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Legislators Signing In

Date: 1951
Description: Newly-elected members of the Wisconsin Assembly signing in. Facing the camera left to right are: E. William Proxmire (D-Madison), Hermann Eisner (D-Cross P...
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Governor Kohler on Inauguration Day

Date: 01 01 1951
Description: Walter J. Kohler, Jr. is sitting on an oversized sofa in the Governor's office prior to his inauguration ceremony. With him are Wisconsin's other constitut...
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Thomas E. Coleman (1893-1964)

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Description: Portrait of Thomas E. Coleman sitting at a desk. He was the "boss" of the Republican Party in Wisconsin in the 1950s and President of Madison-Kipp Corporat...
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Swearing-In Wisconsin State Senators

Date: 01 09 1951
Description: Swearing-in ceremony of 6 of 17 new Wisconsin State Senators. Left to right: Henry W. Meier (D-Milwaukee), Arthur A. Lenroot (R-Superior), Frank E. Panzer...
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Wisconsin State Senators

Date: 01 09 1951
Description: Wisconsin State Senators signing-in in the Senate Chambers of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Gaylord Nelson and Carl Thompson

Date: 07 21 1952
Description: Carl Thompson, Stoughton, national committeeman, and Gaylord Nelson, then a state senator and the chair of the Wisconsin delegation, conferring on the floo...
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Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr.

Date: 01 11 1951
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., addresses a joint session of the Wisconsin State Legislature.
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Eleanor Roosevelt at Press Conference

Date: 01 18 1953
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt interviewed by the press prior to her Sunday afternoon talk in the Memorial Union Theater.
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Eleanor Roosevelt Press Conference

Date: 01 19 1953
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt interviewed by the press prior to her Sunday afternoon talk in the Memorial Union Theater.
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Fred Zimmerman, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Fred Zimmerman, Wisconsin Secretary of State, holding three checks dated January 31, 1944. The checks are payable to First Wisconsin National Bank, Milwau...
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U.S. Representative Melvin J. Maas

Date: 03 20 1944
Description: United States Representative Melvin J. Maas (R-Minn.), visiting with his daughter, Mrs. Maryanne Wood, a student at the University of Wisconsin.
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Helen Harkness Eby

Date: 06 05 1944
Description: Helen Harkness Eby, vice-chairman Second Congressional District of the Republican Party of Wisconsin and treasurer of the women's section, posing outdoors.
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National Democratic Political Convention

Date: 07 17 1944
Description: National Democratic political convention in Chicago. Shown, left to right, are: George Schlotthauer, Democratic candidate for the Wisconsin State Senate fr...
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National Democratic Political Convention

Date: 07 17 1944
Description: National Democratic political convention in Chicago. Delegates William B. Rubin, Milwaukee, and Mrs. Cecilia Garvin, Elroy.
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National Democratic Political Convention

Date: 06 17 1944
Description: National Democratic political convention in Chicago. State Democratic Chairman, Thomas R. King, and delegate, Cecilia Garvin from Elroy.
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National Democratic Political Convention

Date: 07 17 1944
Description: National Democratic political convention in Chicago. William B. Rubin, Milwaukee, and former Senator Harry W. Bolens, Port Washington.
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National Democratic Political Convention

Date: 07 17 1944
Description: National Democratic political convention in Chicago. Representative Howard McMurray, Milwaukee, candidate for United States Senator, and Thomas R. King, Oc...
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National Democratic Political Convention

Date: 07 17 1944
Description: National Democratic political convention in Chicago. Former Senator, Harry W. Bolens, Port Washington; Otto Stielow, Sheboygan; and John Kehoe, Green Bay.
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National Democratic Political Convention

Date: 06 17 1944
Description: National Democratic political convention in Chicago. Thomas R. King, State Democratic Party Chairman, and William B. Rubin, delegate from Milwaukee.
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Ambassador Lord and Lady Halifax

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Ambassador Lord (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood) and Lady Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, at the train station. Left to right: Lady Halifa...

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