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Draft Protest Meeting
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Elevated view of some of the nearly 70 farmers and their wives from nine Wisconsin counties gathered in the state assembly chamber to hear a discussion of farm deferments by the State Selective Service Director Bentley Courtenay, and the group leader Adolph Maasen.
May 8, 1952
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Draft Protest Meeting
May 8, 1952
Adolph Maasen (left), the leader of a group of state farmers claiming prejudice against farmers by the State Selective Service, observing Colonel Bentley Courtenay addressing the group in the state...
Selective Service Officials
May 1, 1959
Lieutenant General Lewis B. Hershey (left), national selective service director, confers with his Wisconsin counterpart, Colonel Bentley Courtenay.
Knights of Columbus Officers
January 5, 1952
Portrait of nine Madison and state officers of the Knights of Columbus at a meeting at the Loraine Hotel.
Naval Officers' Wives Plan Dance
April 23, 1952
Five naval officers' wives making plans for the May dinner dance of the Naval Officers' and Wives' Club. Seated, left to right, are: Mrs. A.F. (Emily A.) Ahearn; Mrs. R.L. (Maxine C.) Kulzick; and ...
Knights of Columbus Officers
May 20, 1952
The 1952 officers of the Wisconsin state council, Knights of Columbus, at the organization's golden jubilee convention in Madison.
Madison Army Officers' Wives Club
November 10, 1944
Four officers' wives at the Madison Army Officers' Wives club meeting held at the Capital Hotel. From left to right: Mrs. E.F. Bond, Mrs. Stephen Garrett, Mrs. Douglas McAusland, and Mrs. Jerry Bra...
