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Wirka Takes Postmaster Oath
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Joseph J. Wirka, former superintendent of mails, on the left, is shown receiving the keys to the post office from Walter J. Hyland, on the right, retiring postmaster with 15 years of service, after being sworn in as Madison's acting postmaster by Merton G. Eberlein, center, Madison district post office inspector. The roses in the foreground were presented to Hyland by the clerks and supervisors.
December 31, 1948
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Walter J. Hyland
December 31, 1948
Portrait of Walter J. Hyland, retiring Madison postmaster, taken in his office behind a bouquet of roses presented to him by the postal clerks and supervisors.
Madison Central Post Office
November 20, 1948
Men and women in line at the Madison Central Post Office, 215 Monona Avenue.
Architectural Drawing for the Public Service Building
August 24, 1948
Framed architectural drawing by Law, Law, and Potter for the "Public Service Building."
New Attorney General Swearing-In
November 15, 1948
Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild, (right) being sworn in by his father, Justice Edward T. Fairchild, of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Wisconsin Postmasters' Management Conference
February 28, 1960
Key participants in the Wisconsin Postmaster's Management Conference are shown, left to right: Harold Van Buren (Hartland postmaster and secretary-treasurer of the Postmasters' Assn.); John Costell...
Attorney General Swearing-In Ceremony
June 4, 1948
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Elmer Barlow, left, administering the oath of office to Grover Broadfoot,(1892-1962) the new attorney general for Wisconsin.
