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| Date: | 02 14 1933 |
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| Description: | Governor Albert G. Schmedeman shaking hands after signing mortgage bill which grants moratoriums to Wisconsin farm and home mortgages. Left to right are: S... |
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| Description: | In the foreground, Erik Jensen, a minister with his hat in hand, shakes K. Doxstad's hand. Nearby a toddler pulls his own baby carriage. Two carriages, a b... |
| Date: | 12 27 1944 |
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| Description: | War hero Capt. Richard I. Bong, of Poplar, Wisconsin, credited with knocking out 21 Japanese planes in the South Pacific, shaking hands with Governor Walte... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The Flom Hotel or American House, 323 East Main Street, at the corner of South Hancock Street. The Vilas House, whose conveyance stands in front, was a riv... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop with their right hands clasped. Both men are wearing suit coats, and the ... |
| Date: | 03 22 1950 |
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| Description: | Walter S. Alcumbrac, Madison superintendent of the Madison division of the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, (right) receives a plaque for the bes... |
| Date: | 05 16 1963 |
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| Description: | President John F. Kennedy greets members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers union who were in the capitol for a COPE conference. |
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| Description: | A woman who appears to be Aunt Helen shakes hands with a man in a room while another man looks on. The room appears to be a studio as it has a large painte... |
| Date: | 04 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Badger Spelling Bee state finals winner Robert Suszycki and runner-up David Hemmy (of Juneau City) shake hands. |
| Date: | 07 01 1977 |
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| Description: | Barrel In customers toasted the old owner, Margaret Udovc, and new owner, John Lacher, as the two shook hands. |
| Date: | 1992 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey (standing) of Wisconsin shakes hands with former Soviet President Mikhal Gorbachev at a diplomatic luncheon in Washington. Also w... |
| Date: | 01 1979 |
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| Description: | Lunchtime at a senior center in central Wisconsin. Congressman David R. Obey can be seen talking in the background. Although the location has not been iden... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of two women, one extending her hand to a man, another man is standing by; a female servant in blackface is in the background. |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ollie Bordson, wearing a suit, shaking hands with an unidentified man, who is wearing pants a... |
| Date: | 03 20 1957 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Vernon W. (Helen) Thomson, Wisconsin's new first lady, greets Mrs. Julian (Cath) Swan of 3918 Yuma Drive at the executive residence, 101 Cambridge Roa... |
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| Description: | Four men are standing at the entrance of what appears to be the Denniston Hotel. The two pairs of men are smiling as they shake hands. Three of them are we... |
| Date: | 04 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's governor's wife Helen Thomson, (left) greets Mrs. Ruth Kearl of Madison at a tea in the executive mansion for the Wisconsin League of Women Vot... |
| Date: | 09 21 1957 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's first lady Helen Thomson welcomed Mrs. Edward Smith of Mt. Horeb at the door of the executive residence in Maple Bluff. Mrs. Smith is president... |
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| Description: | Agricultural forum in Chippewa Falls. Speaking is Congressman David R. Obey, and next to him is Congressman Steve Gunderson. Gunderson was the only represe... |
| Date: | 08 13 1948 |
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| Description: | The 13th anniversary of the Social Security Act of August 14, 1935 is observed by its first Executive Director, Frank Bane, (left) now Director of the Coun... |
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