Territorial Supreme Court moving photographs, 1955-1956.

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Territorial Supreme Court moving photographs, 1955-1956.

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Photographs of the 1955 removal of the building which housed the first Wisconsin territorial Supreme Court, at Old Belmont, Wis., from its original site to a new location in First Capitol State Park. Images show the building on moving wheels and on its new foundation, workmen improving siding and building a small addition on the north end, and interior details showing construction and replastering. Photographed by Raymond Sivesind and John Girman of Mineral Point, Wis.

40 photographs (1 folder)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924016

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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