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State Panel in Waushara County Electric Cooperative Building

Date: 08 15 1966
Description: A panel of Wisconsin state officials at Waushara County Electric Cooperative building meeting with Oberos Unidos (United Workers) migrant farm workers unio...
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Nixon Cabinet Meeting

Date: 05 20 1971
Description: President Richard Nixon meeting with his cabinet in the White House. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, originally from Marshfield, Wisconsin, is to his l...
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Dane County Board Meeting

Date: 03 24 1954
Description: Arthur Woerpel, head of the Service Department, takes a gloomy view of the board's proceedings.
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Nixon Meeting

Date: 04 04 1972
Description: President Richard Nixon meeting with Secretary of the Navy John Chafee, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin, and Secretary of State Henry Kissin...
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Madison City Council Meeting

Date: 11 24 1953
Description: Spectators and members at the Madison City Council meeting on November 24, 1953. Alderman R.E. Nuckles is leaning on a table while listening to the proceed...
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State Budget Hearing

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: Assemblyman Emil Hinz from Merrill, a member of the Finance Committee, studying the 260-page budget document prepared by the Dept. of Administration.
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State Commission on Human Rights Officers

Date: 03 12 1959
Description: Newly elected officers of the State Commission on Human Rights. "They are, left to right, the Rev. Perry Saito, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Stev...
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Shorewood Hills-Blackhawk Country Club Meeting

Date: 02 23 1960
Description: Once a year, members of the Shorewood Hills village board and members of the Blackhawk Country Club board of directors get together for a social evening to...
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Madison City Council Meeting

Date: 11 24 1953
Description: Spectators and members at the Madison City Council meeting on November 24, 1953. At the left, is Carl H. Wilhelm, council president. Alder Ethel Brown is ...
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We Saw You . . . at Council Changeover

Date: 04 17 1960
Description: The Madison City Council holds a reorganizing meeting after the spring elections. Alderman Harrison L. Garner, 13th Ward, starting his 31st year on the Cit...
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Dane County Board Meeting

Date: 03 24 1954
Description: Hermann Eisner (left) from the town of Berry is speaking as Dane County Board Chairman Robert Eisner of Madison Ward 17 rapping his gavel. The air is hazy ...
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We Saw You . . . at Council Opening

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Newly elected Madison City Council President, Alderman William C. Sachtjen (left) admires one of the desk microphones in the new City-Council Building Coun...
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State Budget Hearing

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: At left is Senator William Draheim, Neenah, chair of the Legislature's Joint Committee, and co-chair Everett Bidwell, Portage, center, listen to a budget e...
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Lions Club Constitution Day Dinner

Date: 09 19 1950
Description: Head table guests shown include Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild; the Reverend Robert G. Borgwardt, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church; Governor Ren...
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Dane County Board Meeting

Date: 03 24 1954
Description: The Dane County Board of 82 members is one of the largest in the nation. Left to right are: Darwin Bruns (De Forest), F.E. Madsen (Village of Oregon) and R...
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Dane County Board Meeting

Date: 03 24 1954
Description: Frank Gugel of Madison Ward 8 standing at his seat to speak as Ivor McBeath of Madison Ward 11 (hand on chin) and Orin McConnell from the Town of Pleasant ...
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Public Housing Hearing at Madison Common Council

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: Elevated view of members of the Madison Common (City) Council and speakers at a hearing of the Madison Housing Authority's (MHA) proposed public housing pr...
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Yahara River Hearing by Dane County Park Commission

Date: 07 13 1949
Description: Dane County Park Commission meeting to hear complaints regarding dead fish in the Yahara River. Stoughton Mayor Truman Felland is standing at the right, te...
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We Saw You . . . at Council Opening

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Five new Madison City Council members are sworn in at the Council's reorganization meeting held in the new City-County Building Council Chamber. Shown (lef...
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We Saw You . . . at Council Opening

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Madison City Council holds its reorganization meeting in the new City-County Building Council Chamber. Shown from left to right are City Clerk A. W. Bareis...

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