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MacArthur for President

Date: 1951
Description: Men and women work at the campaign headquarters for the Douglass MacArthur campaign for president.
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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...
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Tammany Hall Presidential Campaign

Date: 11 08 1856
Description: Political drawing for the Democratic Presidential Campaign, which included Buchanan and Breckenridge.
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Campaign Headquarters for the Primary Election

Date: 09 1924
Description: Several men and children pose outside the La Follette-Wheeler-Blaine-Schneider campaign headquarters before the primary election.
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Whistle Stop Revivial

Date: 1968
Description: During his campaign for re-election to the Senate, Senator Gaylord Nelson revived an old campaign tradition by campaigning from the back of a train. At th...
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George Bush Campaign

Date: 10 31 1992
Description: "Waiting for George Bush Campaign Train."
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Byrnes' Balloons

Date: 1962
Description: Boy holds up balloons for Congressman Byrnes during his 1962 campaign.
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Dreyfus and the "Red Vest Whistle-Stop Special" Bus

Date: 07 31 1978
Description: When he began his campaign for Governor, few people felt that Lee Sherman Dreyfus would be successful. Although his campaign was underfunded, he attracted...
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Campaign Buttons

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Description: Seven campaign buttons from three decades. The buttons "Better a Third Termer Than a Third Rater" and "No Man is Good Three Times" refer to Franklin D. Roo...
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United Givers' Fund Planning Meeting

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Three members of the United Givers' Fund campaign committee discuss plans. They include Theodore, M. Meloy, associate chairman of the campaign; Kenneth Sul...
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Campaign Sign

Date: 11 03 1930
Description: Campaign sign: "Hammersley for Governor" on automobile door with an unidentified man, probably Mr. Cranefield, posing next to it.
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George Bush Campaign

Date: 10 31 1992
Description: "George Bush Campaign Train visits Lomira."
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Steve Gunderson with Supporters

Date: 1980
Description: Steve Gunderson at a booth with Republican supporters of his 1980 campaign for U.S. Congress. Campaign materials for several republican politicians are on ...
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I Love Lucey

Date: 1966
Description: Supporters of Patrick J. Lucey for Governor distribute buttons and flyers to promote his campaign.
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I Like Ike — Again

Date: 1956
Description: Wisconsin Congressman Melvin R. Laird with four supporters of the re-election campaign of President Dwight Eisenhower and Dick Nixon, dressed in special ca...
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Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 1996
Description: Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for Bill Clinton and running mate Al Gore, and Bob Dole and Jack Kemp. One button favors Clinton's cat Sock...
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Knowles for Governor

Date: 1964
Description: Warren P. Knowles, with Mrs. Knowles at his side, waves to his supporters during his campaign for governor.
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Junior Red Cross Campaign Against "The Rat-Public Enemy No. 1"

Date: 08 16 1949
Description: Mary Traino (left), Joyce McConley, and Ruth Steinle gather with two boys while discussing the Junior Red Cross campaign against "The Rat-Public Enemy No. ...
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Community Chest (Red Feather) Campaign

Date: 10 17 1949
Description: Gertrude Adams (right), chairman of the women's division of the Community Chest campaign, confers with her associate chairman, Mary Lobb, about final plans...
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Vice President Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: The traffic jam of automobiles and pedestrians trying to get to the presidential campaign rally for the-Vice President Nixon at the Madison Municipal airpo...

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