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2nd Wisconsin Officers' Mess

Date: 1862
Description: Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry officers' mess. Pictured are: Surgeon A.J. Ward, Major Thomas S. Allen, Lt. Colonel Lucius Fairchild, and Colonel Edgar...
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Apollo 8 Honors

Date: 02 20 1969
Description: Astronaut James A. Lovell accepting a gift of cheese from Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles during a gathering in Lovell's honor. A model of the Apollo ...
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Lucius Fairchild with Dinner Guests

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Description: Lucius Fairchild in his dining room with guests, one of which is GAR Commander-in-chief, General Bryant. Fairchild, a Republican, was the 10th governor of...
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Governor Goodland and U.S. Senator Joseph H. Ball

Date: 03 13 1944
Description: Acting Governor Goodland talking with United States Senator Joseph H. Ball (R-Minn.), at a luncheon for Republican Presidential candidate Harold E. Stassen...
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Lord and Lady Halifax Visit

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Lord Halifax and Mrs. Walter (Madge) Goodland conversing at dinner.
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Lord and Lady Halifax Visit

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Lady Halifax conversing with Chief Justice Rosenberry while dining. Governor Walter Goodland is on right.
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Wisconsin Republican Party Testimonial Dinner for Thomas F. Coleman

Date: 06 04 1945
Description: Group portrait of four prominent Republicans at the testimonal dinner given for Thomas F. Coleman, chairman of the Republican voluntary committee, at the L...
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Wisconsin Legislative Banquet

Date: 03 20 1947
Description: Group portrait taken at Wisconsin Legislative banquet. Pictured left to right: Bishop William P. O'Connor, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Madison, Judge...
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Kiwanis Dinner

Date: 04 29 1947
Description: Left to right, center, are Gov. Rennebohm, J.N. Emerson, the president of the Kiwanis International and guest speaker who told of joining the Communist par...
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Joe McCarthy and Governor Kohler

Date: 10 03 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., seated together in the Eisenhower Presidential campaign train dining car.
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All-State Football Dinner

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Roy Matson, editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, Governor Oscar Rennebohm, and Wisconsin football coach Harry Stuhldreher, left to right, seated at a ban...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches Dinner

Date: 01 20 1948
Description: Officers and speakers attending the annual dinner meeting of the Wisconsin Council of Churches: front row, Dr. Hermann Morse, administrator of the Presbyte...
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Dinner for Bishop H. Clifford Northcott

Date: 09 14 1948
Description: Four attendees at a dinner at the Hotel Loraine welcoming Dr. H. Clifford Northcott, the newly-elected bishop of the Methodist Wisconsin conference. Pictu...
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University of Wisconsin Centennial Birthday Banquet

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm with main speaker Philip Reed of the General Electric Company at the University of Wisconsin centennial birthday banquet at the Gr...
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Lutheran Men's Club "Sweetheart's Dinner"

Date: 02 17 1949
Description: Speaker's table at the annual Lutheran Men's Club "Sweetheart's Dinner" held in the Lutheran Memorial Church, 1021 University Avenue. Seated left to right:...
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Lutheran Men's Club "Sweetheart's Dinner"

Date: 02 17 1949
Description: Speaker's table at the annual Lutheran Men's Club "Sweetheart's Dinner" held in the Lutheran Memorial Church, 1021 University Avenue. Seated left to right:...
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Mississippi Valley Historical Association Dinner

Date: 04 14 1949
Description: People sitting at the speakers' table at the Mississippi Valley Historical Association dinner at the Hotel Loraine. From left are Mrs. Oscar Rennebohm, wif...
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Rosenberry Testimonial Banquet

Date: 02 12 1950
Description: Chief Justice Rosenberry is seated at the head table with (left to right), Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Rennebohm, Gov. Oscar Rennebohm; Prof. William H. Kiekhofer; J...
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Frank Lloyd Wright and Admirers

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Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and Mrs. Wright at a Madison event honoring him. They are looking at a model of the Wright-designed model of Monona Terrace. With them ...
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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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