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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

Judge Vel Phillips

Date: 1971
Description: Portrait of Vel Phillips in her judges's black robe with an American flag behind her. She was the 13th District Children's Court judge, the first woman and...
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.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Reminiscence of Judge Keyes

Date: 1906
Description: Headline from a reminiscence by Judge Keyes.
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...
Photograph

Judge McCarthy in Court

Date: 07 1942
Description: Circuit Judge Joseph R. McCarthy wearing his Marine uniform a few days before he left for active duty.
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

William Sachtjen

Date: 1940
Description: Future District Court Judge William Sachtjen, wearing an apron and holding a broom. He is standing behind a 7-Up sign. Sachtjen worked at Droster's Grocery...
Photograph

William O. Douglas

Date: 1958
Description: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas during a canoe trip with conservationist Sigurd F. Olson. He is sitting with his hat in hand beside a canoe pulled...
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 ...
Print

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Subpoena

Date: 1939
Description: Holiday card designed to look like a subpoena. The outside has a drawing of an old fashioned English judge. Below is the text, "Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye, ...
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.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Judicial Circuits

Date: 1922
Description: A map of Wisconsin showing the state’s judicial districts, it also provides the population total for each county.
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...
Poster

Horlick's Malted Milk For The Seven Ages

Date: 1900
Description: This advertisement features drawings of Shakespeare's Seven Ages beginning at the top left with: 'The Infant — "Perdita" Winter's Tale,' 'The Schoolboy — "...
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...

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