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| Date: | 12 01 1932 |
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| Description: | Mayor James R. Law standing at the City Clerk's counter taking oath of office being administered by the city clerk, John Fahning. |
| Date: | 12 11 1944 |
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| Description: | Charles H. Cashin (right) of Stevens Point being sworn in by Clerk of Court Herbert C. Hale as the U.S. Attorney for the Western Wisconsin District. |
| Date: | 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson signing the bill which created Menominee County as the state's 72nd county. The new county consisted of those portions of Shawano a... |
| Date: | 05 01 1948 |
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| Description: | Retiring mail carrier, Mike Cawley, accepting an envelope containing a token of appreciation from Myrtle L. Hansen, clerk of circuit court at the Dane Coun... |
| Date: | 12 10 1943 |
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| Description: | City Clerk Alf W. Bareis (right) swears in F. Halsey Kraege as mayor of Madison. He was elected by the common council to succeed James R. Law who resigned ... |
| Date: | 12 10 1943 |
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| Description: | Former mayor James R. Law hands the gavel to his successor, F. Halsey Kraege, who was elected by the common council to fill the unexpired term for Law who ... |
| Date: | 03 01 1950 |
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| Description: | Russell W. Klitzman raises his right hand as he is sworn in as the first director of the Dane County Traffic Police by Dane County Clerk Keith Schwartz. H... |
| Date: | 05 08 1950 |
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| Description: | The cornerstone for the million-dollar four-story addition to the Madison Vocational School was laid at the corner of North Carroll and West Dayton Streets... |
| Date: | 07 10 1950 |
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| Description: | Edward J. B. Schubring (left), president of Madison General hospital association, and City Manager Leonard G. Howell wield the shovels at the groundbreakin... |
| Date: | 08 10 1950 |
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| Description: | Volunteers who will staff five special voters registration centers during "Register and Vote week" are shown being sworn in by City Clerk Al W. Bareis at l... |
| Date: | 03 30 1951 |
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| Description: | Thomas Fairchild, right, former Wisconsin Attorney General, is sworn in as United States Attorney for the Western Wisconsin District. D.M. Alsad, Clerk of ... |
| Date: | 11 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Joseph E. Davies (second from the left), one-time U.S. ambassador and graduate of the University of Wisconsin, receives congratulations at a dinner after b... |
| Date: | 06 13 1952 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 01 03 1955 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 03 1955 |
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| Description: | Attorney General Vernon Thomson, of Richland Center, is shown with his right hand raised while taking his oath of office, administered by a judge in a robe... |
| Date: | 01 03 1955 |
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| Description: | Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John E. Wise) raises her hand while taking her oath of office before a robed judge. An audience looks on from the background. The origi... |
| Date: | 08 14 1945 |
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| Description: | Arthur J. Altmeyer, taking the oath of office on reappointment as Chairman of the Social Security Board, Term 1945-51. Mrs. Sarah H. Napier is the Notary P... |
| Date: | 10 30 1961 |
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| Description: | On the right is Henry J. O'Leary, who is being honored for his service as chief of the rates and research division of the state Public Service Commission. ... |
| Date: | 01 04 1965 |
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| Description: | Justice Horace Wilkie taking his oath of office from Justice Nathan Hefferman in the Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol Building. He is being sworn in to... |
| Date: | 08 12 1965 |
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| Description: | A man standing and holding a coffee cup. Edmund A. Dix was sworn in as United States attorney for the western half of Wisconsin in a brief Federal Court ce... |
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