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Wisconsin Architecture Award Winners

Date: 05 18 1961
Description: Harold Ames, sitting at center, looking over a model of the State Office building planned for the Hill Farms which was part of the honor awards exhibit of ...
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Barbershop in State Capitol Basement

Date: 07 05 1961
Description: Four barbers dressed in white are cutting the hair of four men sitting in barber chairs. The barbershop, located in the basement of the State Capitol, was ...
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Barbershop in State Capitol Basement

Date: 07 05 1961
Description: A man is bending over to drink from a metal water fixture. Water from the fixture spouted up and back onto the fixture, supposedly making it "sterile." The...
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Wisconsin Assembly Bill for National Guard Rights

Date: 10 30 1961
Description: Assemblyman Kyle Kenyon (R-Tomah) introduces a bill to guarantee rights to Wisconsin residents called up in the 32nd Division.
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Men Standing in State Capitol Rotunda

Date: 10 24 1964
Description: Six men are shown standing in the Wisconsin State Capitol Rotunda. All men are looking upward as one man points to the top of the Rotunda.
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Wisconsin Legislature Acting on Tax Repealer Bill

Date: 11 04 1963
Description: Assemblyman Paul R. Alfonsi (R-Minocqua) is framed by the oval window in a door of the Assembly chamber as the majority party floor leader addresses the As...
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Wisconsin Legislature Acting on Tax Repealer Bill

Date: 11 04 1963
Description: Republican party floor leader Paul Alfonsi addresses the Assembly regarding a bill to repeal a three-month old law requiring taxpayers to pay a $2 filing f...
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Two Models For ROAL Style Show

Date: 04 28 1964
Description: Two women wearing dresses and white gloves are posing by a railing inside the Wisconsin State Capitol building. They are wives of military reserve officers...
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State Capitol Rewiring and Remodeling Project

Date: 07 22 1964
Description: The desks and chairs of the state assemblymen are shown stored in the Assembly lounge while the Assembly chamber is recarpeted. Over a four-year period tha...
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State Capitol Rewiring and Remodeling Project

Date: 07 22 1964
Description: A painter is working on a wall in the State Capitol during the process of redecorating. Over a four-year period that started in 1961 the state Building Com...
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Disaster Command Post at the Capitol

Date: 04 23 1965
Description: Governor Warren Knowles' Command Post, located in the Capitol, was called into action after tornadoes struck southern Wisconsin. It serves as the disaster ...
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Gov. Warren Knowles Proclaims May as "Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up" Month

Date: 04 21 1965
Description: Professional painters inside the state capitol employed by Hoffer's Certified Paint of 3501 E. Washington Avenue. A paint can is labeled "Hoffer One Coat H...
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Public Testamony For and Against Equal Opportunity Commission

Date: 04 29 1965
Description: An Assembly bill to establish a full-time Equal Opportunity Commission got 5 1/2 hours of pro and con testimony at a public hearing before the Assembly Jud...
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Funeral Service for Philip F. La Follette

Date: 08 21 1965
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson delivering a eulogy at the funeral service for former Wisconsin governor Philip F. La Follette in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Christmas Tree in Governor's Office

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: Four-year-old John Steigerwaldt is putting a decoration on the top of the Christmas tree in the governor's office. He is being held up by Governor Warren K...

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