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Philetus Sawyer

Date: 1880
Description: Philetus Sawyer, congressman, U.S. Senator, and Oshkosh lumber baron (1816-1900). During the 1880s and 1890s Sawyer was one of a small group of conservati...
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Nils P. Haugen

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Description: Nils Pederson Haugen, a Republican congressman from River Falls, Wisconsin. In 1894 Robert M. La Follette, Sr., induced Congressman Haugen to run for gove...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., as Congressman

Date: 1885
Description: Waist-up portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. at the age of 29 when elected to Congress in 1884.
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La Follette Presidential Rally

Date: 09 21 1924
Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., waves to the crowd at the close of a presidential campaign speech at Yankee Stadium. Robert M. La Follette, Jr., is be...
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Gaylord Nelson and Stewart Udall

Date: 1965
Description: Secretary Stewart Udall presenting Secretary Gaylord Nelson with the first copy of the Interior Department task force report on the proposed Apostle Island...
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Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1906
Description: Formal 3/4 length portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., taken during his first year in the U.S. Senate but taken in Madison.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Profile

Date: 1906
Description: Profile portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. with his arms crossed. The photograph was taken during during his first year in the U.S. Senate, but it was...
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La Follette and Wheeler

Date: 07 20 1924
Description: Republican Senator and independent, third-party presidential candidate, Robert M. La Follette, Sr., chats with Senator Burton K. Wheeler, a Democratic sena...
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La Follette at his Desk

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Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr., posed sitting at his desk reading a letter.
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Robert M. La Follette Sr. and Jr.

Date: 1908
Description: Posed portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr., and Jr., seated at a table with a stairway behind them. It is likely this photograph was taken in the...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., as Fighting Bob

Date: 1922
Description: Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., taken by John A. Glander, a noted portrait photographer from Manitowoc, Wisconsin. In this portrait with h...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Mourners

Date: 1925
Description: Mourners outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol lined up to view the body of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Funeral

Date: 06 22 1925
Description: Funeral of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison. Mourners gathered around La Follette's flag-draped coffin include Philip...
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La Follette Funeral Procession

Date: 06 22 1925
Description: The funeral procession of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., begins its journey from the Capitol to Forest Hill Cemetery, travelling east around the Squa...
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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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Candidate La Follette

Date: 1924
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., independent third-party Presidential candidate, and his son Robert M. La Follette, Jr., listen to a radio address by President ...
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Robert La Follette Reading a Newspaper

Date: 1924
Description: Publicity photograph of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., for his independent, third-party candidacy for the Presidency in 1924. La Follette is outdoors reading,...
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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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