WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1997 - 1998


     Automobile Speedometer. Charles H. Warner of Beloit invented the auto-
mobile speedometer in 1909.
     Clothes Dryer. The Hamilton manufacturing company of Two Rivers de-
veloped the first automatic clothes dryer in 1935.
     First Super Bowl. In January 1968, the Green Bay Packers won the first
championship game to be played between the National and American football
leagues The competition was later named the Super Bowl.


  Sean Jones and son admire the Lombardi Trophy awarded to the Green Bay
Packersfollowing their
1997 Super Bowl victory. (photo courtesy of Green Bay Press-Gazette)


     The photographs by James T. Potter appearing on the following pages
cap-
ture the enduring beauty and timeless elegance of the Wisconsin State Capitol.


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