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Chief Justice Marvin Rosenberry

Date: 06 15 1935
Description: Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry speaking in the Assembly Chamber during the 10th annual Robert M. La Follette, Sr., memorial ser...
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Senator Gerald P. Nye

Date: 06 15 1935
Description: U.S. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, at the podium, speaking in the Assembly Chambers at the 10th annual Robert M. La Follette Sr. Memorial Service.
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Senator Gerald P. Nye

Date: 06 15 1935
Description: U.S. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, at the podium, speaking in the Assembly Chambers at the 10th annual Robert M. La Follette Sr. Memorial Service.
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Governor Philip F. La Follette at the Telegraph

Date: 11 01 1931
Description: Governor Philip F. La Follette presses a telegraph key at the Western Union Office to open an event in Green Bay.
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Swearing-In Wisconsin State Senators

Date: 01 09 1951
Description: Swearing-in ceremony of 6 of 17 new Wisconsin State Senators. Left to right: Henry W. Meier (D-Milwaukee), Arthur A. Lenroot (R-Superior), Frank E. Panzer...
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Wisconsin State Senators

Date: 01 09 1951
Description: Wisconsin State Senators signing-in in the Senate Chambers of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Ground-Breaking Ceremony

Date: 08 23 1948
Description: City manager Leonard G. Howell, breaking the ground with a shovel, at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Naval Reserve training center in Kendall Fie...
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Optimist Week Designation

Date: 11 08 1948
Description: Madison City Manager Leonard G. Howell signing a proclamation designating Nov. 7-13 as Optimist Week in Madison. Looking on, left to right, are: Charles Th...
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Crime Prevention Week Declaration

Date: 02 15 1952
Description: Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon W. Thompson sitting at his desk while signing an endorsement of the Madison observance of Crime Prevention Week. The nati...
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Farewell Banquet for Nestingen

Date: 02 05 1961
Description: Wendell Phillips, City Council president, presents ex-mayor Ivan Nestingen with a key to the city telling him he would always be welcome in Madison. Presid...
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Vel Phillips Receiving an Honorary Poem

Date: 01 03 1978
Description: Liesl Blockstein of the Wisconsin Women's Political Caucus presenting guest-of honor, Vel Phillips, with an honorary poem at a reception at the L'Etoile Re...
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New City-County Building Opening

Date: 05 17 1957
Description: With nostalgic feelings, Dane County supervisors said goodbye to the old courthouse on Main Street, then marched to the new City-County building on Monona ...
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Inaugural Ceremonies at the Wisconsin Capitol

Date: 01 02 1961
Description: Five state officers with their heads bowed during the invocation at the inaugural ceremonies at the State Capitol. Left to right are Attorney General John ...
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Inaugural Ceremonies at the Wisconsin Capitol

Date: 01 02 1961
Description: Two state officers that were inaugurated at ceremonies in the State Capitol. State Treasurer Dena Smith, Milwaukee, is the first woman ever elected to a Wi...
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Inaugural Ceremonies at the Wisconsin Capitol

Date: 01 02 1961
Description: A pre-inauguration conversation in the governor's office. Left to right are: Secretary of State Robert C. Zimmerman, Lieutenant Governor Warren P. Knowles,...
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New Members of the Wisconsin Assembly

Date: 01 11 1961
Description: Shown signing in as one of new legislators is Robert O. Uehling, a Republican from Madison. At left is Norman Anderson, Assemblyman representing Dane Count...

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