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Governor Schmedeman in Wheelchair

Date: 10 26 1934
Description: Governor Albert Schmedeman sitting in a wheelchair smoking a cigarette, following left leg amputation.
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Politicians Donald McDowell and Arthur Lenroot

Date: 01 10 1945
Description: Assembly Speaker Donald McDowell (R) Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, talking with Arthur A. Lenroot (R) Superior, Douglas County.
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Madison Catholic Diocese Committee

Date: 01 23 1948
Description: Group portrait of the executive committee of the Holy Name Union for the Catholic diocese of Madison meeting to plan the activities for 1948. Left to right...
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 07 25 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm seated at a desk at the Wisconsin State Capitol. An unidentified man is looking on.
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Governor Kohler and Austrian Chancellor Figl

Date: 05 21 1952
Description: Governor Walter Kohler, (left) chats with Chancellor Leopold Figl, Austrian Chancellor, during the latter's visit to Madison. Dr. Figl, on a 16-day visit t...
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Madison Quarter Midget Auto Racing Club

Date: 03 06 1961
Description: The Madison Quarter Midget Auto Racing Club plans its 1961 racing season. Officers of the club, left to right, are: Marlyn Gallagher, secretary-treasurer; ...
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Republi-Capers Show

Date: 04 10 1961
Description: Attorney Lyall T. Beggs, second from the left, has a few funny stories to tell three assemblymen at the "Republi-Capers" Show at the Dane County Fairground...
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Wisconsin Student Association Banquet for State Legislators

Date: 02 28 1961
Description: A pair of female University of Wisconsin students speaking with Assemblyman Michael J. Barron (D-Milwaukee) during a reception and banquet for state legisl...
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Morris Rubin, Editor of The Progressive

Date: 04 14 1964
Description: An informal portrait of Morris Rubin sitting at his desk, decked with a glass ashtray, pack of cigarette and matchbook, rotary-dial telephone and papers. S...
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Richard Buckley, Director of City-County Alcohlism Information and Referral Center

Date: 08 27 1965
Description: Richard Buckley is hired as the new director of the City-County Alcoholism Information and Referral Center. Buckley comes to Madison from Omaha, Nebraska.
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Progressive Magazine Editor

Date: 03 25 1955
Description: Morris Rubin, editor of The Progressive, sitting at his desk decked with a glass ashtray with cigarette, matchbook, and papers. In 1940, Rubin (b.19...

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