Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Bandana featuring music score for campaign song "We Want Teddy," used at a Milwaukee campaign rally for Theodore Roosevelt, 1912. (Museum object #1970.204) |
1850-2009 |
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Photographs of political campaign techniques of the past. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Red velveteen vest worn by Wisconsin Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus, c. 1975. (Museum object #1982.450.15) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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United States Senate campaign banner for Milwaukee Socialist Congressman Victor L. Berger, April 1918. (Museum object #1992.168) |
Discover the famous lithographic company most known for its WWII posters whose goal was to mobilize public support for the American war effort. |
A Visual Biography, 1908-1957 |
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Learn about the four years Senator Joseph McCarthy held the nation in his grasp with his anti-Communist rhetoric. |
View this image collection of the Wisconsin Democratic Senator William Proxmire. |
Learn about America's presidential elections since 1856 and discover how Wisconsin voted. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Garden tractor manufactured by the Gilson Bolens Manufacturing Co., Port Washington, Wisconsin, 1928-1939. (Museum object #2001.1.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Tiffany punch bowl presented to Wisconsin's Joseph Bailey in honor of his service during the Civil War. (Museum object #1965.228.1,A) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Campaign jacket worn by Chris Farley in the 1996 movie "Black Sheep." (Museum object #2007.86.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Badge worn to support William Jennings Bryan by Wisconsin delegate Charles Donohue at Democratic Convention, Denver, July 1908 (Museum object #1997.36.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Fruit Famer, Postmaster |
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Read a short biography about this U.S. Senator famous for his penny-pinching attitude toward government spending and his courage in taking unpopular stands |
Study of a Neighborhood |
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Discover the history of Madison, Wisconsin's Willy St. neighborhood through the Wisconsin Historical Society's image gallery |
Wisconsin Civil War Officer |
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Read about this ardent abolitionist who rose from company captain to brigadier general. |
Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Politician, University of Wisconsin Regent |
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Read about one of the Democratic Party politicians around the time of the Civil War. This article details his Civil War service and contains several links. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Pouch obtained from an Oneida Indian at the 1997 Milwaukee River Front Pow-Wow. (Museum object #1999.40.1) |
Photographer David Giffey Captures Details of Migrant Worker Life |
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Learn about migrant worker life in Wisconsin and Texas captured by Wisconsin-born photojournalist David Giffey. |
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