Photograph
La Follette Signing Gas Tax Bill
| Governor Philip La Follette, the son of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., signing a gas tax bill. Senator John E. Cashman, author of the bill, stands on the left, and Assemblyman Henry Ellenbecker, a veteran Progressive, stands on right. Until 1925 the state highway system was funded through license registrations and the property tax. In that year a two-cent per gallon tax created the segregated highway fund. The 1931 bill signed by Governor La Follette increased the tax to four cents per gallon. |
| Image ID: | 19370 |
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| Creation Date: | 03 31 1931 |
| Creator Name: | McVicar, Angus B., 1903-1964 |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Photo Copy Service photographs and negatives, 1925-1983 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6058.2384B |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| Governors |
| Legislators |
| Men |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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