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Governor Schmedeman Signs the Beer Bill

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Governor Albert G. Schmedeman signing the Beer Bill with 14 men observing.
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Democratic Presidential Electors

Date: 01 04 1933
Description: Wisconsin's twelve Democratic presidential electors in the Senate chamber after casting their unanimous vote to Franklin D. Roosevelt for president and Joh...
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Women with Mayor Schmedeman

Date: 10 14 1931
Description: A group of women representing Disabled American Veterans posing with Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman and a plaque proclaiming Forget-Me-Not Day.
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I Love Lucey

Date: 1966
Description: Supporters of Patrick J. Lucey for Governor distribute buttons and flyers to promote his campaign.
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Kennedy Campaigning in Wisconsin

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy at the Madison airport with state Democratic leaders. To Kennedy's left are Governor Gaylord Nelson and state Democr...
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Kennedy-Nelson Headquarters

Date: 10 1960
Description: Wisconsin State Senator, Horace Wilkie, center, is applauded after cutting a ribbon to open the new Madison joint headquarter of the Citizens for Kennedy a...
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Adlai Campaigning

Date: 1952
Description: Adlai Stevenson, Democratic Presidential candidate, at a podium speaking to an audience. To Stevenson's right is Thomas Fairchild, the Democratic candidat...
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Adlai Stevenson Campaigning

Date: 1952
Description: Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson arriving at the Loraine Hotel for a speaking engagement. During the campaign Senator Joseph R. McCarthy r...
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Stevenson and Wisconsin Candidates

Date: 1952
Description: Democratic Presidential Candidate Adlai Stevenson speaking to an audience. On the platform with him are William Proxmire, who was making the first of his ...
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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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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...
Poster

Believe Muskie Poster

Date: 1972
Description: 1972 Campaign poster for Ed Muskie, American Democratic Senator and presidential hopeful. Close-up shot of his face, with the slogan, "Believe Muskie."
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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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Capital Christmas

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card from Palmer F. Daugs, alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1954 and candidate for Wi...
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Frederick W. Horn

Date: 1860
Description: Waist-up oval portrait of Frederick W. Horn (1815-1893). A Democrat, he was a Representative in the Wisconsin Assembly from Cedarburg. He was a lawyer and ...
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Elect Gaylord Nelson to Congress

Date: 1954
Description: The front cover of a four page election mailer/newsletter for U.S. Senate candidate Gaylord Nelson. A quarter-length portrait covers most of the page. The ...
Poster

Democratic Candidates

Date: 11 1912
Description: Campaign poster promoting Democrats for office in Wisconsin; for Congress, Assembly and Dane County. Each man has a quarter-length portrait with his name a...
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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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Hubert Humphrey News Conference

Date: 12 19 1959
Description: One of twelve images of Senator Hubert Humphrey at a Madison news conference. It was at the end of a two-day tour of Wisconsin and followed a tour of the s...

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