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Wendell Willkie with Carroll L. Coon

Date: 03 25 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie speaks with Carroll L. Coon, Commander of Madison's William B. Cairns American Legion Post No. 57, during Willkie's 1944 campaign for the P...
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Gainesville 8

Date: 1973
Description: The Gainesville 8, all members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War in Vietnam, photographed on the day of their arraignment on charges of conspiring to...
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Dwight York

Date: 11 1984
Description: "After being assured of a victory, York thanks his followers for their support at the American Legion building in Lomira."
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"Veterans for Trump" Sign

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: An elderly man in a suit is holding a sign reading: "Veterans for Trump, Make America Great Again!" Other men and women are standomg around him waiting to ...
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Donald Trump Supporters at a Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Two Donald Trump supporters are shaking hands outside of the Janesville Conference Center. The man on the right is wearing a cowboy hat and is holding a ph...
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Lars Aaker

Date: 1881
Description: Oval-framed waist-up portrait of Lars K. Aaker, a Norse immigrant, farmer, Civil War veteran and Minnesota state legislator. He emigrated to the United Sta...
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Harvey R. Abraham

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Description: Portrait of Harvey R. Abraham, World War I veteran and Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Winnebago County district, 1947-1960.
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Robert J. Matheson and Harvey R. Abraham Fishing

Date: 1953
Description: Group portrait of Republican State Assembly members Bob Matheson and Harvey Abraham (with a third, unidentified person) standing on a dock. Abraham is hold...
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Harvey Abraham

Date: 09 19 1958
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Harvey R. Abraham, a World War I veteran and Republican Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Winnebago County distric...
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Goose Hunting at Horseshoe Lake

Date: 12 1957
Description: Harvey R. Abraham, a State Assembly Republican. He is seated at a table with a younger man, identified as "Ted [or Jed] Sanborn, Minneapolis, Minn." Captio...
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Harvey Abraham and George Talsky

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Description: Two men are seated together. The man on the left is George J. Talsky, a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1957-1960. The man on the right ...
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Harvey Abraham, Gilbert Hipke, and Everett Bidwell

Date: 05 1959
Description: Three men pose together around a wood desk. They are identified as (from left): Harvey Abraham, Gil Hipke, and [Everett] Cy Bidwell. All three were Republi...
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Governor Walter Kohler and Oshkosh Delegates

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Description: Four men stand together, looking at a booklet entitled "Oshkosh: Wisconsin's City of Opportunity." They are (from left): Governor Walter Kohler, Connie Car...
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Governor Vernon W. Thompson Signing Assembly Bill 26-A

Date: 04 02 1957
Description: Three men are seated, and four are standing. Governor Vernon Thompson is signing Assembly Bill 26-A. Those present are: (Seated, left to right) Vernon W. T...
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Sherman Adams

Date: 02 09 1953
Description: Portrait of Sherman Adams, World War I Marine Corps veteran, Republican Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 2nd district (1945...
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Gordon Allott

Date: 09 1966
Description: Quarter-length portrait of George Allott a Republican politician from Colorado. Allott served in World War II as a major in the US Army Air Forces. He was ...
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Brevet Brigadier General Thomas Scott Allen

Date: 1868
Description: Engraved lithograph of a waist-up portrait of Brevet Brigadier General Thomas Scott Allen. Allen was a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly f...
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Adelbert Ames

Date: 1865
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Adelbert Ames, US Army veteran and Republican politician. Ames was a general in both the Civil War and the Spanish-American War....

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