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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Attorney General Swearing-In Ceremony
June 4, 1948
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Elmer Barlow, left, administering the oath of office to Grover Broadfoot,(1892-1962) the new attorney general for Wisconsin.
New Member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
November 15, 1948
Former attorney general Grover Broadfoot being sworn in as the newest member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court by Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry. He was appointed by Governor Rennebohm to succeed ...
Supreme Court Swearing-In Ceremony
June 6, 1948
John E. Martin, left, is shown as he took the oath of office as a member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry is administering the oath to the former attorney general ...
Thomas Fairchild Taking Oath
March 30, 1951
Thomas Fairchild, right, former Wisconsin Attorney General, is sworn in as United States Attorney for the Western Wisconsin District. D.M. Alsad, Clerk of Court, gives the oath.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
January 4, 1954
Justice Roland Steinle, recently elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, takes the oath of office from chief Justice Edward T. Fairchild. The photo was taken in the court's conference room.
Wisconsin State Supreme Court
January 12, 1948
Group portrait of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court. Seated left to right are: Chester A. Fowler; Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry; and Oscar M. Fritz. Standing left to right are: Elmer E. Bar...
