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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Lew Foster Porter, the state’s supervising architect and secretary of the Wisconsin State Capitol Building Commission. |
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| Description: | A State Office Building construction site, downtown, with a view of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Two men on the right are working with boards on sawhorses.... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of librarian Daniel S. Durrie seated in the two-story high gallery that the Historical Society occupied in the old South Wing of the Wisconsin ... |
| Date: | 01 12 1955 |
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| Description: | Former State Assemblymen Herman Eisner of Cross Plains (left) and Harry Holmes of Landcaster (right) serving as journal clerks to "keep the books" for the ... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | A new red, white and blue mail truck is displayed at the Madison Post Office garage. A poster on the side of the truck reads: "Don't be a Hurry Bug — Slow ... |
| Date: | 09 17 1964 |
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| Description: | Pedestrians pass a replica of the Eiffel Tower being constructed by workers at the corner of East Washington and Pinckney Streets on the Capitol Square. Th... |
| Date: | 09 24 1964 |
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| Description: | Large crowd gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol to hear Senator Barry Goldwater speak. Reporters and photographers are gathered in the foreground. A mi... |
| Date: | 08 03 1957 |
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| Description: | "Wisconsin" - the statue atop the State Capitol building's dome. A painter is hanging from the statue's neck by a climbing rope, pulleys, and a bench while... |
| Date: | 01 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Workmen from Madison Gas and Electric Company work on Main Street at the Capitol Square to check for gas leaks after two explosions rocked downtown Madison... |
| Date: | 12 13 1957 |
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| Description: | Dena A. Smith was sworn in as State Treasurer on December 4th for the 13-month unexpired term of her husband, Warren R. Smith, who died on December 3rd. De... |
| Date: | 01 05 1959 |
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| Description: | People lining up in the governor's conference room at the Wisconsin State Capitol to congratulate Governor and Mrs. Gaylord (Carrie) Nelson after his inaug... |
| Date: | 01 05 1959 |
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| Description: | Attorney General John Reynolds and Mrs. Reynolds receive congratulations at a reception during Governor Nelson's inauguration. |
| Date: | 01 05 1959 |
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| Description: | Family group portrait of (left to right): Lt. Governor Philleo Nash; Mrs. Nash; Nash's sister, Jean Nash, Wisconsin Rapids; and Mrs. Nash's mother, Mrs. He... |
| Date: | 03 12 1958 |
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| Description: | Governor Vernon W. Thomson proclaims National Want Ad Week in Wisconsin. The week is sponsored by The Association of Newspaper Classified Advertising Manag... |
| Date: | 03 01 1958 |
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| Description: | The four journalists who have been asked to speak for the traditional "ladies night" program of the Madison Advertising Club at the Cuba Club. They are (le... |
| Date: | 04 04 1958 |
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| Description: | 18-year-old Pat Stoycheff is shown with his mother, Mrs. George Stoycheff, in Gov. Vernon Thompson's office prior to his 8-day trip to Spain as "Young Colu... |
| Date: | 04 1958 |
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| Description: | A scroll from the state of Wisconsin is being presented to 18-year-old Pat Stoycheff by Chief Justice John Martin. The scroll will introduce Pat to new fri... |
| Date: | 04 04 1958 |
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| Description: | Shown outside the State Capitol after leaving the Supreme Court Chambers: (L to R): Dorothy Gregory; Mrs. Charles Doyle and daughter, Kathleen; Mrs. George... |
| Date: | 05 09 1958 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 18 1958 |
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| Description: | Three men next to a large poster with the words: "World's Largest Insurance Policy issued to Milwaukee Braves on behalf of Citizens of Wisconsin. Vernon Th... |
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