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Kohler Signing GI Housing Loan Bill

Date: 03 01 1951
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. signs a bill that would liberalize state housing loans to veterans. The legislators grouped around him in the Governor's off...
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Wisconsin's Constitutional Officers

Date: 01 05 1953
Description: Group portrait of Wisconsin's five constitutional officers at the swearing-in ceremony to begin their new two-year terms. Left to right: Lieutenant Governo...
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Three Wise Men in a Christmas Pageant

Date: 11 14 1952
Description: Three boys dressed as wise men posed in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Wisconsin State Legislature

Date: 01 14 1953
Description: Group portrait of Wisconsin legislators sitting in the Assembly Chamber to hear Governor Kohler's message.
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Wisconsin State Journal Newspaper Carriers

Date: 04 14 1944
Description: Eleven boys, winners of a contest for Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carriers, and their supervisors from the circulation area standing on the st...
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Eight Foot Tall Lawyer

Date: 07 01 1944
Description: Clifford Thompson, the second tallest man in the world, being sworn into the Wisconsin state bar at the Wisconsin State Capitol by Justice Elmer E. Barlow....
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Wisconsin Council of Agriculture

Date: 01 08 1945
Description: Eight members of the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture (in no particular order, they probably are: C.F. Claflin, Pres., William H. Hutter, Pres. emeritus, C...
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Governor Walter S. Goodland and Two Boy Scouts

Date: 02 16 1945
Description: Wisconsin Governor Walter S. Goodland and two unidentified Boy Scouts with a Reitan-Lerdahl calendar.
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Veterans and Military Affairs Committee

Date: 03 21 1945
Description: Group portrait of Wisconsin Assembly Veterans and Military Affairs Committee seated around a table at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Wisconsin Human Rights Commission

Date: 06 29 1945
Description: Members of the new Governor's Commission on Human Rights which will promote tolerance on a statewide basis and fight prejudice and hate. Shown left to righ...
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Wisconsin State Officers Inauguration

Date: 01 06 1947
Description: Pictured at the inauguration of state officers in the Wisconsin State Capitol are, front row from left: Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman, Governor Walt...
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm Signing Bill

Date: 08 01 1947
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm signing a bill with Voyta J. Wrabetz, Commissioner of the Industrial Commission, and others looking on.
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High School Students at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 09 20 1947
Description: Three Madison high school students viewing Lake Monona from the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Pictured from left to right are: Ken Sticha, Anne Ho...
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Group Portrait of the Governor's Commission on Human Rights

Date: 10 09 1947
Description: Members of Governor Oscar Rennebohm's Commission on Human Rights are shown outside of the Wisconsin State State Capitol for their first formal meeting.
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Wisconsin Centennial Ball

Date: 01 04 1948
Description: Paul F. Hunter, Jr. dressed as Wisconsin' first governor, Nelson Dewey, shaking hands with Governor Oscar Rennebohm. Left to right: Mrs. Richard C. Church,...
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Wisconsin Centennial Ball

Date: 01 05 1948
Description: Pictured are, left to right: Attorney General John E. Martin, Mrs. Stewart (Lillian) Honeck, Mrs. John E. (Mary) Martin, and Deputy Attorney General Stewar...
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Wisconsin Centennial Ball

Date: 01 05 1948
Description: Group portrait, left to right: Governor Oscar Rennebohm and Mrs. Mary Rennebohm and Mrs. John (Leona) Sonderegger, and State Treasurer John Sonderegger. Th...
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Wisconsin Centennial Celebration

Date: 01 05 1948
Description: Seated in the Wisconsin State Capitol during a state centennial observance are, left to right: E.B. Fred, President of the University of Wisconsin; Governo...
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 03 02 1948
Description: A winter scene of the Capitol Square during the year's record snowstorm. Pictured are Mrs. Francis (Mayme) Harrison, 304 West Main Street, with her two ch...
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Group of Men in Governor's Conference Room

Date: 07 10 1948
Description: Large group of men in Wisconsin Governor's conference room at the Wisconsin State Capitol. (Possibly group of National Guardian Life insurance agents from ...

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