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| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr., campaigning in Cumberland. La Follette led the reform faction in Wisconsin's Republican party and in 1900, he was elected gover... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr., speaking to a crowd from back of a wagon. This image is one of a series of views of his appearance at a fair in Cumberland, Wi... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his fist in the air, speaking from the back of a wagon. He is wearing a hat and a suit without the coat. It was in part du... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his fist in the air, speaking from the back of a wagon. It was in part due to his vigorous speaking style that La Follette... |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson and his brother Stannard play behind the office of their father A. N. Nelson. |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson and Sherman Benson as boys in front of the Nelson home during the winter with a dog and sled. |
| Date: | 10 07 1962 |
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| Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson attending a Green Bay Packers-Detroit Lions football game. From left to right: senatorial candidate Gaylord Nelson, gubernatorial c... |
| Date: | 02 20 1969 |
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| Description: | Astronaut James A. Lovell accepting a gift of cheese from Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles during a gathering in Lovell's honor. A model of the Apollo ... |
| Date: | 06 25 1935 |
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| Description: | Five legislators dressed in baseball uniforms shaking hands before a baseball game at Breese Stevens Field. L to R: Senator Sherman W. Wade, Antigo; Joseph... |
| Date: | 09 15 1930 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., (with flower in his lapel), who was campaigning for re-election, took time out for a baseball game at Horlick Athletic Fiel... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Philleo Nash, a Democrat, riding on an elephant during the annual Circus Parade. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire shakes hands with constituents at the Wisconsin State Fair while eating an ear of corn. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire shakes hands with a young constituent at the Wisconsin State Fair. For many years Proxmire's appearance was an institution at the ... |
| Date: | 07 11 1967 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire jogging on the mall in front of the U.S. Capitol. Proxmire was a physical fitness advocate, and he was well known for his daily ru... |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire waves to the crowd from an open antique automobile during a parade in downtown Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 10 03 1900 |
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| Description: | View from audience of William Jennings Bryan, as Democratic nominee for election to the presidency, addressing a crowd, estimated at 15,000 people, at a st... |
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| Description: | Former Olympic athlete Bob Matthias (left) and Republican Senator Chilsen and using exercise equipment. Matthias was also a Republican Congressman from Cal... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Robert M., Jr., and Philip Fox La Follette on a fishing trip in northern Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 03 13 1944 |
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| Description: | United States Senator Joseph H. Ball (R-Minn.), shaking hands with acting Governor Goodland at a luncheon for Republican Presidential candidate Harold E. S... |
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| Description: | U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, Henry Reuss, leading a fall hike along the Ice Age Trail near Holy Hill. |
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