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Wis. Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention Audience

Date: 12 19 1944
Description: Audience at Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention, in a ballroom at the Loraine Hotel, 123 West Washington Avenue.
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Motor Vehicle Department Office

Date: 06 07 1941
Description: Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department office in the State Office Building, 1 West Wilson Street.
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Wisconsin Dairy & Food Division Laboratory

Date: 06 23 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Markets, Dairy and Food Division chemical laboratory, at 1 West Wilson Street.
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Nellie Tayloe Ross Speaking in Assembly Chambers

Date: 10 17 1932
Description: Nellie Tayloe Ross, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee and former Wyoming Governor, speaking in the Assembly Chambers, on behalf of the Roo...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) with Dome Illuminated

Date: 1902
Description: An unusual photograph of the Wisconsin State Capitol at night with the dome illuminated for a political meeting.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: Group portrait of Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Madison Canton in full uniform in the Wisconsin State Capitol, with Betty Livesey.
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Stoughton Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: Close-up of Stoughton Opera House's restored box office and ticket window.
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University Service Flag

Date: 1918
Description: The large service flag that honored all University of Wisconsin students who served during World War I on display in the Reading Room. The students themsel...
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Catholic Holy Hour

Date: 09 20 1953
Description: Catholic evening worship service held outdoors at Breese Stevens Field, lit by two haloed lights and 3,000 candles. Bishop William O'Connor led the congreg...
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Students at Prairie School

Date: 1932
Description: Students holding books and magazines pose seated in chairs in the Prairie School. Model airplanes hang near the portraits of Abraham Lincoln and George Was...
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First Ladies

Date: 11 07 1991
Description: Group portrait of First Ladies of Wisconsin taken at the Executive Residence. Left to right: Sheila Coyle Earl; Dorothy Knowles Braun; Carrie Lee Dotson Ne...
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Mayor Soglin as Honorary Host

Date: 06 27 1990
Description: Mayor Soglin standing at the microphone as Honorary Host of Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra's Concerts on the Square.
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. A Native American man dressed in traditional clothing walks up the steps...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. A group of protestors gather around the doors to the Capitol. One man ho...
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Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill with New Lighting

Date: 12 1954
Description: View of the Lincoln statue with new lighting. The new amber lights were installed in late 1954 and are automatically turned on at dark by an electronic dev...
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Inauguration Day for Governor Nelson and the First Lady

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: Mrs. Gaylord Nelson (Carrie Nelson) as she accompanies her husband, Gaylord, to his office after his inauguration at the State Capitol.
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Classroom at Van Hise School

Date: 03 13 1958
Description: Scene of a second-grade classroom with students and their teacher, Helen G. Smith, who is standing in front of the blackboard. The photograph was taken to ...
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Governor's Mansion — Front Entry

Date: 1930
Description: Front entry looking towards curved staircase. An arched doorway leading to the Drawing Room is on the left, and the arched doorway on the right leads to th...

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