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Postcard

Elect Julius P. Heil Governor

Date: 1938
Description: Front and back of a campaign card for Julius Heil's first gubernatorial campaign.
Drawing

Speaking of Campaign Pledges

Date: 01 16 1939
Description: Political cartoon depicting Bruce Barton buried beneath campaign bills.
Photograph

MacArthur for President

Date: 1951
Description: Men and women work at the campaign headquarters for the Douglass MacArthur campaign for president.
Photograph

GOP Flying Badgers

Date: 08 1946
Description: Distribution of campaign literature for Joseph R. McCarthy's primary campaign by the Young Republican's Flying Badger Squadron. The two pilots photographed...
Print

McMurray for Senator

Date: 10 1946
Description: Campaign brochure of Howard J. McMurray, former congressman and political scientist, issued for his unsuccessful campaign against Joseph R. McCarthy in the...
Photograph

Barton in Crowd during Election Campaign

Date: 1940
Description: Bruce Barton in a large crowd during his 1940 campaign for election to the U.S. Senate.
Poster

McKinley Campaign Poster

Date: 1896
Description: Organizational poster for a young men's Republican Club in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, to support the 1896 Presidential campaign of William McKinley. The Presiden...
Photograph

Harold E. Stassen Presidential Campaign Worker

Date: 03 12 1944
Description: Female campaign worker for Republican Presidential Candidate Harold E. Stassen.
Poster

Lyndon B. Johnson Campaign Poster

Date: 1964
Description: Campaign poster with black and white head shot of Lyndon Baines Johnson that reads "LBJ For The USA".
Historical Object

FDR Campaign Pin

Date: 1936
Description: Wisconsin campaign pin for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Nance Garner's 1936 run. It reads "Roosevelt Garner Club, Wisconsin."
Photograph

Dreyfus on the Campaign Trail

Date: 10 26 1978
Description: Lee Sherman Dreyfus photographed in a contemplative moment during the course of his high energy gubernatorial campaign.
Photograph

Marine Captain Joseph McCarthy

Date: 1944
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy in his Marine Corps uniform at the time of his first campaign for the United States Senate. He is holding a piece of his campaign litera...
Historical Object

Vel Phillips Sticker

Date: 
Description: Vel Phillips campaign sticker.
Photograph

Harold E. Stassen Presidential Campaign Workers

Date: 03 25 1944
Description: Four women campaign workers for Republican Presidential Candidate Harold E. Stassen sitting around a table.
Historical Object

We Fell for Vel

Date: 
Description: Campaign sticker for Vel Phillips.
Poster

McCarthy's Second Campaign

Date: 1939
Description: Campaign poster for Joseph R. McCarthy's campaign for circuit judge. McCarthy was considered an underdog in this race, but he campaigned successfully by dr...
Photograph

Robert Taft Campaign Headquarters

Date: 01 02 1952
Description: Harvey Higley, Marinette, poses in front of a giant-sized campaign poster of Robert Taft in the presidential campaign headquarters at 117 South Webster Str...
Photograph

Rennebohm Campaigning

Date: 11 1956
Description: Oscar Rennebohm distributing Republican Party campaign literature during the 1956 campaign, probably in the Milwaukee area. The brochure he is holding urg...
Photograph

Gaylord Nelson Campaigning

Date: 1958
Description: Nelson talks with a gentleman at a campaign booth, at the State Fair, during his run for Governor. In the background there are several campaign signs endor...
Photograph

Gauer and Bloch: Reaction to Ruess's Defeat

Date: 
Description: Gauer and Bloch reacting to Ruess's campaign defeat. Gauer worked full time on the campaign, but Bloch was an occasional help. According to Gauer, Ruess wa...

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