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| Date: | 12 19 1944 |
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| Description: | Audience at Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention, in a ballroom at the Loraine Hotel, 123 West Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 06 07 1941 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department office in the State Office Building, 1 West Wilson Street. |
| Date: | 06 23 1936 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Markets, Dairy and Food Division chemical laboratory, at 1 West Wilson Street. |
| Date: | 10 17 1932 |
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| Description: | Nellie Tayloe Ross, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee and former Wyoming Governor, speaking in the Assembly Chambers, on behalf of the Roo... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | An unusual photograph of the Wisconsin State Capitol at night with the dome illuminated for a political meeting. |
| Date: | 10 09 1928 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Madison Canton in full uniform in the Wisconsin State Capitol, with Betty Livesey. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A group of 4-H members standing underneath lights to be filmed for television at the Iowa State Fair, while a woman nearby is playing the piano. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Three young men in uniform, most likely boy scouts, standing with a model airplane. The men are being filmed for television at the Iowa State Fair. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The large service flag that honored all University of Wisconsin students who served during World War I on display in the Reading Room. The students themsel... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of antlers placed on the United States flag in the center of the lodge room of the Elks Club, founded in 1868. Caption reads: "Lodge Room, Elks' Bui... |
| Date: | 09 20 1953 |
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| Description: | Catholic evening worship service held outdoors at Breese Stevens Field, lit by two haloed lights and 3,000 candles. Bishop William O'Connor led the congreg... |
| Date: | 01 10 1949 |
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| Description: | Women casting ballots at the Lithographers' Local #7 Strike vote. The ballot box is on a stage at the front of a large crowded room. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Crowded midway at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Signs above booths read "Circus Candy," "Cigarettes," "Snow Balls," "Souvenirs," "Guess?" and "Aqua ... |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Photograph taken to illustrate the jacket of a recording issued by the Capital Offenses, the blue grass band headed by Congressman David R. Obey of Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | A group of nine men are gathered in a room, possibly a classroom. Seven of the men are standing at a makeshift table on sawhorses on the edges of the room... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Students holding books and magazines pose seated in chairs in the Prairie School. Model airplanes hang near the portraits of Abraham Lincoln and George Was... |
| Date: | 10 07 1961 |
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| Description: | Saint Paul's Lutheran Church was the setting for the wedding of Helen Metz and Fred Bandlow. |
| Date: | 11 07 1991 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of First Ladies of Wisconsin taken at the Executive Residence. Left to right: Sheila Coyle Earl; Dorothy Knowles Braun; Carrie Lee Dotson Ne... |
| Date: | 06 27 1990 |
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| Description: | Mayor Soglin standing at the microphone as Honorary Host of Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra's Concerts on the Square. |
| Date: | 12 1954 |
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| Description: | View of the Lincoln statue with new lighting. The new amber lights were installed in late 1954 and are automatically turned on at dark by an electronic dev... |
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