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Richard Nixon on an International 300 Utility Tractor

Date: 1955
Description: Vice President Richard M. Nixon waves his cowboy hat from the seat of an International 300 utility tractor.
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Governor Philip F. La Follette

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: Governor-elect Philip F. La Follette reading a telegram at the La Follette campaign headquarters.
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Philip La Follette Reading a Telegram

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: Governor elect Philip La Follette sitting and reading a telegram at La Follette headquarters.
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Politicians Shaking Hands

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: George A. Nelson, Milltown, former assemblyman and president of the Wisconsin Union of the American Society of Equity, and John E. Cashman, Denmark, State ...
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Politicians Shaking Hands

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: George A. Nelson, Milltown, former assemblyman and president of the Wisconsin Union of the American Society of Equity, and John E. Cashman, Denmark, State ...
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Birthplace of Republican Party

Date: 1929
Description: 75th anniversary celebration of the birth of the Republican Party at Ripon. Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., stands on the podium in front of the Little Whi...
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Senator Proxmire and Senator Mansfield

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Description: Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin, and Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana, on the set of the Senate Recording Studio in Washington, D.C. From his first ...
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Channel 10 Auction

Date: 04 27 1976
Description: The set of the fundraising auction of Channel 10, Milwaukee's public television station. Senator William Proxmire is standing to the left of the closed B B...
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William Proxmire's Victory

Date: 08 27 1957
Description: William Proxmire, his wife, Ellen (to Proxmire's right), and his supporters celebrate his victory in the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated u...
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Wisconsin Delegates to Republican National Convention

Date: 06 26 1944
Description: Two Wisconsin delegates to Republican Party National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. William Campbell, Oshkosh, left, and Arthur Prehn, Wausau, right.
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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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Joe McCarthy and Admirers

Date: 12 11 1951
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy greets admirers at a Republican Party dinner that honored him.
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Republican National Convention

Date: 07 07 1952
Description: Portrait of Senator Bernhard Gettelman, Milwaukee, left, and Frederick H. Holtz, Milwaukee, both Warren delegates on the convention floor at the Chicago Re...
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Democratic National Convention

Date: 07 21 1952
Description: Mrs. Marguerite Rogers of Prairie du Chien, who served 16 years as clerk of Crawford County and in 1950 ran for the Assembly, and Richard McKnight, South W...
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Herbert H. Kohl

Date: 1971
Description: Studio portrait of Herb Kohl as President of the Kohl Corporation.
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Civil Rights Rally at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 06 13 1961
Description: Large group of protesters in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda with many carrying signs in favor of Civil Rights for African-Americans. One man holds a s...
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"Just a Little Joke, Mr. President"

Date: 1979
Description: During his remarks, Senator Gaylord Nelson, who is standing at the podium, cracks a joke, apparently at the President's expense. Wisconsin dignitaries to t...
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Geraldine Ferraro on the Campaign Trail

Date: 1984
Description: Democratic vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro greets supporters while campaigning. A little rain failed to dampen their enthusiasm for the first...
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Testing the Political Waters

Date: 1987
Description: Dick Gephardt testing the support for his presidential candidacy at the Wisconsin Democratic convention. With him is Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin...
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Village President

Date: 04 1985
Description: "Twenty-six-year-old Martin P. Koll, who was elected Village President at the spring election, posed on Theresa's main street."

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