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Dane County Democratic Club Hostesses

Date: 10 01 1952
Description: Dane County Democratic club luncheon hostesses: Mrs. Thomas E. Fairchild, Mrs. Horace Wilkie, Mrs. William Proxmire (Elsie Rockefeller, his first wife), Mr...
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Eleanor Roosevelt at Press Conference

Date: 01 18 1953
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt interviewed by the press prior to her Sunday afternoon talk in the Memorial Union Theater.
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Eleanor Roosevelt Press Conference

Date: 01 19 1953
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt interviewed by the press prior to her Sunday afternoon talk in the Memorial Union Theater.
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Delegates at the State Democratic Convention

Date: 06 26 1948
Description: Group portrait of men chatting at the State Democratic Convention.
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Carl Thompson, Harry S. Truman, and Governor Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 10 15 1948
Description: Left to right are: Carl Thompson, Stoughton, Democratic candidate for governor; Harry S. Truman, President, and Democratic candidate for the presidency; an...
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Mrs. Harry S. (Bess) Truman and Daughter Margaret Truman

Date: 10 15 1948
Description: Mrs. Harry S.(Bess) Truman, at left, and her daughter, Margaret Truman, at right, seated on the speaker's platform at the University of Wisconsin stock pav...
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Democratic Donkey

Date: 10 28 1948
Description: Democratic donkey, with students "inside," who kicked the ball back and forth with the Republican elephant at Madison East Pageant night at the East vs. Ra...
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Dane County Democratic Club Victory Supper

Date: 11 22 1948
Description: Some members at Dane County Democratic Club Victory Supper. Seated from left to right are Mrs. Julia Boegholt, national committeewoman for the state, Geor...
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Assemblywoman Ruth Doyle with James Doyle

Date: 11 22 1948
Description: Assemblywoman Ruth Doyle with James Doyle, her husband, who was co-chairman of the state party's organizing committee which planned the campaign.
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Wisconsin's Twelve Democratic Electors

Date: 12 13 1948
Description: Wisconsin's twelve Democratic electors met at the Wisconsin State Capitol to cast the state's electoral votes for President Truman and Vice-President Barkl...
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Representative Ruth Doyle

Date: 02 25 1949
Description: Ruth B. Doyle, Representative, Democrat, Madison, Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin State Legislators

Date: 01 08 1951
Description: Two new Wisconsin State legislators, (from left to right) Arne Wicklund, Democrat, Iron and Vilas Counties; and George Sokolowski, Democrat, Milwaukee; con...
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Madison Democratic Women

Date: 04 10 1952
Description: Some of the members of the Madison Democratic Women who are making plans for their conference and spring tea. Sitting, left to right, are: Mrs. E. William ...
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Democratic Candidates at Crestwood Tea

Date: 08 02 1952
Description: Democratic candidates for office and their wives were honor guests at a tea given for residents of the Highlands-Mendota Beach school district. Pictured, ...
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Dane County Democratic Women's Club

Date: 06 11 1954
Description: Katie Louchheim, right, director of women's activities for the Democratic National Committee, is shown with Eleanore Roessler (left), Madison, Mrs. Ervin B...
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Joe Nusbaum Financial Adviser to Governor Gaylord Nelson

Date: 11 14 1958
Description: Governor Elect Gaylord Nelson appointed Joe Nusbaum, pictured, as his financial adviser. He is the youngest man in modern Wisconsin history to occupy that ...
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Assembly Democratic Leaders

Date: 01 16 1959
Description: Group portrait of three Assembly Democratic leaders include, from left to right: Robert T. Huber, West Allis, speaker pro tem; Keith C. Hardie, Taylor, maj...
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Rose Sussman

Date: 02 05 1959
Description: Rose Sussman, a former ballet dancer and teacher, shopping for a dress in a Madison store. The former Rose Goloff was born in the southern Ukraine section ...
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Senator Hubert Humphrey

Date: 08 03 1959
Description: Senator Hubert Humphrey appears at a press conference at the Hotel Loraine. Shown (L-R) are Senator Humphrey, (standing) Assemblyman Fred Risser (D-Madison...
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Breakfast for Sen. John F. Kennedy

Date: 09 24 1959
Description: Sen. John Kennedy, a leading Democratic presidential hopeful, began an intensive three-day speaking tour in Wisconsin with a breakfast with politicians and...

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