Learn about America's presidential elections since 1856 and discover how Wisconsin voted. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Votomatic punch card voting device used in Walworth County, Wisconsin, until 2000. (Museum object #2006.24.1) |
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. |
The Society’s museum collections include 110,000 historical objects and about 500,000 archaeological items that document the history of Wisconsin. |
Learn about the Wisconsin Historical Society Web Archives (Archive-It) collection. |
Read an overview of this pivotal event in the nation's civil rights era |
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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Pink flamingo from the flock that graced Bascom Hill on on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, 1979. (Museum object #1979.302A-C) |
Discover the fascinating stories and historical significance of more than 200 of the Wisconsin Historical Museum's artifacts. |
Doctor and Amateur Photographer |
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Discover the career of amateur photographer and doctor Edward Bass who surprised people with his near-overnight success and natural talent. |
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 |
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) |
Brief descriptions and links to original documents created by CORE, SNCC, COFO, local residents, volunteers and opponents. Organized by topic |
Follow the progression of key events before, during and after Freedom Summer. Contains links to original documents |
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