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1961 Press Photo Statehouse workers stack cots.

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9.25 x 7 in.

Photo is dated 06/06/1961.

Statehouse workers stack cots in the passageway behind the Illinois House 6/7 as Republicans filibuster over a proposed increase in city sales tax. Speaker Paul Powell ordered cots to show he was going to wait out the filibuster.

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