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La Follette Funeral Procession

Date: 06 22 1925
Description: The automobile bearing the casket of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., begins it journey from the Wisconsin Capitol to Forest Hill Cemetery. Here it is ...
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La Follette Pallbearers

Date: 06 22 1925
Description: Pallbearers (who include Senator Herman Ekern), carry the flag draped casket of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., down the steps of the Wisconsin Capitol...
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La Follette Handbill

Date: 1903
Description: Handbill advertising two lectures at the Monona Lake Assembly, near Madison in July 1903. First was a debate on "The Negro Problem" between Senator J.R. B...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Speaking

Date: 1905
Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., speaking to an audience at Decatur, Illinois. La Follette is standing on a raised platform inside a large tent.
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Kohler Addresses the Legislature

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Description: Republican Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., addressing the Legislature and a broadcast audience in the Assembly Chamber. Warren P. Knowles, who would later ...
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Journalist Fleming with Republicans McCarthy and Kohler

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Description: Journalist Robert Fleming with Wisconsin Republicans Joseph R. McCarthy and Walter J. Kohler, Jr. Although only faintly seen, Senator McCarthy has autogra...
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Senator Walter Chilsen and Milwaukee Congressman Alvin O'Konski

Date: 03 1969
Description: Wisconsin State Senator Walter Chilsen discussing U.S. Army missile technology with Wisconsin Congressman Alvin O'Konski. Chilsen was a Republican state se...
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Lucian H. Palmer

Date: 1907
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Lucian (or Lucien) H. Palmer from the 1907 composite image of the Wisconsin Assembly. In 1906, Palmer (a Republican) was the...
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Asaph Whittlesey

Date: 1860
Description: Asaph Whittlesey dressed for his journey from Ashland to Madison, Wisconsin, to take up his seat in the state legislature. Whittlesey is attired for the lo...
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Building Used as Lodging House by Members of the first Territorial Legislature

Date: 1950
Description: Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836.
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William Zeiman

Date: 1877
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of William Zeiman, which is a detail of a composite photograph of members of the Wisconsin Assembly of 1877.
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Fred Risser

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Description: Studio portrait of Fred Risser.
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John James Blaine

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Description: Wisconsin Senator John J. Blaine.
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Legislator Using Computer

Date: 03 18 2000
Description: Legislator working on a computer.
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Gaylord Nelson on Horseback

Date: 1939
Description: Gaylord Nelson, later Wisconsin governor, United State senator, and a leading environmentalist of his era, on horseback at a ranch in Rosebud, Montana.
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Carter and Nelson

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Description: President Jimmy Carter and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson in the White House Oval Office.
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Whistle Stop Revivial

Date: 1968
Description: During his campaign for re-election to the Senate, Senator Gaylord Nelson revived an old campaign tradition by campaigning from the back of a train. At th...
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State Senator Gaylord Nelson

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Description: Gaylord Nelson in the Wisconsin State Capitol during the period when he served in the Wisconsin State Senate. Nelson was later elected governor and U.S. s...
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Nelson at the Podium

Date: 1974
Description: During a speech at an agricultural conference in Milwaukee, Senator Gaylord Nelson acknowledges applause from the audience.
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Gaylord Nelson Signing Autographs

Date: 1974
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson signs an autograph for an admiring voter at an agricultural conference.

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