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New Member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: Former attorney general Grover Broadfoot being sworn in as the newest member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court by Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry. He was a...
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New Attorney General Swearing-In

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild, (right) being sworn in by his father, Justice Edward T. Fairchild, of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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University of Wisconsin Law School Graduates

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: Fifty-two recent graduates of University Law School making their first appearance before the state Supreme Court. Most of the graduates are veterans of Wor...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices Timothy Brown and Marvin Rosenberry with Governor Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 09 10 1949
Description: Group portrait of newly sworn-in Justice of the Supreme Court, Timothy Brown, at left, with Governor Oscar Rennebohm, center, and Chief Justice Marvin B. R...
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Brotherhood Week Proclamation

Date: 02 07 1950
Description: Wisconsin Governor Oscar Rennebohm signing a proclamation officially announcing the observance of Nation Brotherhood Week. With him is Wisconsin Supreme Co...
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Rosenberry Testimonial Banquet

Date: 02 12 1950
Description: Chief Justice Rosenberry is seated at the head table with (left to right), Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Rennebohm, Gov. Oscar Rennebohm; Prof. William H. Kiekhofer; J...
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Boy and Sea Scouts Honor For Rosenberry

Date: 02 12 1950
Description: An honor guard of Boy and Sea Scouts was provided to Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry, who has long been active as a community Scout leader, at a banquet Sunda...
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Supreme Court Justice Portrait

Date: 04 27 1950
Description: Noted Chicago artist Christian Abrahamson holds a palette and paintbrushes as he stands next to a portrait of the retired chief justice of the Wisconsin Su...
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Boy Scouts 42nd Anniversary

Date: 02 12 1952
Description: Five Sea Scouts surprise former State Supreme Court Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry with a birthday cake on his eighty-fourth birthday. He has been pres...
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Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Portrait

Date: 06 16 1953
Description: Justice Edward T. Fairchild and Helen Fairchild observe their fiftieth wedding anniversary with an open house.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court

Date: 01 03 1954
Description: Group portrait of the members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Standing left to right: Justices Edward Gehl, George R. Currie, Roland J. Steinle and Timothy...
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Catherine Libby

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Portrait of Catherine Libby, a secretary to State Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward T. Fairchild.
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Inauguration of Governor Walter Kohler

Date: 01 03 1955
Description: Governor Walter Kohler is shown with his right hand raised while taking his oath of office, being administered by Chief Justice Edward Fairchild of the Wis...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices

Date: 06 26 1957
Description: Justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court are shown posed seated in their court chambers in the Capitol. Justices are, left to right:, E.L. Wingert, George C...
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State Supreme Court Adjourns for Summer

Date: 06 27 1958
Description: Portrait of the seven Wisconsin Supreme Court judges sitting in the Supreme Court Chamber at the Wisconsin State Capitol Building. The justices, seated lef...
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Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson

Date: 09 06 1976
Description: Shirley Abrahamson, the first woman to be appointed as a Justice of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court, takes her oath. Chief Justice Bruce Beilfuss is on t...
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Dane County Bar Association Dinner Party

Date: 01 29 1958
Description: Attending a dinner dance for members of the Dane County Bar Association and their wives are, standing from left to right: Elenor Bjork, Louise Brown, and C...
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Dane County Bar Association Dinner Party

Date: 01 29 1958
Description: Present at a dinner dance for members of the Dane County Bar Association and their wives are, left to right: Christine and Lyall Beggs, and Chief Justice J...
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E. Harold Hallows Sworn in as a Justice of the Wisonsin Supreme Court

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: E. Harold Hallows, Milwaukee auttorney, is sworn in as a Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Shown with Justice Hallows are, from left to right, Chief ...
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Madison League of Women Voters Convention

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Diana Smith visits with Justice Harold Hallows, left, and Stewart G. Honeck. Smith and Honeck are candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and were speci...

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