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Governor at Baseball Game

Date: 09 15 1930
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., (with flower in his lapel), who was campaigning for re-election, took time out for a baseball game at Horlick Athletic Fiel...
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Governor Kohler and Milk Toast

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., and an unidentified elderly woman, toast each other with paper cups of milk. They are standing near the Department of Agric...
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Governor Goodland at the Fair

Date: 1944
Description: Looking every bit his age (82), Governor Walter S. Goodland arrives at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Governor Jim Doyle

Date: 06 2003
Description: Governor James "Jim" Doyle throws out the ceremonial first pitch at the first game for the new La Crosse Loggers' franchise, at Copeland Field.
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Governor La Follette and Governor Horner on Fishing Trip

Date: 09 25 1937
Description: Governor Philip La Follette (Wisconsin) and Governor Henry Horner (Illinois) enjoy a laugh in the boat during a fishing trip.
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Men and Women Before Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: Men and women standing on a roped off platform before a Fourth of July parade. The man wearing the hat and eyeglasses is potentially the grand marshal of t...
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Scrap Metal Parade

Date: 11 20 1951
Description: Governor Walter Kohler and Sonja Iverson, Cambridge High School drum majorette, standing on West Mifflin Street during the Cambridge scrap metal parade aro...
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John Medinger and Jim Doyle

Date: 06 2003
Description: La Crosse Mayor John Medinger and Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle at the La Crosse Loggers game.
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Governor Heil Squirting Milk

Date: 06 08 1939
Description: Governor Julius Heil squirting milk from a cow on a parade float. The Governor climbed aboard the float during the dairyland parade, a part of Milwaukee's ...
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Phillip F. La Follette at T-Beach Whittling Club

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Three men sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea...
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Warren Knowles Cuts the Cheese

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Description: Governor Warren Knowles helps to slice a wedge of cheese. Left to right: an unidentified Colonel; Dorothy Guidry Knowles; State Senator Gerald Lorge; Miss ...
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Cap Pistol Legalization

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: After Governor Kohler signed legislation legalizing the sale of caps and cap pistols, many youth prepared to celebrate the Independence Day holiday with th...
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Cap Pistol Legalization

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: After Governor Kohler signed legislation legalizing the sale of caps and cap pistols, many youth prepared to celebrate the Independence Day holiday with th...
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Midwest Shrine Convention

Date: 09 07 1956
Description: Ralph Olson (right), potentate of Zor Shrine of Madison and Wisconsin's adjutant general, visits with Wisconsin governor Walter Kohler during a noon lunche...
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Mr. and Mrs. Schmedeman Showing Off Their Catch

Date: 09 27 1933
Description: Albert and Katherine Schmedeman are standing outdoors, both holding a small stringer with a large fish hanging from it. Both Albert and Katherine are holdi...
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Tommy Thompson at the Fish Opener

Date: 1988
Description: A young Governor Thompson sits on a chair in a boat holding a bass in his right hand and a fishing pole in his left. He wears a t-shirt, jeans, and a baseb...
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Bill Casper with Tommy Thompson

Date: 1998
Description: Group portrait of Bill Casper (right) and his wife, Kathy, with Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson at the 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National...
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Governor Knowles after a Fox Hunt

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Description: Governor Warren Perley Knowles, 37th Governor of Wisconsin, holding up a dead fox hanging from a pole, after a hunt. Two other foxes are hanging on the lef...
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Governor Knowles Pheasant Hunting

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Description: Governor Warren Perley Knowles, 37th Governor of Wisconsin, standing in a snowy cornfield. He is holding a hunting rifle, and a dog on the left is pointing...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson atop a camel at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. Shriners in their fezzes are belo...

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