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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.
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...
Historical Object

FDR Campaign Pin

Date: 1936
Description: Campaign button for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with Roosevelt's image at the center and the phrase "Carry on with Roosevelt" around the outer edge.
Photograph

United Givers' Campaign Winners

Date: 11 06 1951
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the United Givers Fund campaign. Shown are, left to right: Mrs. Oscar (Inez) Toebaas, chair of the women's division; Stanl...
Photograph

Madison United Givers' Fund First Drive

Date: 10 23 1950
Description: Oscar Gustave Mayer, left, campaign chairman of the first Madison United Givers' Fund campaign, presents a Red Feather award to Claude Bell, United Givers'...
Photograph

United Givers Women's Division Leaders

Date: 06 05 1956
Description: United Givers Women's Division chairman Merle Bieberstein (left), confers with Mr. C.N. Goulet, associate campaign chairman; Carl G. Mayer, campaign chairm...
Historical Object

FDR Campaign Banner

Date: 1932
Description: Campaign banner in support of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President. The banner bears Roosevelt's image and the phrases "God Bless America" and "our next...
Photograph

Campaign Buttons

Date: 
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...
Photograph

Dewey Presidential Campaign Train

Date: 10 1944
Description: View from crowd of Governor Thomas A. Dewey of New York, the Republican Party presidential candidate, aboard the campaign train.
Photograph

Dewey Presidential Campaign Train

Date: 10 1944
Description: View from crowd of Governor Thomas A. Dewey of New York, the Republican Party presidential candidate, aboard the campaign train.
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Advertisements

Date: 
Description: An assortment of printed political campaign advertisements for John F. Kennedy, Herbert Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Thomas E. Dewey, and others.
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.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Dewey Presidential Campaign Train

Date: 1944
Description: Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, the Republican Party presidential candidate aboard the campaign train, making a stop in Baraboo.
Postcard

Joe McCarthy Postcard

Date: 1946
Description: Postcard depicting Joe McCarthy issued by the Republican Party of Wisconsin during the 1946 senatorial campaign.
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...

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