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Pro-McKinley Political Cartoon

Date: 08 29 1896
Description: Cover of Harper's Weekly, with a pro-William McKinley Presidential cartoon depicting McKinley as a soldier in 1861 and William Jennings Bryan as an ...
Photograph

Isabel B. La Follette and Daughter

Date: 03 11 1936
Description: Two-week-old Isabel B. La Follette, held by her mother Isabel La Follette.
Photograph

Man with Baby

Date: 08 10 1931
Description: William Busse, humane officer, holding abandoned baby, Bobby LaBue (real name Bobby Yarborough of Spokane Washington).
Photograph

Three Generations of La Follettes

Date: 04 1926
Description: Belle Case La Follette with her son Philip, and her grandson Robert M. La Follette, III.
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: A Kansas Air Ship

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of a giant grasshopper lifting an anchored basket with a baby girl inside. The rope tethered to the basket has a large American flag attached ...
Photograph

Man Holding Baby at Farmers Union Workshop

Date: 
Description: Two men sitting, one holding a baby in his arms, attending a Farmers Union Workshop.
Poster

"The Last Poets and Black Haze"

Date: 1970
Description: A poster promoting an event which reads, "Afro Center Presents The Last Poets & *Black Haze." The event was held in the B-10 Commerce Building on Sunday, D...
Photograph

Baby in Decorated Wagon

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: A small boy is standing next to a baby in a decorated coaster wagon before a Fourth of July parade. A large crowd is standing on the grass behind them, and...
Photograph

League of Women Voters

Date: 02 20 1950
Description: As part of a League of a Women Voters house to house canvas to encourage voting, Mrs. Horace (Marion) Wilkie (left), chair of the Westmorland Unit, is show...
Poster

"Don't Waste Food While Others Starve!"

Date: 1917
Description: United States Food Administration poster depicting a woman holding a crying infant on her shoulder with one arm, and her other arm around a young girl who ...
Photograph

Baby Ventures into Political Arena

Date: 07 09 1952
Description: Anne Muckler, the eight-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Muckler of 4206 Drexel Avenue, is shown wearing a diaper and blouse set decorated with elep...
Photograph

Children and Adults Gathered near Passenger Car

Date: 1917
Description: Group of youth gathered near a passenger car listening to a man identified as "Governor Howard." The man is most likely Edgar Howard, Lieutenant Governor o...
Photograph

Obey Family

Date: 1972
Description: David and Joan Obey shortly after the birth of their second son Douglas. Playing with Douglas is older brother Craig. This portrait was probably made for a...
Photograph

Grape Boycott Picketers — Contact Sheet

Date: 1969
Description: Four frames from a contact sheet containing images of grape boycott picketers. The picketers are in front of a Krogers grocery store. In frame 34, Sandi Ut...
Photograph

Kissing Babies

Date: 
Description: Kissing babies, a hallmark of political campaigning. The candidate here is Congressman David R. Obey. The baby is unidentified.
Photograph

Advance Party of the British Relief Expedition

Date: 1918
Description: British troops with a regimental band marching into a Russian town. Leading the way ahead of the troops are a group of boys, and closer to the large buildi...
Photograph

Vel Phillips and Baby in Car

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Description: View across front seat towards Vel Phillips sitting in the passenger seat of a car holding a baby in her lap. Vel is wearing a coat and the baby is wearing...
Photograph

Weighing and Measuring Campaign, Lincoln School

Date: 1918
Description: Seven women in white uniforms measuring five children, including one infant. Caption reads: "Lincoln School, Madison, Wis. Weighing and Measuring Campaign ...
Poster

Emprunt de la Defense Nationale

Date: 1915
Description: Poster with an illustration of a woman standing with two children at her feet, and carrying a baby on her shoulder. She is watching as her husband is wavin...
Photograph

Family of Squatters

Date: 1972
Description: A family of squatters standing in front of a shack, in a camp outside of Santiago, Chile. The father is holding a child in his arms and the mother is stand...

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