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State Office Building Interior

Date: 03 11 1942
Description: Women office workers in "one of the many extra offices needed to handle the rush for birth certificates" in the Wisconsin State Office Building (Capitol An...
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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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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices

Date: 10 13 1930
Description: Robed Wisconsin Supreme Court justices sitting in their courtroom in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, at her desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Samuel S. Pierce at Executive Offices of Governor

Date: 1930
Description: Samuel Pierce is seated at a desk in the executive offices of the Governor.
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Dr. F.F. Bowman

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: Dr. F.F. Bowman, Madison health officer for the past sixteen years.
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Sydney S. Miller

Date: 03 14 1945
Description: Portrait of Sydney S. Miller, manager of the Madison field office of the United States Social Security Administration.
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Julius Kelly, County Treasurer

Date: 01 09 1948
Description: Portrait of Julius Kelly, newly elected County Treasurer by the Dane County Board.
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District Attorney Robert W. Arthur

Date: 07 09 1949
Description: Portrait of District Attorney Robert W. Arthur as he appeared in Dane County circuit court to argue against dismissal of one of his lobbying cases.
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Declaration of Optimist Week

Date: 11 02 1949
Description: Madison City Manager Howell (right) signs a proclamation declaring the following week to be Optimist Week. Looking on, from the Madison Optimist Chapter, (...
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Bank of Madison Board of Directors

Date: 05 04 1950
Description: Lucille Colt, a bank clerk and member of the WAC medical corps in World War II, presents an inscribed gavel to Harrison L. Garner, a board member who was r...
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Voters' Registration Week

Date: 08 05 1950
Description: Acting Madison City Manager George Forster signs a proclamation designating the week of August 14 as Voters' Registration week. Watching are, left to righ...
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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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Couple Receiving Marriage License

Date: 06 13 1952
Description: Dane County marriage license clerk Mercedes Dufour, (left), issues a license to Lucille A. Roth and Amos M. Skogen for their leap year wedding at the East ...
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Mayoral Side Hugh Ingersoll

Date: 07 29 1952
Description: Portrait of Hugh D. Ingersoll, the new finance administrative assistant to Madison mayor George Forster, seated behind a desk.
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Ex-Convicts Confess to Robbery

Date: 12 09 1953
Description: Assistant District Attorney Robert I. Perina (left) hearing the confessions of Douglas R. Wright of Baraboo and William G. Lavine of St. Louis. The two rob...
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Dane County Highway Commissioner

Date: 11 11 1959
Description: Portrait of Dane County highway commissioner, Ray R. Swann.
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1960 Madison City Council Group Portrait

Date: 04 17 1960
Description: The 1960 Madison City Council poses for a group portrait in the City County Building. The State Office Building at 1 West Wilson Street can be seen through...

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