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Group Portrait in the Governor's Office

Date: 12 23 1920
Description: Members of the Department of State in the Governor's office at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Seated, in the middle, is Secretary Fred R. Zimmerman.
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Dane County Courthouse Being Razed

Date: 1958
Description: Elevated view of the Dane County Courthouse as it is being razed. Much of it is still intact in this image. Lake Monona and Monona Bay are in the distance.
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State Board of Control Office

Date: 1893
Description: Office of the State Board of Control, Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions in the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Motor Vehicle Department Office

Date: 06 07 1941
Description: Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department office in the State Office Building, 1 West Wilson Street.
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WSES, Employers' Interview Room

Date: 08 09 1934
Description: Wisconsin State Employment Service, 111 King Street, employers' interview room, table and chairs.
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WSES, Women's Interview Room

Date: 08 09 1934
Description: Wisconsin State Employment Services, 111 King Street, women's interview room, desk, chairs. There is a view of the street below through windows on the righ...
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Dane County Outdoor Relief Office

Date: 09 05 1935
Description: Group of men and women standing in front of the Work Division Office, Dane County Outdoor Relief Administration, 22 W. Doty Street.
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Dane County Outdoor Relief Office

Date: 09 05 1935
Description: Group of men and women sitting on the steps in front of the Work Division Office, Dane County Outdoor Relief Administration, 22 W. Doty Street.
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C.W.A. Pay Station

Date: 12 09 1933
Description: Men crowd around the newly opened Dane County C.W.A. Pay Station at the corner of West Dayton and North Carroll Streets to pick up paychecks.
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Pay Office and Council at Pawhuska Agency

Date: 
Description: An agent's pay office and council building at the Pawhuska Agency in Oklahoma Territory. A man is standing outside near the entrance.
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Legislative Reference Bureau Library

Date: 11 23 1947
Description: Mrs. Ann Johnson, senior clerk typist, filing clippings in the stacks of the Legislative Reference Bureau stacks.
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Hearing at Dane County Court House on Fuel Oil Shortage

Date: 01 19 1948
Description: Hearing at the Dane County Court House attended by city officials and fuel dealers concerning temporary fuel oil shortages. Pictured clockwise around the t...
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Draft Protest Meeting

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Adolph Maasen (left), the leader of a group of state farmers claiming prejudice against farmers by the State Selective Service, observing Colonel Bentley C...
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Draft Protest Meeting

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Elevated view of some of the nearly 70 farmers and their wives from nine Wisconsin counties gathered in the state assembly chamber to hear a discussion of ...
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Bancroft Obreros Unidos Strikers

Date: 08 24 1967
Description: Elevated view of 150 workers rallying as a part of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) protest against poor working conditions of migrant farm workers in the S...
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In the U.S. Supreme Court Room

Date: 05 1937
Description: In the U.S. Supreme Court Room, after hearing the Court hand down its decisions upholding the constitutionality of the old age insurance and unemployment i...
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Arthur J. Altmeyer

Date: 1963
Description: Arthur J. Altmeyer standing in front of the Social Security Administration Headquarters. In 1973 the building was renamed the Altmeyer Building in his hono...
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Wisconsin State Treasurer Dena Smith

Date: 12 13 1957
Description: Dena A. Smith was sworn in as State Treasurer on December 4th for the 13-month unexpired term of her husband, Warren R. Smith, who died on December 3rd. De...
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James L. Karns

Date: 03 30 1959
Description: A man is pointing at his name and job title which were recently painted onto the frosted glass of his office door. The man was James L. Karns on his first ...

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