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Main Street Office Building

Date: 1963
Description: View from street towards a Main Street office building. "Here is the historic Port Washington building which once housed the law firm of Pierce & Stanford ...
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Attorneys Dorothy Baldwin and Emily Dodge

Date: 11 01 1945
Description: Madison attorneys Dorothy Baldwin and Emily Dodge, who organized what is believed to be the only all-woman law firm in Wisconsin.
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Sir Charles Lyell, Geologist

Date: 1869
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), Scottish lawyer, geologist, and advocate of uniformitarianism. Handwritten text at the bottom o...
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State Bar Association in front of New Pfister Hotel

Date: 1929
Description: Panoramic group portrait of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin outside of the newly-built Pfister Hotel.
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Law Fraternity Banquet

Date: 02 26 1947
Description: Three newly initiated members of the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity, Ryan chapter, shown with two guests at the initiation banquet. Left to right: John ...
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Warren D. Lucas, Attorney

Date: 03 21 1947
Description: Attorney Warren D. Lucas, candidate for Madison City Council, seated at his desk.
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William C. Sachtjen, Attorney

Date: 03 20 1947
Description: Attorney William C. Sachtjen, candidate for Madison City Council, seated at his desk.
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William B. Smith, Attorney

Date: 03 21 1947
Description: Attorney William B. Smith, candidate for Madison City Council, seated at his desk.
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Wiley Branton and Thurgood Marshall

Date: 1957
Description: Wiley Branton (left), the Little Rock NAACP attorney, and Thurgood Marshall, the special counsel of the NAACP, at the U.S. Court of Appeals hearing on the ...
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Frank A. Ross, Madison Attorney

Date: 04 22 1947
Description: Portrait of Attorney Frank A. Ross, 3547 Topping Road, Shorewood Hills, in the library of the law firm of Spohn, Ross, Stevens & Lamb. A partner in the fir...
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Alleged killers after confessing to the murder of two people. Seated are Buford Sennett, Richland Center, and Robert Winslow, Owen, standing behind them i...
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William T. Evjue in Court

Date: 11 21 1947
Description: W.T. Evjue, editor of the Capital Times, pleading not guilty in Superior Court, charged for publishing the name of a 19-year-old rape victim. To the...
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Fred E. Risser

Date: 11 27 1946
Description: Portrait of Attorney Frederic E. Risser seated at his desk.
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Emerson Ela at West Washington Avenue Underpass Hearing

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Emerson Ela, attorney, speaking at a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenue under the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railro...
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San W. Orr at West Washington Avenue Underpass Hearing

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: San W. Orr, attorney, speaking at a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenue under the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroa...
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Oscar Toebaas

Date: 04 15 1948
Description: Waist-up portrait of Oscar Toebaas, sitting. He is an attorney with Wilkie, Toebaas, Hart, Kraege, and Jackman law firm. Mr. Toebaas is a nominee for the W...
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Amasa Cobb in Uniform

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Description: Portrait of Amasa Cobb seated, wearing his military unform.
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Amasa Cobb

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Description: Oval, head and shoulders portrait of Amasa Cobb.
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Attorney General Swearing-In Ceremony

Date: 06 04 1948
Description: Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Elmer Barlow, left, administering the oath of office to Grover Broadfoot,(1892-1962) the new attorney general for Wisconsin...
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Daisy Bates and NAACP Lawyer Robert Carter

Date: 12 03 1957
Description: Daisy Bates confers with NAACP lawyer Robert Carter, after she was fined $100 and court costs of $150 for failure to open confidential NAACP financial and ...

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