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| Date: | 07 18 1947 |
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| Description: | LeRoy J. Simmons (D.-Milwaukee) filling his "plunder box" with copies of statutes and bills, at the end of the State Legislative term. |
| Date: | 10 01 2008 |
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| Description: | President Barack Obama greeting supporters at rally. |
| Date: | 10 01 2008 |
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| Description: | President Barack Obama speaking at rally. Members of the crowd are raising their signs in support. |
| Date: | 10 01 2008 |
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| Description: | President Barack Obama greeting supporters at rally. |
| Date: | 06 13 1961 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Three members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council Commandos (Milwaukee) kneel over George Wallace presidential ... |
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| Description: | Barack Obama (in a suit and necktie) poses with ACORN members. They are all wearing ACORN and Obama buttons. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin leans over to confer with Congressman Tim Wirth during a meeting of the House Budget Committee. Obey's aide Scott Lill... |
| Date: | 07 1980 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips wearing pearls and a name tag sitting at a table. |
| Date: | 07 1980 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips, on the left, sitting with two other woman at a table. They are all wearing name tags. Other women sit at tables behind them. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips, standing on the right, is wearing a necklace and earrings and a checked blouse. On the left is Carol Baumann who is wearing a floral jacket a... |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips, in a flower patterned dress, standing next to an unidentified man who is wearing a suit and necktie. Behind them is a sign that partially rea... |
| Date: | 05 1982 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Vel Phillips, wearing a name tag that reads "Secretary of State," standing next to her husband, W. Dale Phillips, who is wearing... |
| Date: | 09 25 1966 |
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| Description: | Still from an episode of the WTMJ program "Human Rights," which was titled "Race Relations '66." Four people: Wesley L. Scott, executive director of the Mi... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Front of a brochure bearing the image of Vel Phillips superimposed on the outline of the state of Wisconsin and the phrase, "Now is the Time for Excellence... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Joe Davis, Milwaukee's 2nd district Alderman, speaking through a megaphone to a crowd of protesters outside the Republican presidential debate. He is stand... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of Joe Davis, Milwaukee's 2nd district Alderman, as he is speaking through a megaphone to a crowd of protesters outside the Republican presid... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin, and Barack Obama and running mate Joe Biden. Most represent t... |
| Date: | 06 12 1976 |
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| Description: | Casual portrait of Councilman Marion Barry of Washington, D.C., sitting on a railing, eating an apple. He was attending the Conference on Alternative State... |
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