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Ebenezer Brigham Memorandum of Passing Events

Date: 06 23 1832
Description: Document written by Ebenezer Brigham listing events at Fort Blue Mounds.
Photograph

World Jewish Child's Day

Date: 04 01 1957
Description: Governor Vernon W. Thomson receives a gavel made by school children in Israel upon his signing of a proclamation of World Jewish Child's Day. Members of th...
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Genevieve Milward

Date: 06 1921
Description: Full-length studio graduation portrait of Genevieve Milward (later McVicar), (1902-1987) of Madison, Wisconsin, standing in front of a painted backdrop. Sh...
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Welcome Proclamation for State Jaycees and Jaycettes

Date: 11 18 1957
Description: A welcome proclamation for nearly 400 state members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Jaycettes is prepared in the office of Mayor Ivan Nestingen, ...
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Western Union Telegram

Date: 07 1958
Description: Western Union telegram from Congressman Donald Tewes to Madison's City council and Mayor Ivan Nestingen concerning Madison's petition for release from the ...
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Dr. Robert Riseborough and Victor J. Yannacone at DDT Hearings

Date: 12 09 1968
Description: University of California molecular biologist, Dr. Robert Riseborough, left, confers during a break in the DDT hearings with Victor J. Yannacone, the attorn...
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McCormick Collection Storage

Date: 1959
Description: Storage shelves in the stacks of the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives show the papers of the McCormick Collection housed in boxes and paper wrapped bu...
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Madison Dominic Club

Date: 09 19 1959
Description: Group portrait of the charter presentation to the Madison Dominic Club. Left to right are: Larry Loomis of St. Paul, Minnesota, vice-president of the state...
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Ryan to Open Funeral Home

Date: 04 18 1960
Description: Paul G. Ryan signs a lease on the Schroeder Funeral Home at 235 King Street, where he will open a new funeral home. Arthur Schroeder, present owner, looks ...
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D.J. Leigh Sorting Records

Date: 1955
Description: City Treasurer D.J. Leigh with an associate, sorting records.
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F. Gerald Ham Examining Papers

Date: 1964
Description: Caption reads: "F. Gerald Ham, Wisconsin State Archivist, examining papers (posed re-enactment) in preparation of a guide to labor history research materia...
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Signe Skott Cooper and Mary Herb

Date: 1955
Description: Mary Herb (left), the Wisconsin State Student Nursing Association President and Signe Skott Cooper (right), Wisconsin State Student Nursing Association Adv...
Manuscript

Hans Christian Heg Appointment Document

Date: 09 30 1861
Description: The document, signed by Wisconsin State Governor Alexander Randall, appointing Hans C. Heg colonel of the 15th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers.
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Red Cross Volunteers

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Two volunteers dressed in Red Cross uniforms and caps working with records of 22,000 blood donors. The women are Alma Wiese (left) and Violet Hughes.
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State Tax Office Activity at Tax Deadline

Date: 04 13 1961
Description: A young taxpayer is concentrating on his tax return at the state tax office in the City-County building as the tax deadline nears.
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State Tax Office Activity at Tax Deadline

Date: 04 13 1961
Description: A mother with her baby and young son is working on her tax form at the state tax office in the City-County building as the tax deadline nears.
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State Tax Office Activity at Tax Deadline

Date: 04 13 1961
Description: A man in a brimmed hat working on his tax form at the state tax office in the City-County building as the tax deadline nears.
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Bill Kinney's Highway 30 Liquor

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Description: William R. "Bill" Kinney (1912-1978) stands in front of the electric sign for the Hi Way 30 Liquor Store, located at 3340 Commercial Avenue. Kinney owned t...
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Little Leaguers Registration in Monona

Date: 05 13 1961
Description: Carl Sam, center, supervising Little League baseball registration in Monona Village. Shown signing up, left to right, are Tom Pease (10) and Brad Williams ...
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Twelve-Panel Vanderbilt List

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Description: Outside of twelve-panel folding "scroll." A master list of 24-8.5 x 11 sheets of handwritten or typed paper, detailing physical or thematic ways to categor...

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