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Governor La Follette Signing Bill

Date: 06 12 1931
Description: Governor La Follette signing old age pension bill.
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Fred Dennett

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Fred Dennett.
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Lyall Scott

Date: 11 05 1953
Description: Portrait of Lyall Scott, an epilepsy sufferer, and one of the leaders in lobbying for rights for people with epilepsy in the state of Wisconsin.
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Maurine Mulliner

Date: 1937
Description: Maurine Mulliner was the first Executive Secretary to the Social Security Board, beginning in 1936. This photograph is inscribed "To Wilbur [Cohen] with af...
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Cap Pistol Legalization

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: After Governor Kohler signed legislation legalizing the sale of caps and cap pistols, many youth prepared to celebrate the Independence Day holiday with th...
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Cap Pistol Legalization

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: After Governor Kohler signed legislation legalizing the sale of caps and cap pistols, many youth prepared to celebrate the Independence Day holiday with th...
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Presidential Political Campaign Advertisements

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Description: Two political campaign door flyers for John Kerry and running mate John Edwards. The one on the left includes a portrait of John Kerry standing behind a po...
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National Hearing Month

Date: 05 09 1958
Description: Governor Vernon Thompson signs an official proclamation declaring May as national hearing month. Sitting on his knee is Jean Monteith, 4, of Richland Cente...
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David G. James

Date: 06 1919
Description: Former Wisconsin State Senator David G. James, Republican from Richland Center (1908-1912) and the father of suffragist Ada James, on his trip to Washingto...
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Group of Women with ERA-YES Vehicle

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Description: A group of women are standing together in front of a camper-van? Signs on the side and back of the vehicle read: "ERA," "ERA-YES!" and "Kenosha, Wis. N.O.W...

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