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| Date: | 07 20 1933 |
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| Description: | Mayor James R. Law presenting the keys of the city to Chic Sale, former Dane County land owner and character impersonator performing at the Orpheum Theater... |
| 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: | 01 06 1947 |
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| Description: | Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry, left, of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, administering the oath of office to Governor Walter S. Goodland in the Wisconsin ... |
| Date: | 02 12 1947 |
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| Description: | Shown taking part in the "burning of the mortgage" ceremony Thursday night at the Madison YWCA are (from left to right): Mrs. C.V. La Duke, who formerly wa... |
| Date: | 01 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Charles E. Bohlen, United States State Department counselor, speaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House during a program which launched Wi... |
| Date: | 01 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Seated in the Wisconsin State Capitol during a state centennial observance are, left to right: E.B. Fred, President of the University of Wisconsin; Governo... |
| 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: | 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: | 06 18 1918 |
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| Description: | Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ... |
| Date: | 07 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Participating in the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new elementary school building on the Edgewood campus are left to right, foreground: Mother Evelyn Mot... |
| Date: | 05 24 1953 |
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| Description: | Ground breaking ceremonies at the site of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church to replace the church that was destroyed by fire in 1951. The Reverend Edwar... |
| Date: | 07 04 1994 |
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| Description: | The flag raising during the Fourth of July ceremony, with a group of the local Knights of Columbus on the left. In the foreground on the right is a photogr... |
| Date: | 09 21 1959 |
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| Description: | A group of men gathering to lay the cornerstone for the new Glendale Community Baptist Church at 5020 Maher. The men include, left to right: Allen Strang, ... |
| Date: | 06 06 1961 |
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| Description: | Men hold shovels during the groundbreaking ceremony held for the new U.W. mathematics building. It will be located between Bascom Hall and Sterling Hall an... |
| Date: | 10 20 1962 |
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| Description: | The Inaugural Banquet for the newly inaugurated President of the University of Wisconsin, Fred H. Harrington, was held at the Field House. Operating with s... |
| Date: | 04 25 1958 |
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| Description: | State Bar president R.E. Anderson and past president Alfred LaFrance participate in the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new Wisconsin Bar Center at 402... |
| Date: | 10 09 1958 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin governor Vernon Thomson addresses the crowd during the inaugural ceremonies at the field house for Dr. Conrad A. Elvehjem as the thirteenth presi... |
| Date: | 10 09 1958 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin Regent President Wilbur Renk presents a bound certificate of appointment as president of the university to Dr. Conrad A. Elvehjem d... |
| Date: | 04 13 1959 |
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| Description: | A groundbreaking ceremony is held for the new mental health wing of the Dane County Hospital and Home in Verona. Shown (L-R) are Bert Thompson, county bui... |
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