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McCormick Catalog Cover

Date: 1894
Description: Color lithograph cover illustration for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a courtroom scene framed with a draped American flag and th...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Naturalized Citizens

Date: 01 17 1956
Description: Men and women holding United States flags after a ceremony in the federal courtroom making them naturalized citizens.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars at Flag Presentation

Date: 10 10 1944
Description: Group portrait of ten members of the Marion C. Cranefield post No. 1318 Veterans of Foreign Wars presenting a United States flag and staff for use at the D...
Photograph

Memorial Day Parade

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Description: Patriotic parade, probably Memorial Day, through town on the board sidewalk, in front of the First National Bank looking back toward the Jackson County Cou...
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Retiring Mail Carrier, Mike Cawley

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: Retiring mail carrier, Mike Cawley, accepting an envelope containing a token of appreciation from Myrtle L. Hansen, clerk of circuit court at the Dane Coun...
Photograph

World War I Draftees

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Description: Group portrait of World War I draftees dressed in suits, posing in front of the Court House.
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Dane County Delegation to the Centennial Exposition

Date: 08 18 1948
Description: The delegation of state, county, city, university, and business officials is shown as the caravan is about to leave from the Dane County Courthouse, 207 We...
Photograph

Daughters of G.A.R.

Date: 1935
Description: A group of women stand on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse. A banner identifies them as the Department of Wisconsin, National Daughters of the G.A.R...
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Baraboo Marching Band

Date: 1940
Description: The Baraboo High School marching band, its director and majorettes, pose in uniform on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse.
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HUAC Opposition

Date: 01 08 1965
Description: The investigations of the House Un-American Activities Committee did not end in the 1950s. Here are (left to right) Donna Allen of the Women's Strike for P...
Photograph

Members of the 11th Wisconsin Volunteers

Date: 1895
Description: Group portrait of the members of the 11th Wisconsin Volunteers, and some family members, posed on the steps of what appears to be the old Milwaukee County ...
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Peace March in Ashland

Date: 08 1998
Description: Group of people walking across road during a Nukewatch peace march.
Photograph

American Legion March

Date: 1973
Description: "American Legion members march up Main Street."
Photograph

Jesus Salas at Waushara Courthouse Rally

Date: 1966
Description: Jesus Salas, in a white shirt and standing in front of the microphone with his arm raised, addresses a rally at the top of the steps in front of Waushara C...
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Obreros Unidos at Industrial Commission Hearing

Date: 1966
Description: Obreros Unidos (United Workers) leaders, members and supporters at an Industrial Commission Hearing at Waushara County Courthouse. On the right, standing w...
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In the U.S. Supreme Court Room

Date: 05 1937
Description: In the U.S. Supreme Court Room, after hearing the Court hand down its decisions upholding the constitutionality of the old age insurance and unemployment i...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

African American Men Going To Vote

Date: 1963
Description: Nathaniel Smith and Ernest Morgan enter the St. Francisville courthouse to vote. Three white men are sitting on a porch railing outside of the courthouse.
Photograph

World War I Rally

Date: 1918
Description: A crowd has gathered facing a corner of the Sauk County Courthouse square where a man, elevated above the crowd, waves an American flag. A bonfire burns on...
Postcard

Horticulture Exhibit at the Courthouse

Date: 10 07 1911
Description: Interior group portrait of horticulture exhibitors and many plates of apples. The ceiling lamps are decorated with flags.

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