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Capitol Interior (third) — Supreme Court Chamber

Date: 1893
Description: Interior view of the Supreme Court room in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, with Chief Justice William Penn Lyon seated in the center, and Justices J.B. ...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices

Date: 10 13 1930
Description: Robed Wisconsin Supreme Court justices sitting in their courtroom in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Supreme Court

Date: 1903
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1903, the year in which a constitutional amendment approved expansion of the court from five to seven judg...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Supreme Court Detail

Date: 1903
Description: Detail of the 1903 group portrait of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, showing Justice Robert G. Siebecker, then the least senior member of the court. Siebecker...
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Judge Proctor's Courtroom

Date: 1933
Description: Judge Roy H. Proctor, Superior Court, in the Dane County Court House.
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Judge Vel Phillips

Date: 1971
Description: Portrait of Vel Phillips in her judges's black robe with an American flag behind her. She was the 13th District Children's Court judge, the first woman and...
Drawing

Karl Armstrong

Date: 03 20 1973
Description: Artist's courtroom depiction of Karlton Armstrong. He is sitting with his arms folded and legs crossed, with the judge visible in the background.
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Judge McCarthy

Date: 1946
Description: Judge Joseph R. McCarthy sitting at the bench at the Outagamie Courthouse. This photograph was featured in McCarthy's U.S. Senate campaign literature in 19...
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Judge McCarthy in Court

Date: 07 1942
Description: Circuit Judge Joseph R. McCarthy wearing his Marine uniform a few days before he left for active duty.
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William T. Evjue in Court

Date: 11 21 1947
Description: W.T. Evjue, editor of the Capital Times, pleading not guilty in Superior Court, charged for publishing the name of a 19-year-old rape victim. To the...
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Alledged Safecracker

Date: 02 15 1950
Description: George Beecraft, 23, of 121 S. Marquette Street is shown (right) pleading not guilty before Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor to charges of safecracking at the...
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New Madison Police Officers

Date: 04 03 1950
Description: Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor explains the procedure of his court to Madison's 22 new police officers that will go on duty July 1, 1950. New police officer...
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Circuit Judge Michael Torphy

Date: 06 16 1980
Description: Circuit Judge Michael Torphy, presiding over the murder trial of Barbara Hoffman.
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Shorewood Hills Dog Trial

Date: 05 16 1951
Description: Edwin Conrad, Shorewood Hills Justice of the Peace, acts as presiding judge in the trial of Sandy, a collie dog owned by Russell Nelson, who is accused of ...
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Larceny Trial

Date: 11 19 1951
Description: Corporal Don Price Jr., Truax Field soldier, is shown at far right as he pleads guilty to larceny charges involving credit union funds in Superior Court. A...
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Larceny Trial

Date: 11 19 1951
Description: Alice Yngsdahl, center right, is shown in Superior Court with her attorney, W. Curtis Farmer, as Court Clerk Virginia McRedmond, right, reads the complaint...
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Supreme Court of the United States

Date: 1940
Description: Formal group portrait of the United States Supreme Court with Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) seated in the middle of the front row.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Judicial Circuits

Date: 1922
Description: A map of Wisconsin showing the state’s judicial districts, it also provides the population total for each county.
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Oath of Citizenship

Date: 01 17 1956
Description: The oath of citizenship is administered to a class of 31 in the Madison Federal Court. Edgar Alstad, clerk of court, administers the oath as Judge Patrick ...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices

Date: 06 26 1957
Description: Justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court are shown posed seated in their court chambers in the Capitol. Justices are, left to right:, E.L. Wingert, George C...

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