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Governor Rennebohm Signing Anti-Segregation Law

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm, seated at his desk in the foreground, signs a bill into law ending segregation in the Wisconsin National Guard because of race, c...
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Governor Rennebohm Signs Appropriation Bill

Date: 07 29 1949
Description: Governor Rennebohm signing an appropriation bill for $1,000,000 that will fund 94 added positions at the state's mental institutions. Watching him sign are...
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Governor Authorizes University of Wisconsin Library

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Governor Rennebohm signs a bill which will provide the University of Wisconsin with a new library. He is using a pen once used by President John Bascom. Th...
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Wisconsin Legislative Council

Date: 09 13 1949
Description: The new legislative council for the 1949 legislative session. Front row, left to right, are: Assemblyman Alex Nicol (R-Sparta), Senator Jess Miller (R-Rich...
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Tommy as Secretary of HHS

Date: 02 2003
Description: Tommy G. Thompson, former governor of Wisconsin, standing in his office as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services with journalist Robert ...
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Rennebohms Moving to New Governor's Residence

Date: 12 13 1949
Description: Sixteen employees of the Rennebohm Drug Company carry miscellaneous furnishings from the old executive residence to the new one in Maple Bluff. The "moving...
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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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Farm Family Day

Date: 02 25 1950
Description: Group portrait of fathers and sons with Governor Oscar Rennebohm in the governor's reception room of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Farm families from eleven...
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Philip F. La Follette

Date: 04 28 1938
Description: Governor Philip F. La Follette of Wisconsin on the night when he delivered his "National Progressives of America" speech. Behind him is Morris Rubin, edito...
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Frank Lloyd Wright and Admirers

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Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and Mrs. Wright at a Madison event honoring him. They are looking at a model of the Wright-designed model of Monona Terrace. With them ...
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Governor Renebohm Signing Proclamation for National Home Week

Date: 08 15 1950
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm, seated, signs a proclamation that officially opens National Home Week in Wisconsin. With him at the signing, standing left to rig...
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Derleth and Gov. Knowles

Date: 09 1966
Description: Writer August Derleth with Governor Warren Knowles. Knowles had presented Derleth with the Wisconsin Arts Award.
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Governor-Elect Kohler Working on State Budget

Date: 11 14 1950
Description: Governor-elect Walter J. Kohler works on his executive budget with State Auditor J. Jay Keliher (left) and Budget Director E.C. Giessel (right).
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Governor Kohler & Vollrath Employees

Date: 01 24 1951
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. and a group of seven executives/employees from the Vollrath Company stand around the governor's desk for a portrait. Governo...
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Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil Hands Over War Bonds

Date: 04 16 1942
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil sits at a desk surrounded by members of the Wisconsin Salvage Committee.
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Gov. Kohler Signs Bill

Date: 06 07 1951
Description: Governor Walter Kohler signs into law the bill providing that the governor and the legislature shall review all public expenditures, including money from r...
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St. Lawrence Seaway Committee

Date: 01 30 1952
Description: Governor Walter Kohler, Jr. seated at a desk in the governor's office with four men standing by. The photograph was taken during a Great Lakes-St. Lawrence...
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National Safety Council Award Ceremony

Date: 05 29 1953
Description: Lew Wallace, Vice-President of the National Safety Council, center, is shown giving a safety award to R.C. Salisbury, left, chief of the Motor Vehicle Depa...
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Govenors Exchange Gifts

Date: 09 25 1952
Description: Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler presenting a cheese basket to visiting Florida governor Fuller Warren.
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Dog in the Governor's Office

Date: 01 29 1954
Description: Portrait of Cissie, the Scotch terrier of Governor Walter Kohler, in the governor's office in the Wisconsin State Capitol.

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