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Governor Heil Signing Bill

Date: 05 03 1939
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil sitting at his desk signing a bill, with four men looking on from behind.
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Around-the-world Telephone Call

Date: 03 18 1931
Description: Norman Clapp, Appleton High School student, sitting in the governor's chair, represents Wisconsin in the around-the-world telephone conversation held in co...
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Governor Philip F. La Follette

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: Governor-elect Philip F. La Follette reading a telegram at the La Follette campaign headquarters.
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Wendell Willkie and Aaron Martin Brayton

Date: 03 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie visits with Aaron Martin Brayton, retired editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, on his bed in a local hospital room during Willkie'...
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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, at her desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Phoning for Ike and Dick

Date: 11 1952
Description: Phone bank of Madison supporters for the Republican Presidential ticket: Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.
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Wis. Supreme Court Official

Date: 12 27 1947
Description: Portrait of a young man assumed to be an employee of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, taken inside the Wisconsin state capitol building.
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Julius Kelly, County Treasurer

Date: 01 09 1948
Description: Portrait of Julius Kelly, newly elected County Treasurer by the Dane County Board.
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Optimist Week Designation

Date: 11 08 1948
Description: Madison City Manager Leonard G. Howell signing a proclamation designating Nov. 7-13 as Optimist Week in Madison. Looking on, left to right, are: Charles Th...
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Madison Altrusa Club

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: Altrusa Club members preparing for a benefit program for the club's scholarship and hospital fund, at which Kathryn Turney Garten will give a book review. ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Organizers

Date: 07 12 1950
Description: Organizers of the 1950 Madison Soap Box Derby gather around a table while examining papers. Pictured left to right, front row, are: Glenn "Pat" Holmes, Joh...
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Couple Receiving Marriage License

Date: 06 13 1952
Description: Dane County marriage license clerk Mercedes Dufour, (left), issues a license to Lucille A. Roth and Amos M. Skogen for their leap year wedding at the East ...
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Leonard Schmitt Talkathon

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Volunteer telephone workers take questions phoned in for Leonard F. Schmitt, Merrill attorney, who is challenging U.S. Senator Joseph B. McCarthy for the R...
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Rebecca Chalmers Barton

Date: 07 08 1953
Description: Portrait of Rebecca Chalmers Barton, Director of the Wisconsin Governor's Commission on Human Rights, seated at her desk.
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Dena Smith

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Dena Smith is the private secretary for her husband, Warren Smith, the Wisconsin State Treasurer.
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Governor Walter Kohler

Date: 10 30 1954
Description: Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler sits at his desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol executive office while making phone calls to encourage state residents to ...
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Assembly Floor

Date: 1967
Description: Democratic leadership on the Wisconsin Assembly floor: left to right: Robert T. Huber, minority leader; David R. Obey, assistant minority leader, and Norma...
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One Millionth Telephone in Wisconsin Installed

Date: 11 15 1957
Description: The original caption states: "the Wisconsin Telephone Co.'s one-millionth telephone now in service was presented to Gov. Vernon W. Thomson by Charles E. Wa...
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Madison League of Women Voters Convention

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Four women taking part in a skit at the Madison League of Women Voters convention at the Unitarian Meeting House. Left to right are: Mrs. Mary Newgent, Mrs...
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Mayoral Secretary Adeline Brunke Retires

Date: 07 23 1965
Description: Adeline Brunke is shown at her desk in the Mayor's office on her last day before retirement. She served as secretary for four Madison mayors in the past se...

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