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Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Willkie with Governor & Mrs. Goodland

Date: 03 19 1944
Description: Governor Walter Goodland, Mrs. Willkie, Madge Goodland, and Wendell Willkie chatting in the governor's residence during the 1944 campaign.
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Robert Hodgell Exhibiting his Paintings

Date: 10 05 1946
Description: Robert Overman Hodgell (left), is shown viewing some of his paintings which were done while he was serving with the navy in the South Pacific. Byron C. Jo...
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Harold Stassen Rally

Date: 03 31 1948
Description: Republican presidential candidate Harold E. Stassen, left, and his wife, chatting with Tom Coleman, state Republican leader, during the Stassens' visit to ...
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Eleanor Roosevelt

Date: 02 09 1959
Description: This photograph won the top award for 1959 Wisconsin Press Photographer's Association Pictures Competition, Personality category. Eleanor Roosevelt was pho...
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Women Watching Governor Kohler's Inauguration

Date: 01 01 1951
Description: Women standing while watching Walter J. Kohler Jr.'s inauguration from the East Wing of the Capitol Building. They are, left to right: Mrs. Fred Gimbel, Ne...
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Wives of Republican Elected Officials

Date: 03 29 1951
Description: Wives of Republican elected officials were guests of honor at a tea held at the Madison Club, located at 5 East Wilson Street. Shown at the tea table are, ...
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 12 09 1951
Description: Mayor and Mrs. George and Frances Forster prepare to donate blood as volunteer Grey Lady Mrs. Margory Colvin (left) looks on.
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Dena Smith

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Dena Smith is the private secretary for her husband, Warren Smith, the Wisconsin State Treasurer.
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Mrs. Hubert Humphrey Visits Madison

Date: 03 28 1960
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. Hubert Humphrey at the Madison airport with her son Hubert, Jr. (left), Sam Rizzo, Jr., son of the Humphrey campaign chairman in Wis...
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GOP and Democratic Workers

Date: 09 12 1960
Description: Marian Wilkie (right) makes out a receipt for a contribution to the Dane County Dollars for Democrats on the doorstep of 1930 Northwestern Avenue. Claire D...
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Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner

Date: 02 17 1961
Description: State Representative Henry C. Schadeberg of Burlington checking the text of his speech with two of his hosts before making his Lincoln Day address to the D...
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First Ladies

Date: 11 07 1991
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...
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Mayor Soglin at Home

Date: 05 28 1973
Description: Mayor Soglin at home with his wife, Diane Thayer-Soglin, taken one month after his election as Mayor.
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Lions Club Constitution Day Luncheon

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Senator Alexander's wife visiting with Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon Thomson at the luncheon. An unidentified man is on the right, but not included in ...
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We Saw You . . . at Lawmaker School

Date: 01 12 1955
Description: Proud assemblymen's wives watching from the state assembly gallery as the 1955 State Assembly session begins. Mrs. Earl Warren (sitting on the left) is mar...
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Dane County Republican Women's Club

Date: 10 10 1957
Description: The main speaker at the meeting of the Dane County Republican Women's Club was Republican Second District Congressman Donald E. Tewes of Waukesha. Shown wi...
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Inauguration day with Lt. Governor Philleo Nash and Family

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: Family group portrait of (left to right): Lt. Governor Philleo Nash; Mrs. Nash; Nash's sister, Jean Nash, Wisconsin Rapids; and Mrs. Nash's mother, Mrs. He...
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Democratic Women's Luncheon Honoring Mrs. Gaylord Nelson

Date: 12 13 1958
Description: The wife of Wisconsin's governor-elect, Carrie Nelson (center), was honored at a luncheon by the Democratic women of Dane county. With her are the wives of...
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At Home With State's Lawmaking

Date: 02 11 1959
Description: Mrs. Gerald (Christina) Lorge, wife of Sen. Gerald Lorge (R-Bear Creek), is shown reading and sipping coffee while waiting for her husband, who is in a leg...
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At Home With State's Lawmaking

Date: 02 11 1959
Description: Carolyn Blanchard, wife of GOP floor leader of the assembly, David Blanchard, is shown standing next to pillars in the assembly gallery.

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