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Historical Object

We Fell for Vel

Date: 
Description: Campaign sticker for Vel Phillips.
Poster

Campaign Poster for Rev. John Cameron

Date: 1964
Description: A campaign poster for Reverend John Cameron, which includes voting information, a call for volunteers, and a portrait of Rev. Cameron.
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 2008
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...
Photograph

Campaign for Vice President

Date: 10 07 1980
Description: During his campaign for the vice presidency on John Anderson's National Unity ticket, former Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey greeted residents at the S...
Book or Pamphlet

Frances for Fitchburg

Date: 
Description: The front of a campaign pamphlet for the election of Frances Huntley-Cooper for mayor of Fitchburg.
Photograph

Frame 54: Men Listening in front of 'Support President Johnson' Sign

Date: 1964
Description: Several men sit in front of a large sign supporting Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign.
Photograph

Civil Rights Volunteers in Mississippi

Date: 1964
Description: In the summer of 1964, Freedom Summer volunteers pose in front of a campaign poster for Victoria Jackson Gray, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party candida...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 2012
Description: Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for Barack Obama and running mate Joe Biden, and Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan. Two of the buttons...
Photograph

Michelle Obama

Date: 02 18 2008
Description: Michelle Obama greets supporters at a presidential campaign rally for her husband at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Photograph

Wiley with Milwaukee Boys Club

Date: 08 28 1962
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley, in the lobby of the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee, with a group from the Boys Club holding campaign signs. They presented him with...
Poster

Chisholm for President Poster

Date: 03 1972
Description: Campaign poster supporting Shirley Chisholm, an African American woman who was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th District for seven terms from ...
Photograph

The Crowd at the Bernie Sanders Rally

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: A crowd of people, mostly young, are standing or sitting while holding Bernie Sanders campaign signs. There is a large American flag in the background.
Photograph

Group Standing near Locomotive

Date: 1917
Description: Large group of men, including railway workers, standing beside a locomotive. Original caption reads: "U.P. Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign. Farm pre...
Document

Vel Phillips Campaign Brochure

Date: 1964
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...
Photograph

Dr. Joseph Carpenter

Date: 1973
Description: Waist-up portrait of Dr. Joseph Carpenter, assistant professor of Afro-American Education & Philosophy, posing wearing a suit. This image accompanied publi...
Photograph

NAACP Youth Council Commandos

Date: 1968
Description: Three members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council Commandos (Milwaukee) kneel over George Wallace presidential ...
Manuscript

Helen Barnhill Campaign Ad

Date: 10 1988
Description: Advertisement for Helen Barnhill, Republican candidate for Wisconsin's 5th Congressional District seat in 1988 that ran in Milwaukee Times on Octobe...
Photograph

Kennedy Presidential Campaign

Date: 1960
Description: Senator John F. Kennedy, then campaigning for the presidency, speaks with Frank D. Reeves and Marjorie Lawson during a meeting of the American Council on H...
Photograph

Dr. Joseph Carpenter and Family

Date: 1973
Description: Dr. Joseph Carpenter, assistant professor of Afro-American Education & Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is seated with his family. His ...
Photograph

Norman M . Ward

Date: 04 23 1948
Description: African-American man, Norman M., Ward (aka Paul Nokomis) 18-year-old Chicagoan who was sent to jail to await sentence when he pleaded guilty to larceny and...

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