, 1944
Louis Hirsig, chairman of the Red Cross campaign for Madison.
Rabbi Theodore H. Gordon
February 19, 1944
Portrait of Rabbi Theodore Gordon, Director of Hillel Foundation at the University of Wisconsin.
Henry J. McCormick
June 1944
Portrait of Henry J. "Hank" McCormick, sports editor of the Wisconsin State Journal.
