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Date: | 02 21 1961 |
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Description: | Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. All eyes are watching the movie "Ope... |
Date: | 02 21 1961 |
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Description: | Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Assembly chamber is overflowing ... |
Date: | 02 21 1961 |
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Description: | Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Emil Muelver, Milwaukee, listens to ... |
Date: | 02 21 1961 |
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Description: | Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. University of Wisconsin Professor Ed... |
Date: | 01 11 1961 |
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Description: | Standing on a desk in the Assembly Chamber is Beth Coggs, four-year-old daughter of Assemblyman Isaac Coggs, a Democrat from Milwaukee. She is holding a do... |
Date: | 01 11 1961 |
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Description: | New Assemblyman Frederick P. Kessler, Democrat from Milwaukee, receiving a kiss on the check from his mother, Mrs. Frederick Kessler. Kessler, the younges... |
Date: | 01 11 1961 |
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Description: | Shown signing in as one of new legislators is Robert O. Uehling, a Republican from Madison. At left is Norman Anderson, Assemblyman representing Dane Count... |
Date: | 01 02 1961 |
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Description: | A pre-inauguration conversation in the governor's office. Left to right are: Secretary of State Robert C. Zimmerman, Lieutenant Governor Warren P. Knowles,... |
Date: | 01 02 1961 |
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Description: | Two state officers that were inaugurated at ceremonies in the State Capitol. State Treasurer Dena Smith, Milwaukee, is the first woman ever elected to a Wi... |
Date: | 01 02 1961 |
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Description: | Supreme Court Chief Justice John E. Martin administers the oath of office to newly elected Governor Gaylord A. Nelson during the inaugural ceremonies in th... |
Date: | 01 02 1961 |
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Description: | Five state officers with their heads bowed during the invocation at the inaugural ceremonies at the State Capitol. Left to right are Attorney General John ... |
Date: | 01 02 1961 |
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Description: | Cynthia (Tia) Nelson, age 4, wanting a little attention from her mother, Mrs. Gaylord Nelson just before Governor Gaylord Nelson takes his oath of office i... |
Date: | 01 02 1961 |
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Description: | A line of well-wishers waiting in the State Capitol to greet Governor and Mrs. Gaylord Nelson after the inauguration ceremonies. |
Date: | 12 22 1960 |
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Description: | Christmas gifts are collected around the State Capitol rotunda Christmas tree from state employees to give to developmentally disabled children staying in ... |
Date: | 01 02 1961 |
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Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson delivering his inaugural address in the State Capitol rotunda. |
Date: | 12 05 1960 |
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Description: | A group of truck drivers from Kenosha picketing at the State Capitol. They are protesting Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) rate orders involving transp... |
Date: | 09 12 1960 |
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Description: | The yachts Ivanhoe (L), skippered by Philip L. Peoples, and Wannaboy (R), skippered by H. John Sangmeister, race during the Mallory Cup on La... |
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Description: | Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. "Proxmire for Governor" car parked illegally at Capitol." |
Date: | 07 21 1960 |
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Description: | The state Department of Administration Bureau of General Services and the Madison Fire Department conduct a practice fire drill at the State Capitol during... |
Date: | 05 12 1959 |
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Description: | Wisconsin Governor Gaylord Nelson receives a poppy in his office from Selma Mepham, chairman of the 1959 state poppy drive. Looking on are Florence Wooleve... |
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