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| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Political cartoon of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. A verse is written below the cartoon and refers to the period when he first became a senator. The verse is ... |
| Date: | 12 01 1932 |
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| Description: | Mayor James R. Law standing at the City Clerk's counter taking oath of office being administered by the city clerk, John Fahning. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Citizens line up at the City Clerk office to register to vote while a woman raises her hand to take the oath. |
| Date: | 06 20 1920 |
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| Description: | Herbert Hoover, during his tenure as head of the U.S. Food Administration, receiving an honorary degree from Brown University. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | 75th anniversary celebration of the birth of the Republican Party at Ripon. Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., stands on the podium in front of the Little Whi... |
| Date: | 08 18 1885 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk and his staff at the funeral of General Ulysses S. Grant in New York City. Present with Rusk, 5th from the left, and i... |
| Date: | 12 28 1948 |
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| Description: | City Clerk Alfred W. Bareis swears in police chief Bruce Weatherly. Alfred W. Bareis was mayor from 1955-1956. |
| Date: | 04 09 1969 |
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| Description: | Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and King Hussein of Jordan at a diplomatic reception in Washington, D.C. Hussein was on a personal mission to attempt to ... |
| Date: | 09 28 1970 |
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| Description: | Pope Paul VI greets President Richard Nixon at the Vatican. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, second from the right next to Mrs Nixon, accompanied the Pre... |
| Date: | 12 11 1944 |
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| Description: | Charles H. Cashin (right) of Stevens Point being sworn in by Clerk of Court Herbert C. Hale as the U.S. Attorney for the Western Wisconsin District. |
| Date: | 01 01 1945 |
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| Description: | Chief Justice Marvin E. Rosenberry administers the oath of office to Walter S. Goodland, Governor-elect of the State of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 01 01 1945 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant Governor Oscar Rennebohm being sworn in by Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry. |
| Date: | 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson signing the bill which created Menominee County as the state's 72nd county. The new county consisted of those portions of Shawano a... |
| Date: | 01 06 1947 |
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| Description: | Pictured at the inauguration of state officers in the Wisconsin State Capitol are, front row from left: Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman, Governor Walt... |
| Date: | 01 06 1947 |
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| Description: | Pictured at the inaugural reception at the state executive residence are from the left: Mr. and Mrs. Claude Jasper, Parker Drive, and Lieutenant Governor ... |
| Date: | 04 06 1947 |
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| Description: | Wildon F. Whitney taking the oath of office as a member of Public Service Commission from Secretary of State Fred Zimmerman. |
| Date: | 01 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm and his wife Mary led the grand march, officially opening the Centennial Ball, held at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Following behi... |
| Date: | 01 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Pictured are, left to right: Attorney General John E. Martin, Mrs. Stewart (Lillian) Honeck, Mrs. John E. (Mary) Martin, and Deputy Attorney General Stewar... |
| Date: | 05 01 1948 |
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| Description: | Retiring mail carrier, Mike Cawley, accepting an envelope containing a token of appreciation from Myrtle L. Hansen, clerk of circuit court at the Dane Coun... |
| Date: | 05 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's Chairman of the State Highway Commission, James R. Law (left), greeting Secretary of the Interior, Julius A. Krug and his wife and son. They ar... |
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