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Title: Eight Foot Tall Lawyer
Description: Clifford Thompson, the second tallest man in the world, being sworn into the Wisconsin state bar at the Wisconsin State Capitol by Justice Elmer E. Barlow. Others from left to right: Francis Sweitlik, dean of the Marquette Law School, Robert Schoen, Jane O'Meila, James D"Amato, and Clifford Thompson. All were students at the Marquette Law School in Milwaukee.
Image ID: 40054
Creation
Date: 		July 1, 1944 
Creator
Name: 		Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
City, State: Madison, Wisconsin
Collection
Name: 		Vinje, Arthur M. : Photographs and Negatives
Genre: Photographs
Additional
Information: 		One of two images. Published in Wisconsin State Journal July 3, 1944.
Subjects: Capitol buildings
Wisconsin State Capitol
Men
Women
Lawyers
 

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