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| Date: | 02 18 2008 |
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| Description: | Michelle Obama, wife of politician Barack Obama, greeting Wisconsin State Representative Jennifer Shilling at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Ali Velshi interviewing Wisconsin State Senator (4th District) Lena Taylor as a camera operator is filming them. They are standing in the press staging are... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Journalist and reporter, Ali Velshi, interviewing Wisconsin State Senator (4th district) Lena Taylor in the Panther Arena during the Republican presidentia... |
| Date: | 05 04 1949 |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm, seated at his desk in the foreground, signs a bill into law ending segregation in the Wisconsin National Guard because of race, c... |
| Date: | 07 18 1947 |
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| Description: | LeRoy J. Simmons (D.-Milwaukee) filling his "plunder box" with copies of statutes and bills, at the end of the State Legislative term. |
| Date: | 02 11 2016 |
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| Description: | South Carolina State Rep. Justin Bamberg, a supporter for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, talking to reporters in the spin room after the... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of Joe Davis, Milwaukee's 2nd district Alderman, as he is speaking through a megaphone to a crowd of protesters outside the Republican presid... |
| 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: | 1971 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Madison City Council. Names, (l to r), Joseph Thompson, Paul Soglin, Dennis McGilligan, Susan Kay Phillips, and Eugene Parks. |
| Date: | 02 11 2016 |
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| Description: | Hillary Clinton greeting Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, two anchors of the PBS NewsHour and the moderators for the Democratic presidential debate, held in t... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin leans over to confer with Congressman Tim Wirth during a meeting of the House Budget Committee. Obey's aide Scott Lill... |
| Date: | 07 02 2015 |
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| Description: | President Barack Obama is standing at a podium and addressing a crowd of people at UW-LaCrosse. Three secret service men are standing around him. Both the ... |
| Date: | 02 11 2016 |
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| Description: | Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders standing at podiums and answering questions posed by Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, the moderators of the Democratic pres... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | View looking towards three reporters sitting in chairs behind long tables as they are watching Marco Rubio on a screen in the media filing room. The man in... |
| Date: | 03 1972 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster supporting Shirley Chisholm, an African American woman who was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th District for seven terms from ... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Composite of portraits of the men of the Wisconsin Assembly. Clerks and employees: 1. T.B. Reid, Sgt-at-Arms 2. W.A. Nowell, Chief Clerk 3. M. Knig... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Joe Davis, Milwaukee's 2nd district Alderman, speaking through a megaphone to a crowd of protesters outside the Republican presidential debate. He is stand... |
| Date: | 04 1987 |
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| Description: | Singer Harry Bellafonte, then the ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) testified on behalf of the fund before the House Appropriation... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Lucian (or Lucien) H. Palmer from the 1907 composite image of the Wisconsin Assembly. In 1906, Palmer (a Republican) was the... |
| One Man's Journey from Slavery to Madison Business Owner to State Assembly Staff Member |
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| Learn about a freed slave's intriguing story as a barber serving Wisconsin's prominent politicians, and as a well-known, beloved face in the capital city. |
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