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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

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...
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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...
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

Judge McCarthy

Date: 1946
Description: Judge Joseph R. McCarthy sitting at the bench at the Outagamie Courthouse. This photograph was featured in McCarthy's U.S. Senate campaign literature in 19...
Poster

McCarthy's Second Campaign

Date: 1939
Description: Campaign poster for Joseph R. McCarthy's campaign for circuit judge. McCarthy was considered an underdog in this race, but he campaigned successfully by dr...
Photograph

Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
Photograph

Judge R.C. Trembath

Date: 1942
Description: Judge R.C. Trembath, who issued the warrants for gambling and prostitution for a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments.
Photograph

Supreme Court of the United States

Date: 1940
Description: Formal group portrait of the United States Supreme Court with Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) seated in the middle of the front row.
Photograph

Event for Father Morgan

Date: 07 01 1956
Description: A group portrait taken at the jubilee mass and dinner in honor of Father Morgan. From left to right are Father O'Donnell, Father Morgan, Judge Robert Tehan...
Poster

Vote For Steffes

Date: 1944
Description: Campaign poster instructing voters how to write in Herbert J. Steffes for the office of Municipal Judge of Milwaukee County. He was appointed to serve the ...
Photograph

Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson

Date: 09 06 1976
Description: Shirley Abrahamson, the first woman to be appointed as a Justice of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court, takes her oath. Chief Justice Bruce Beilfuss is on t...
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Luther Dixon

Date: 1865
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Luther Swift Dixon at age 40.
Photograph

Race Judges

Date: 08 1925
Description: The judges for the 1925 Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta held at Lake Geneva are shown aboard Commodore Colonel William Nelson Pelouze's steamer "F...
Photograph

Vel Phillips Sworn In

Date: 01 03 1979
Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a grey outfit is standing at a podium holding up her right hand near Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Bruce Beilfuss standing on...
Photograph

Wisconsin Senate, State Officers and Supreme Court in 1860

Date: 1860
Description: Composite of photographic portraits of the men of the Wisconsin Senate, State Officers and Supreme Court.
Photograph

Arthur Loomis Sanborn

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Description: Waist-up seated portrait of Judge Arthur Loomis Sanborn.
Photograph

Jefferson Prairie Historic Marker

Date: 05 16 1952
Description: Judge Chester R. Christensen, Rock County Judge, speaking at the dedication ceremony of the Jefferson Prairie Settlement historical marker. Seated behind h...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Court Room

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Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol courtroom. Judges are sitting in seats below a wall of framed portraits.
Photograph

Herman Sachtjen

Date: 1911
Description: Waist-up portrait of Herman Sachtjen, a Wisconsin Republican member of the State Assembly and Wisconsin Circuit Court judge. He graduated from the Universi...

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