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Painting

James Duane Doty

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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...
Print

Edward George Ryan

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Description: Engraving of Edward George Ryan (1810-1880) at the age of 65. He was Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court after the Civil War, and a leading Democr...
Photograph

Chief Justice Marvin Rosenberry

Date: 06 15 1935
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...
Photograph

Music Contest Judges

Date: 05 16 1935
Description: Group portrait of 13 judges and officials of the sixth annual National High School orchestra, solo and ensemble contest, at a table at the Loraine Hotel.
Photograph

Judge Patrick T. Stone

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: Portrait of U.S. Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone sitting at his desk.
Photograph

Judge Patrick T. Stone and Family

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: Group portrait of U.S. District Court Judge Patrick T. Stone, sitting, and behind him standing is, left to right is: daughter Mary Louise Stone, Mrs. Patri...
Photograph

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices

Date: 10 13 1930
Description: Robed Wisconsin Supreme Court justices sitting in their courtroom in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Photograph

Office of Judge Marshall

Date: 1904
Description: Office of Roujet Delisle Marshall, who served as Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice 1895-1918. The judge's office was located in one of the octagon tower room...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Supreme Court

Date: 1903
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1903, the year in which a constitutional amendment approved expansion of the court from five to seven judg...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Supreme Court Detail

Date: 1903
Description: Detail of the 1903 group portrait of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, showing Justice Robert G. Siebecker, then the least senior member of the court. Siebecker...
Photograph

Edward George Ryan

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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 ...
Photograph

Judge Proctor's Courtroom

Date: 1933
Description: Judge Roy H. Proctor, Superior Court, in the Dane County Court House.
Photograph

Judge Dan Dent, St. Louis, Missouri

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Description: Vignetted head and shoulders portrait of Judge Dan Dent of St. Louis, Missouri, father of Julia Dent Grant. This image is one of several on a page from the...
Photograph

Governor Kohler's Inauguration

Date: 01 05 1953
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....
Drawing

Karl Armstrong

Date: 03 20 1973
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.
Photograph

Perry H. Smith

Date: 1858
Description: Oval quarter-length portrait of Perry H. Smith.
Photograph

Morgan L. Martin

Date: 1858
Description: Morgan L. Martin (1805-1887), Wisconsin lawyer, judge, politician, land speculator, and one of the leading figures in early Wisconsin history. Martin sett...
Photograph

Judges at League of Women Voters Dinner

Date: 03 28 1944
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...
Photograph

Eight Foot Tall Lawyer

Date: 07 01 1944
Description: Clifford Thompson, the second tallest man in the world, being sworn into the Wisconsin state bar at the Wisconsin State Capitol by Justice Elmer E. Barlow....
Photograph

Lord and Lady Halifax Visit

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Lady Halifax conversing with Chief Justice Rosenberry while dining. Governor Walter Goodland is on right.

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