Photographs of Wisconsin Centennial Celebration at the Library of Congress, 1948.

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Photographs of Wisconsin Centennial Celebration at the Library of Congress, 1948.

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Photographs of the Wisconsin Centennial Celebration at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 29, 1948. Images include Alexander Wiley at a speaker's podium with Librarian of Congress Luther Evans, and Wiley with Evans shaking the hand of Merlin Hull in front of a display about Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. The legislation described a reference library for Congress only, containing "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress - and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein…" The original library was housed in the Washington, DC until August 1814, ...

Wiley, Alexander, 1884-1967

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United States senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Alexander Wiley : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727713 Alexander Wiley (b. May 26, 1884, Chippewa Falls, Wis.-d. May 26, 1967, Germantown, Pa.), U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, graduated from the University of Wisconsin law school. After serving as district attorney of Chippewa County, Wisconsin, he was engaged in non-political pursuits until elected as a ...

Hull, Merlin, 1870-1953.

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Evans, Luther Harris, 1902-1953.

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