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Protests from Wisconsin State Capitol Building

Date: 03 12 2011
Description: Photographic collage taken from the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. It shows an area filled with thousands of protesters from West Washington ...
Map or Atlas

Diagram of the Assembly Chamber

Date: 1862
Description: Diagram and seating chart for the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Photograph

Civil Rights Rally at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 06 13 1961
Description: Large group of protesters in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda with many carrying signs in favor of Civil Rights for African-Americans. One man holds a s...
Photograph

Monument of Senator Vance

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Description: Statue of Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894), United States Senator. The statue stands before the Wisconsin State Capitol building, completed in 1840. Publis...
Photograph

Socialist Members of the Wisconsin Legislature Leaving the Capitol

Date: 1919
Description: Socialist members of the Wisconsin Legislature leaving the Wisconsin State Capitol at noon.
Print

Bank of the Commonwealth (Madison, Wis.) Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Bank of the Commonwealth, with a view of the dome of the Wisconsin state capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin, and names of bank officers...
Photograph

International Truck Operated by Mistletoe Express Service, Inc.

Date: 1944
Description: International highway truck operated by Mistletoe Express Service, Inc. Original caption reads: "The truck shown was traveling on a busy highway leading ou...
Print

Capital Brewery Island Wheat Label

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Description: Capital Island Wheat beer label. The label features a drawing of the Wisconsin Capitol dome flanked by stalks of wheat. There is also a map of Washington I...
Photograph

In La Follette's Shadow

Date: 07 1972
Description: Congressman David R. Obey and Senator Gaylord Nelson posed talking in front of the statue of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. in the National Statuary Hall in th...
Photograph

Obey and Proxmire

Date: 06 1970
Description: Congressman David R. Obey and Senator William Proxmire outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The photograph was taken for use in the campaign li...
Photograph

Budget Conference

Date: 1979
Description: An emergency budget cutting session, under the watchful eye of the press. Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey is at the far right of the table. Opposite hi...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Girl in Snow with Dog and Doll

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Description: Cabinet card studio portrait of a young girl, posed with a doll in a baby carriage and her dog. The background is a painted backdrop of the Wisconsin State...
Print

Commander Beer, Label

Date: 1938
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Commander Beer, Milwaukee, Brewed and Bottled by Capitol Brewing company of Milwauke...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Burning of Washington, D.C., Newspaper Coverage

Date: 08 27 1814
Description: Newspaper article on the "Capture and Destruction of the Capital" relating information on the burning of Washington, D.C. on August 24, 1814. The city was ...
Book or Pamphlet

U.S. Capitol after the Fire

Date: 1814
Description: Exterior view of the U.S. Capitol building after the fire in August. The Federal building was burned by British forces during the War of 1812. In the foreg...
Book or Pamphlet

Capture and Burning of Washington, D.C.

Date: 1814
Description: Etching depicting the burning of Washington, D.C. by the British during the War of 1812. In the foreground are a number of soldiers moving toward the Capit...
Photograph

Capital Offenses

Date: 1986
Description: Photograph taken to illustrate the jacket of a recording issued by the Capital Offenses, the blue grass band headed by Congressman David R. Obey of Wiscons...
Photograph

Mr. Harmonica Man

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Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, who formed a bluegrass band known as the Capital Offenses, played the harmonica in the State Capital rotunda at the me...
Photograph

Madison Skyline from Olin Park

Date: 1925
Description: View from Olin Park looking at the Madison skyline.
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Oath of Office

Date: 01 1985
Description: "Dwight York takes the oath of office."

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