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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Wisconsin State Capitol, which is the fourth capitol built in 1906-1917, featuring outdoor stairway. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Men ride in a convertible with campaign signs proclaiming, "We Want Truman," and "Vets for Eisenhower." |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm and friends listening to broadcast. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Margaret McGuire, the 1948 Alice in Dairyland, stands next to a Wisconsin Central Airlines airplane with Governor Oscar Rennebohm and another man. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm, on the right, gesturing for emphasis, while meeting with a small group. Rennebohm, the founder and CEO of Rennebohm Drug Stores, ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Harry S. Truman being driven in a black limousine to the Democratic Convention. He is waving to onlookers. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A preliminary sketch for the left panel of the Centennial Mural in the Wisconsin Historical Society. The panel represents Wisconsin's political history. ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Destroying slot machines and other illegal gambling devices at Law Park. From L to R: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigaret tax division; ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Eleanor Roosevelt at a foreign policy committee meeting at the Americans for Democratic Action convention. Along with John Kenneith Galbraith, Hubert Humph... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Group of people, many holding signs, at a presidential rally for Thomas Edmund Dewey. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A candid group portrait of well-dressed people featuring Henry Wallace and Daisy Bates. L.C. Bates stands to the left of Daisy. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Small button tag on a string promoting "Republican, General Douglas MacArthur for President." |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | This map shows wards and precincts and includes a list of polling places by ward and precinct. The map reads: "Keep this Map . . . It Gives the Location of... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | This map shows a list of polling places by ward and precinct in the left margin, a list of assembly districts, and additional handwritten notes. Lake Michi... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Congressman Alexander Wiley, at left, and another man on the right, holding a cake decorated with the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards Soil Conservation Show Grounds. Cars are parked at the bottom of the hill, with two large tents behind. A U.S. Flag and an IH flag f... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Forestors W.A. Sylvester and William Bjorge posing with Executive Director M.N. Taylor next to a sign at the Trees for Tomorrow Conservation Camp. There is... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of a Neo-classical style building. There are street signs and a traffic light on the corner. Caption reads: "United S... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Two interior views of a restaurant and bar. Text on front reads: "Jimmie's Spaghetti House, 906 Regent Street, Madison, Wisconsin." and "A Swanky new sceni... |
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