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Julius Kelly, County Treasurer

Date: 01 09 1948
Description: Portrait of Julius Kelly, newly elected County Treasurer by the Dane County Board.
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I. Milo Kittelson

Date: 02 04 1948
Description: Seated portrait of I. Milo Kittleson, former mayor of Madison, 1920-1926, and State Industrial Commission examiner, 1927-1948.
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How to Use Voting Machine

Date: 03 08 1948
Description: First Step: The voter (Mrs. Thelma Hauser) receives her first instructions from the election official (Arvid Johnson) on a small working model. She must o...
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Retiring Mail Carrier, Mike Cawley

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: Retiring mail carrier, Mike Cawley, accepting an envelope containing a token of appreciation from Myrtle L. Hansen, clerk of circuit court at the Dane Coun...
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Baraboo Airline Service Inauguration

Date: 05 02 1948
Description: A group of men gathered in front of an airplane at the inauguration of Wisconsin Central Airline service to the Baraboo-Portage area. The men are local off...
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Secretary of Interior Visit

Date: 05 28 1948
Description: Wisconsin's Chairman of the State Highway Commission, James R. Law (left), greeting Secretary of the Interior, Julius A. Krug and his wife and son. They ar...
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Rennebohm's Oath of Office

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm is administered the oath of office as his wife and daughter look on.
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Lake Weed Cutter

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: W.J. Rendall, Earl. E. Wheeler, and George C. Hockney operating a small weed cutter in Lake Mendota off the shore of Maple Bluff. Mr. Hockney is the manufa...
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Clyde M. Johnson

Date: 10 02 1948
Description: Portrait of Clyde M. Johnson, Wisconsin State Treasurer.
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Vel Phillips

Date: 1979
Description: Formal portrait of Vel Phillips during her tenure as Wisconsin's Secretary of State.
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University of Wisconsin Foreign Students Observe Election

Date: 11 02 1948
Description: A large group of University of Wisconsin foreign students question Madison city clerk, A.W. Bareis, after observing a national election at Washington Schoo...
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Madison Housing Authority Project

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: This ceremony at Truax Field signaled the start of construction of the 120-unit apartment project for war veterans by the Madison Housing Authority. Henry ...
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Men Testing Breathalizer Machine

Date: 1958
Description: Robert Warren, then the District Attorney of Brown County, tries out a breathalizer machine. With him are Glenn Cunningham and Ray Bayley, officers of th...
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A.J. Taft, Maple Bluff Police Marshal

Date: 12 13 1948
Description: The street directory for Maple Bluff was delivered by Marshall A.J. Taft around the Christmas season. The contents of the directory reveal the growth of Ma...
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A.W. Bareis, George Forster and Bruce Weatherly

Date: 12 28 1948
Description: City Clerk Alfred W. Bareis swears in police chief Bruce Weatherly in front of WKOW and WIBA microphones. George Forster, city finance director and acting...
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Community Welfare Council Officers

Date: 12 16 1948
Description: Recently elected officers of the Community Welfare Council. Seated, left to right: Mrs. Thomas (Rosamond) Doran, 4117 Yuma Drive, representing the Catholic...
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Signing City-County Building Construction Contracts

Date: 11 24 1948
Description: Dane County Board Chairman Paul A. Robinson, left, and Madison City Manager Leonard G. Howell, right, signing contracts which officially join Madison and D...
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Wisconsin Constitutional Officers take Oath of Office

Date: 01 03 1949
Description: Five state constitutional officers take their oaths of office at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Left to right: Warren R. Smith, State Treasurer; George M. Sm...
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Dane County Officials take Oath

Date: 01 03 1949
Description: Group portrait of seven Dane county officials--five new and two reelected--shown taking the oath of office before Circuit Judge Herman W. Satchjen at far l...
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Swearing In of New Madison Mayor

Date: 12 10 1943
Description: City Clerk Alf W. Bareis (right) swears in F. Halsey Kraege as mayor of Madison. He was elected by the common council to succeed James R. Law who resigned ...

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