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Signing Wisconsin Unemployment Law

Date: 01 28 1932
Description: Governor Philip La Follette signing Wisconsin's pioneer unemployment compensation law. From left to right are Henry Ohl, Elizabeth Brandeis, Paul A. Raushe...
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Governor Heil Signing Bill

Date: 05 03 1939
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil sitting at his desk signing a bill, with four men standing and looking on.
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Governor Heil Signing Bill

Date: 05 03 1939
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil sitting at his desk signing a bill, with four men looking on from behind.
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Governor Philip F. La Follette Signing Bill

Date: 05 20 1937
Description: Governor Philip F. La Follette signing a bill in the Governor's office with onlookers.
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Governor Schmedeman Signs the Beer Bill

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Governor Albert G. Schmedeman signing the Beer Bill with 14 men observing.
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Philip F. La Follette Signing Gas Tax Bill

Date: 03 31 1931
Description: Governor Philip F. La Follette signing 4 cent gas tax bill.
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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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Governor Goodland Signing Agriculture Bill

Date: 05 29 1945
Description: Wisconsin Governor Walter S. Goodland signing a bill in his office, with two men looking on. The bill is probably Chapter 233 of the Laws of 1945 on the as...
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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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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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First Veterans Day Proclamation in Wisconsin

Date: 10 29 1954
Description: Governor Walter Kohler signs a proclamation making November 11, 1954 the first Veterans Day in Wisconsin. Looking on, left to right, are: Francis Lorbecki ...
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Beautiful Madison, Inc.

Date: 08 30 1956
Description: Three members of Beautiful Madison, Inc. give a letter to Mayor Ivan Nestingen (seated at desk) requesting a city ordinance against littering in Madison st...
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John F. Kennedy Signing the Social Security Amendments

Date: 1961
Description: John F. Kennedy, seated, surrounded by a number of men, including Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, center, standing, and Wilbur Cohen, Assistant Secre...
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Governor Anthony Earl

Date: 02 01 1983
Description: Governor Tony Earl at the signing of the executive order creating the Wisconsin Women’s Council. At the end of the remarks he invites women from the legisl...
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Governor Lucey Signs Chapter 115

Date: 08 1973
Description: Governor Pat Lucey signing Chapter 115 ensuring public education for children with disabilities as parents, children and others look on. Midge Miller stand...
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Wisconsin Chapter 115 Signing

Date: 08 1973
Description: Governor Pat Lucey visiting with children in the Governor's Office after signing Chapter 115 ensuring public education for children with disabilities.
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Gov. Walter Kohler Signing a Document

Date: 06 03 1953
Description: Five men standing behind Gov. Walter Kohler watching him sign a document in his office. One of the men might be Paul Thielan from Brookfield, Wisconsin.
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National Hearing Month

Date: 05 09 1958
Description: Governor Vernon Thompson signs an official proclamation declaring May as national hearing month. Sitting on his knee is Jean Monteith, 4, of Richland Cente...

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