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| Date: | 03 03 1913 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a suffrage parade, with a large crowd looking on. The sign on the horse-drawn wagon reads: "We Demand an Amendment to the Constitution of ... |
| Date: | 12 29 1911 |
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| Description: | A pro-La Follette political cartoon entitled "Mr. La Follette's Strongest Card" depicting Wisconsin before and after reforms brought about by Governor Robe... |
| Date: | 02 04 1945 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Assembly Chamber at the Wisconsin State Capitol, with seating for legislators, featuring the Edward Blashfield mural: "The State of Wi... |
| Date: | 02 04 1945 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber mural, "The State of Wisconsin, its Past, Present, and Future," by Edwin Blashfield. Also shows Speaker's podium a... |
| Date: | 11 24 1931 |
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| Description: | Governor Philip F. La Follette delivers a special message on welfare relief to a special session of the legislature in the assembly chamber of the Wisconsi... |
| Date: | 09 31 1961 |
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| Description: | A cartoon of a passed bill leaving Assembly holding a sign that reads, "Look Ma, No Veto!". |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | A cartoon of a rejected bill being sent away by a man in a top hat, who is holding back a dog on a leash. |
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| Description: | View of the interior of the House of Representatives in the National Capitol. |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Cartoon depicting a very old Uncle Sam signing the Genocide Treaty while a man behind him says, "Better 37 years late than never, I suppose!". |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Key to a composite portrait of the members of Congress who voted for to pass the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which the caption misidenti... |
| Date: | 08 15 1938 |
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| Description: | Banquet celebrating the third anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act. From left to right: David J. Lewis, Congressman from Maryland, and Sen... |
| Date: | 08 14 1968 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer stands at the podium speaking about the 33rd anniversary of the Social Security bill. Wilbur Cohen and Robert Ball and an unidentified man ... |
| Date: | 08 14 1968 |
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| Description: | View towards podium of Wilbur Cohen presenting Arthur Altmeyer, the first director of the Social Security Board, with a plaque at the anniversary celebrati... |
| Date: | 02 04 1783 |
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| Description: | One of the first and few maps to attempt to map the new boundaries of the United States and British territories during the preliminary treaty at the end of... |
| Date: | 1794 |
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| Description: | Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River. It shows borders, treaty lines, forts, cities, towns, Native American land, mountains, swamps, lake... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster with two cartoons under the headline. The cartoon on the left is titled: "Snowed Under," and displays a truck labeled American Indu$trie$ stalled in... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster with two cartoon panels. In the panel on the left, a man in a military uniform, labeled "General Business," is forced to dance by a hand firing a gu... |
| Date: | 04 27 1964 |
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| Description: | Twenty-seven members of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) are linking arms and singing "We Shall Overcome" in the balcony of the Wisconsin Assembly Ch... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire posing with a poster detailing money saving bills he has introduced and how the savings can be used. |
| Date: | 01 14 1959 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant Governor Philleo Nash gavels the Wisconsin State Senate to order for the 1959 session. He is a Democrat from Wisconsin Rapids. |
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