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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: | 1967 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison students clash with riot police during campus demonstration to protest Dow Chemical involvement in the Vietnam conflict. He... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Wisconsin territorial Governor James Duane Doty. Land speculator and judge, Doty engineered the selection of Madison as the permanent capital i... |
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| Description: | Levi Sterling — "Born in Woodford county, Ky., Jan 2,, 1804. Arrived at Galena, March, 1826, and in May located near Mineral Point, Wis.; served as sheriff... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a courtroom scene framed with a draped American flag and th... |
| Date: | 06 15 1935 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 13 1930 |
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| Description: | Robed Wisconsin Supreme Court justices sitting in their courtroom in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 09 30 1930 |
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| Description: | New police chief candidate, William H. McCormick, sitting behind a desk. |
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| Description: | Painted portrait of Edward George Ryan (1810-1880); artist unknown. He was Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court after the Civil War, and a leading ... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Judge Roy H. Proctor, Superior Court, in the Dane County Court House. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Vel Phillips in her judges's black robe with an American flag behind her. She was the 13th District Children's Court judge, the first woman and... |
| Date: | 12 28 1948 |
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| Description: | City Clerk Alfred W. Bareis swears in police chief Bruce Weatherly. Alfred W. Bareis was mayor from 1955-1956. |
| Date: | 05 14 1950 |
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| Description: | President Harry S. Truman greets a crowd from the back platform of a NorthWestern train at the Commercial Ave. crossing. Others with him from the left are... |
| Date: | 12 05 1924 |
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| Description: | Klansmen of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) wearing conic masks and white robes gather in front of St. James Lutheran Church, Verona, for the funeral of Herbert C. ... |
| Date: | 01 05 1953 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter Kohler taking the oath of office on the balcony of the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Oscar M.... |
| Date: | 03 20 1973 |
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| Description: | Artist's courtroom depiction of Karlton Armstrong. He is sitting with his arms folded and legs crossed, with the judge visible in the background. |
| Date: | 03 28 1944 |
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| Description: | Six judge candidates attending League of Women Voters dinner at Bethel Lutheran Church. Seated left to right: Judge Henry Bohn, Baraboo; Lyall T. Beggs, Ma... |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi and students from Boniface School join the public school boycott. They're clapping their hands and appear to be chanting. |
| Date: | 10 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of 13 superintendents of state welfare institutions with A.W. Bayley (extreme right, standing), director of the Wisconsin Deptartment of Pub... |
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