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Gaylord Nelson and Stewart Udall

Date: 1965
Description: Secretary Stewart Udall presenting Secretary Gaylord Nelson with the first copy of the Interior Department task force report on the proposed Apostle Island...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Profile

Date: 1906
Description: Profile portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. with his arms crossed. The photograph was taken during during his first year in the U.S. Senate, but it was...
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La Follette and Wheeler

Date: 07 20 1924
Description: Republican Senator and independent, third-party presidential candidate, Robert M. La Follette, Sr., chats with Senator Burton K. Wheeler, a Democratic sena...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Funeral

Date: 06 22 1925
Description: Funeral of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison. Mourners gathered around La Follette's flag-draped coffin include Philip...
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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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Journalist Fleming with Republicans McCarthy and Kohler

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Description: Journalist Robert Fleming with Wisconsin Republicans Joseph R. McCarthy and Walter J. Kohler, Jr. Although only faintly seen, Senator McCarthy has autogra...
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Madison City Council

Date: 04 07 1947
Description: Seven members of the newly elected Madison City Council pose for a group portrait in the city manager's office. Front row, left to right: Franz C. Haas, Wi...
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Senator Jess Miller Auctioning Dog

Date: 01 20 1944
Description: Senator Jess Miller auctioning a Collie puppy in front of a WIBA microphone in the Wisconsin State Capitol. Governor Goodland donated the proceeds of the s...
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Wisconsin State Legislature

Date: 01 11 1951
Description: The Wisconsin State Legislature listens to Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. The Senators are seated in the first row.
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Wisconsin State Legislature

Date: 01 11 1951
Description: The Wisconsin State Legislature listens to a speech by Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. The senators are seated in the first row, with Warren Knowles seated ...
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Wisconsin State Legislature

Date: 01 11 1951
Description: The Wisconsin State Legislature listens to an address from Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. The State Senators are seated in the first row, including Melvin ...
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Lucian H. Palmer

Date: 1907
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Lucian (or Lucien) H. Palmer from the 1907 composite image of the Wisconsin Assembly. In 1906, Palmer (a Republican) was the...
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Matt. Anderson

Date: 1878
Description: Portrait of Matthew Anderson, #26 in a composite of Wisconsin Senate and State Officers.
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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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John McBride and Tiny Krueger, Wisconsin State Senators

Date: 07 18 1947
Description: Senator John C. McBride (R-Milwaukee), and Senator Clifford W. "Tiny" Krueger (R-Merrill), perform a farewell handshake outside the Wisconsin senate chambe...
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Asaph Whittlesey

Date: 1860
Description: Asaph Whittlesey dressed for his journey from Ashland to Madison, Wisconsin, to take up his seat in the state legislature. Whittlesey is attired for the lo...
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Wisconsin State Legislature

Date: 01 14 1953
Description: Group portrait of Wisconsin legislators sitting in the Assembly Chamber to hear Governor Kohler's message.
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Wisconsin State Legislators

Date: 01 14 1953
Description: Wisconsin legislators sitting in the Assembly Chamber while listening to Governor Kohler's message.
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David Atwood

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Description: Portrait of David Atwood, as a Republican Assemblyman, 1860-1861. Atwood was the publisher of the "Wisconsin State Journal".
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Leonard J. Farwell

Date: 1860
Description: Leonard J. Farwell (1819-1889), Madison businessman-promoter and Wisconsin's only Whig governor (1852-1854). When this salted paper portrait was taken, Far...

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