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Dedication of Wisconsin's First Expressway

Date: 09 04 1958
Description: Dedication of Wisconsin's first expressway, a seven-mile stretch of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Presiding at the ribbon-cutting ...
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Wausau Airport Groundbreaking

Date: 1928
Description: The groundbreaking ceremony for the new airport hangar at Wausau. Governor Fred R. Zimmerman, who can be seen on the right, (elevated above the crowd and w...
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Touching Hands

Date: 1964
Description: Governor Warren P. Knowles reaches up to touch the hand of a girl at the Lincoln Memorial on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The girl seated, c...
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President Roosevelt and Governor Heil

Date: 09 19 1942
Description: Governor Julius Heil with his back to the camera shakes the hand of President Franklin Roosevelt who was on a surprise visit to Milwaukee for a tour of the...
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Governor Nelson Heading Home After His First Day of Work

Date: 01 06 1959
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson is shown entering the governor's official state car on Tuesday at the end of his first full day of service as Wisconsin's chief exe...

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