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Candid Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.



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Title: Candid Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Description: Candid portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., smiling, with his arms crossed during the 1922 senatorial campaign. This snapshot is one of a series taken by Madison writer/photographer Fred Holmes, who also worked in various editorial capacities with La Follette's Magazine (later the Progressive Magazine). It is likely that the photographs were taken in the magazine office.
Image ID: 26838
Creation
Date: 		1922 
Creator
Name: 		Holmes, Frederick L.
Collection
Name: 		Name File
Genre: Photographs
Additional
Information: 		This snapshot must have been a family favorite because it appears opposite the title page of the biography of the senator written by Belle Case La Follette and Fola La Follette Middleton.
Subjects: Men
Portrait photography
Legislators
Politicians
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Progressivism (United States politics)
 

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