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Governors Freeman and Nelson Chat

Date: 03 31 1960
Description: Governor Orville Freeman of Minnesota (left) chats with Wisconsin Governor Gaylord Nelson before a Freeman press conference in Nelson's office. Freeman is ...
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Inauguration Day for Governor Nelson and the First Lady

Date: 01 05 1959
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...
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Governor Nelson Receives a Purple Heart Viola

Date: 07 27 1959
Description: Six-year-old Deborah McCann presents a purple heart viola to Wisconsin Governor Gaylord Nelson. The Madison chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Hea...
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Wisconsin Savings Bond Drive

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson (right) receives his commission as honorary state chairman of the 1961 Savings Bond Drive from Harold F. Dickens, Milwaukee, who is...
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Eleven-Month University School Year Proposal Reaction

Date: 03 03 1959
Description: This photograph accompanied a story about the student reaction to a proposal by Governor Gaylord Nelson for an 11-month school year at the University of Wi...
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Inauguration Day and Supporters Greet Wisconsin's New First Family

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: Sixteen-month old Dave Watts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Watts, riding on his father's shoulders to greet Governor-elect Gaylord Nelson and Mrs. (Carrie) Nels...
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Governor Nelson Heading Home After His First Day of Work

Date: 01 06 1959
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson is shown entering the governor's official state car on Tuesday at the end of his first full day of service as Wisconsin's chief exe...
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Eleven-Month University School Year Proposal Reaction

Date: 03 03 1959
Description: This photograph accompanied a story about the student reaction to a proposal by Governor Gaylord Nelson for an 11-month school year at the University of Wi...
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Eleven-Month University School Year Proposal Reaction

Date: 03 03 1959
Description: This photograph accompanied a story about the student reaction to a proposal by Governor Gaylord Nelson for an 11-month school year at the University of Wi...
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Governor Starts State Poppy Drive

Date: 05 12 1959
Description: Wisconsin Governor Gaylord Nelson receives a poppy in his office from Selma Mepham, chairman of the 1959 state poppy drive. Looking on are Florence Wooleve...
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United States Naval Reserve Party

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: Carl Syvertsen explains the surface search radar apparatus to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Timothy Brown and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson at the Uni...
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Eleven-Month University School Year Proposal Reaction

Date: 03 03 1959
Description: This photograph accompanied a story about the student reaction to a proposal by Governor Gaylord Nelson for an 11-month school year at the University of Wi...
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Eleven-Month University School Year Proposal Reaction

Date: 03 03 1959
Description: This photograph accompanied a story about the student reaction to a proposal by Governor Gaylord Nelson for an 11-month school year at the University of Wi...
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Democratic Women's Luncheon Honoring Mrs. Gaylord Nelson

Date: 12 13 1958
Description: The wife of Wisconsin's governor-elect, Carrie Nelson (center), was honored at a luncheon by the Democratic women of Dane county. With her are the wives of...
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Governor Nelson Buys U.W. Homecoming Button

Date: 11 04 1959
Description: U.W. student Betty Miller pins a homecoming button on Governor Gaylord Nelson's lapel with U.W. President Conrad Elvejem looking on. At right is U.W. stude...
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U.W. Young Republicans Picketing

Date: 10 28 1960
Description: University Republican students picketing the Kennedy-Nelson campaign headquarters at 610 University Avenue, carrying signs asking why the Democratic campai...
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Harvey Dueholm

Date: 03 1978
Description: Informal portrait of Democratic Assemblyman Harvey Dueholm in the Wisconsin State Capitol. A retired farmer, Dueholm was well-known for his humorous, down...
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Madison Residents Look Forward to 1959

Date: 12 09 1958
Description: Current First Lady of Wisconsin and wife of Governor Vernon W. Thomson, (right). gives a tour of the Governor's Mansion, 101 Cambridge Road, Maple Bluff, t...
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Inaugural Ceremonies at the Wisconsin Capitol

Date: 01 02 1961
Description: A pre-inauguration conversation in the governor's office. Left to right are: Secretary of State Robert C. Zimmerman, Lieutenant Governor Warren P. Knowles,...
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Store at 520 North Street Operated by Handicapped People

Date: 12 12 1958
Description: A group attends the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Madison's new store, operated by handicapped people. Gathered in the doorway are Hazel Vivian, 1954 East Wa...

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