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Senator and Mrs. Robert M. La Follette, Jr.
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Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and his wife Rachael Young La Follette in the library at Maple Bluff Farm. This photograph was taken during the year of their marriage. "Young Bob," as he was often known, was elected U.S. senator after the death of his father, Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in 1925.
September 30, 1930
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr.
September 30, 1930
Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. at the La Follette Farm in Maple Bluff. There is a spinning wheel beside him on the right near a bookcase.
Bob Jr., and Bob III
1930
Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., on the porch at Maple Bluff Farm with his wife and two of his brother's children, Judy and Robert M. La Follette, III. La Follette was elected to the Senate foll...
Portrait of Philip F. La Follette
November 4, 1930
Portrait of a smiling Philip F. La Follette, the younger son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., on election night.
Joseph Oden La Follette and His Grandmother
November 16, 1933
Joseph Oden La Follette, the son of Senator Robert La Follette, Jr., being held by his maternal grandmother, Harriet Oden of Washington, D.C.
Robert and Phillip La Follette
June 12, 1931
Portrait of Senator "Bob" and Governor "Phil" La Follette.
Robert La Follette, Sr. and Jr.
December 1906
Formal seated portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with Robert M. La Follette, Jr. standing by his side. This portrait was taken in Madison at the end of the elder La Follette's first year in th...
