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Banquet Honoring Henry O'Leary

Date: 10 30 1961
Description: On the right is Henry J. O'Leary, who is being honored for his service as chief of the rates and research division of the state Public Service Commission. ...
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Forrest W. Gillett Honored at Retirement Dinner

Date: 12 07 1961
Description: Forrest W. Gillett, Director of the State Taxation Department, Division of Property Tax is honored by 150 friends, relatives, and associates for his 28 1/2...
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Social Security Staff Members Honored in Madison

Date: 05 15 1964
Description: Social Security district manager Sydney S. Miller (left) presents awards for outstanding work in public service to clerical staff members at the Madison So...
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Deputy Attorney General John Bowers

Date: 01 05 1965
Description: John H. Bowers being sworn in by Judge Nathan Heffernan as Wisconsin Deputy Attorney General.
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Dane County Board Honoree, John Fluckiger, Jr.

Date: 04 02 1965
Description: John Fluckiger, Jr., was honored on his retirement from the Dane County Board and from the chairmanship of its parking utility. He was presented with a par...
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U.S. Attorney Edmund A. Nix Appointed

Date: 08 12 1965
Description: A man standing and holding a coffee cup. Edmund A. Dix was sworn in as United States attorney for the western half of Wisconsin in a brief Federal Court ce...
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Warren Hicks at Age 100

Date: 10 06 1965
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Warren Hicks taken on the day of his 100th birthday. The article states: "His biggest job began in 1912, when he supervised ...
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Tagging a Buck

Date: 1937
Description: Two conservation wardens are crouching to tag a buck lying in the snow. The buck was killed illegally. Two other wardens are standing and observing. The gr...
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Madison City Council Meeting

Date: 11 24 1953
Description: Spectators and members at the Madison City Council meeting on November 24, 1953. At the left, is Carl H. Wilhelm, council president. Alder Ethel Brown is ...
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Governor Vernon W. Thomson Named Honorary Chariman

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson (right) is presented with a certificate naming him honorary chairman of the Wisconsin Savings Bond Division of the U.S...
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State Employees Receive Merit Certificates and Cash Awards

Date: 12 19 1957
Description: Five state employees are recognized for contributing ideas to save the Wisconsin state government money. They are receiving merit certificates and cash awa...
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County Red Cross Drive

Date: 01 12 1958
Description: Portrait of Allen T. Zoeller, one of six zone chairmen named to assist Walter Renk as he heads the County Red Cross Drive. Zoeller will be responsible for ...
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Dane County Register of Deeds and its Chief Deputy Celebrate

Date: 02 13 1958
Description: Dane County Register of Deeds Harold Hill is shown with Register of Deeds Chief Deputy Bertha Dunn. Mrs. Dunn (1148 Spaight Street) is starting her 40th ye...
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New Dog-catching Vechicle

Date: 06 21 1958
Description: William Wurtzler leans from the window of the city's new dog-catching wagon, a two-door four window, 1958 Ford station wagon. Wurtzler, the son of Police S...
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Portrait of Ludwig Ladd

Date: 09 05 1958
Description: Portrait of Ludwig Ladd, Republican candidate for county treasurer, taken for Lew Roberts, a political reporter and columnist.
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City Leaf Vacuum Cleaner

Date: 10 30 1958
Description: Street gutter full of leaves about to be vacuumed up by three city workers operating a large two wheeled trailer-sized vacuum cleaner with a leaf hose nozz...
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Ellsworth O. Jones, Chief of Wisconsin Tax Department Beeverage and Cigarette Tax Division

Date: 12 19 1958
Description: Ellsworth O. Jones becomes the new chief of the Wisconsin Tax Department Beverage and Cigarette Tax Division. He replaces David Prichard who retired.
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Air Quality Monitoring

Date: 01 15 1959
Description: A man is putting an 8 x 10 filter into an envelope to be sent to "a U.S. Public Health Service laboratory in Cincinnati for analysis". The filter changed f...
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Government Workers Blood Drive

Date: 01 05 1961
Description: Red Cross Nurse Janis Clothier is shown at right holding a container. With her are four building inspectors during a Red Cross blood drive for government w...
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State Budget Hearing

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: An over-all view of the Legislature's 15-member Finance Committee conducting public hearings on the governor's budget recommendations.

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