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State Street from 200 Block

Date: 1929
Description: State Street view looking toward the University of Wisconsin, with the 200 block in the foreground. The marquee for the Capitol Theatre reads "'Jealousy,' ...
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Signing Wisconsin Unemployment Law

Date: 01 28 1932
Description: Governor Philip La Follette signing Wisconsin's pioneer unemployment compensation law. From left to right are Henry Ohl, Elizabeth Brandeis, Paul A. Raushe...
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Mrs. Otto and Theodore Dammann

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Description: Secretary of State Theodore Dammann busy at his office desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol clearing correspondence and dictating to his secretary, Mrs. Ott...
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Office Environment

Date: 1926
Description: A businessman and his secretary at the desk in his office.
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State Board of Control Office

Date: 1893
Description: Office of the State Board of Control, Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions in the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Wisconsin Capitol, South Wing

Date: 1921
Description: Employees of the business office of the Insurance Department.
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State Board of Control Office

Date: 1893
Description: Office of the State Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions in the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Fire Damage to the Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 02 1904
Description: The office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 27.
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Bookcase in Fire Damage

Date: 02 1904
Description: A close-up of the damage in the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction caused by the Wisconsin State Capitol fire. Details of interest include ...
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State Board of Control Office

Date: 1893
Description: Detail of view of office of the Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions located in the Wisconsin State Capitol additio...
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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...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Stacks of the Historical Library

Date: 1898
Description: Cluttered work space of the librarian responsible for the Historical Society's newspaper collection during the period when the Society occupied rooms in th...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Board of Control

Date: 1893
Description: Office of the State Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions, in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, showing details of ...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Treasurer's Office

Date: 1913
Description: Staff of the State Treasurer at work. Although the office was clearly located in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, this photograph may have been taken aft...
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Governor Walter Kohler, Sr.

Date: 1929
Description: Portrait of Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., taken in the Governor's Office in the Wisconsin State Capitol on his Inauguration Day.
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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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Rennebohm's at 1357 University Avenue

Date: 1925
Description: The Rennebohm Drug Store #1 at the corner of University Avenue and Randall Avenue, which replaced Rennebohm's first store located just across the street. A...
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Emigranten Office

Date: 1920
Description: The Emigranten Office at King and Webster Streets. The Emigranten was published here in the 1850s and 1860s.
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Reuben Gold Thwaites in his Office

Date: 1892
Description: Reuben Gold Thwaites seated at his desk in his office at the Wisconsin Historical Society.

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