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William F. Vilas

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William F. Vilas posing with one hand on a law book and the other inside his long overcoat.
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Law Office

Date: 1894
Description: Patent attorney Charles L. Goss (seated), with clerk Arthur Muerless in the law offices of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum, & Vilas.
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Senator Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn

Date: 01 1953
Description: Joseph (Joe) McCarthy is seen here with his chief counsel, Roy Cohn, whom he hired on the advice of J. Edgar Hoover.
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Milwaukee District Attorney and Governor La Follette

Date: 09 26 1931
Description: Governor Robert La Follette accepting court case documents from Milwaukee County District Attorney, George A. Bowman. The documents are the transcripts fro...
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Jesse Smith Trial

Date: 09 15 1931
Description: Trial of Madison Police Dept. Desk Sargent Jesse M. Smith, accused of non-payment of a $191 bill which his ex-wife incurred at the Dean clinic. This was he...
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Beatrice Lampert

Date: 03 13 1931
Description: Beatrice Lampert, assistant city attorney, sitting at her desk with telephone and typewriter.
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Robert B.L. Murphy

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Robert B.L. Murphy. Robert Brady Lawrence Murphy was born on December 5, 1901 at 711 Langdon Street in Madison, Wisconsin. H...
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Earl Rogers

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Description: Portrait of Earl Rogers wearing a suit. Rogers was a criminal lawyer in California and on the West Coast.
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Charles G. Rodolph

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Charles G. Rodolph. He was born in Switzerland on November 15, 1818, and came to the Wisconsin Territory in May of 1834. He...
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Gilbert Roe

Date: 1898
Description: Gilbert Roe, Madison attorney and partner in the firm La Follette, Harper, Roe, seated in his office in the second floor of the Fairchild Block at 29 East ...
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A.G. Zimmerman and Legal Secretary Jennie Nelson

Date: 12 1898
Description: Attorney Albert G. Zimmerman in his Madison law office, dictating a letter to secretary Jennie Nelson. Until 1894 Zimmerman was the law partner of Robert ...
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Gilbert Roe

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Description: Formal quarter-length portrait of Gilbert Roe, probably taken about the time he was a law partner of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Frederick W. Horn

Date: 1872
Description: Portrait of Frederick Horn (1815-1893), a Democrat. He was a lawyer and editor of the Cedarburg Weekly News. His years of public service began in 1842 and ...
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Arthur M. Joys, Robert Joys, and Darrell MacIntyre

Date: 02 01 1944
Description: Arthur M. Joys, his brother Robert (left), and attorney Darrell MacIntyre (right), at the end of Arthur's trial that resulted in a not-guilty verdict by re...
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Arthur M. Joys Trial

Date: 01 18 1944
Description: Jury members and lawyers from the trail of Arthur M. Joys. Seated at the defense table are (left to right): defense attorney Darrell MacIntyre, defendant ...
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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...
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Mrs. Harold Lampert and Two Children

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Beatrice Lampert, wife of Harold, at home with her children, Al and Barbara Lou, 1907 Rowley Avenue. She was an assistant State Attorney General.
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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....
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Charles H. Cashin and Herbert C. Hale

Date: 12 11 1944
Description: Charles H. Cashin (right) of Stevens Point being sworn in by Clerk of Court Herbert C. Hale as the U.S. Attorney for the Western Wisconsin District.
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Sir Charles Lyell, Geologist

Date: 1869
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), Scottish lawyer, geologist, and advocate of uniformitarianism. Handwritten text at the bottom o...

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