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Governor La Follette Signing Bill

Date: 06 12 1931
Description: Governor Philip La Follette signing old age pension bill surrounded by interested parties. Assemblyman Oscar Schmiele stands at the governor's left shoulde...
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Philip F. La Follette Handing Pen to Schmiege

Date: 06 12 1931
Description: Governor Philip F. La Follette handing pen to Assemblyman Schmiege after signing old age pension bill.
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Kohler Signing GI Housing Loan Bill

Date: 03 01 1951
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. signs a bill that would liberalize state housing loans to veterans. The legislators grouped around him in the Governor's off...
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Governor Rennebohm Signing Anti-Segregation Law

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm, seated at his desk in the foreground, signs a bill into law ending segregation in the Wisconsin National Guard because of race, c...
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Gov. Kohler Signs Bill

Date: 06 07 1951
Description: Governor Walter Kohler signs into law the bill providing that the governor and the legislature shall review all public expenditures, including money from r...
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Daylight Saving Referendum Set

Date: 02 27 1957
Description: The photo caption states in full: "Gov. Vernon W. Thomson had an audience of six daylight saving time advocates when he signed into law the bill setting up...
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State Senator Kathryn Morrison and Governor Patrick Lucey

Date: 1977
Description: Kathryn Morrison (far left) observes as Governor Patrick Lucey signs, possibly, a piece of legislation. State Representative Mary Lou Munts (seated next to...
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Signing of the Inheritance Tax Bill

Date: 1975
Description: Signing of the 1975 Inheritance Tax Bill, 1975 Senate Bill 113. Protestors used the occasion to show opposition to the upgrade of Highway 18-151 to an expr...
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Governor Dreyfus Signing Children's Code Trailer Bill

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Description: Governor Lee Dreyfus signing a trailer to AB874 (1978), or the Children's Code, as backers of the law look on. Behind Dreyfus left to right: Richard Flintr...
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Governor Schrieber Gives Rick Phelps a Signing Pen

Date: 05 02 1978
Description: Governor Martin Schreiber is shaking hands with Rick Phelps of the Youth Policy and Law Center as he is handing Phelps a pen used to sign AB 874, the Child...

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