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Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer

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Description: The political campaign "Braintrust" relaxes in Lake Park between elections.
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Stassen-for-President Campaign

Date: 03 02 1948
Description: Victor Johnston (right) state manager of the Stassen-for-President campaign presenting nomination papers for fifteen of the Republican National Convention ...
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Gaylord Nelson Speaks at Democratic Convention

Date: 1962
Description: Nelson stands at a podium and addresses a crowd during a Democratic Convention, probably during the 1962 Senate elections. Behind Nelson are three oversize...
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Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson

Date: 07 1952
Description: The Democratic convention, with Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson standing at a podium.
Book or Pamphlet

Frances for Fitchburg

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Description: The front of a campaign pamphlet for the election of Frances Huntley-Cooper for mayor of Fitchburg.
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Rally for John F. Kennedy

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: View of audience at a rally for John F. Kennedy for president.
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Nixon/Lodge Supporters

Date: 1960
Description: Campaigners for the 1960 Republican ticket of Richard M. Nixon for president and Henry Cabot Lodge for vice-president.
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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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Dancing at a Campaign Party

Date: 10 05 1986
Description: Long before Governor Earl conceded the race, some backers celebrated at his campaign party in Madison.
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Harold Stassen for President

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Description: Republican Harold Stassen giving a speech on a stage in Milwaukee during his campaign for the Republican nomination.
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Get Out the Vote Telephone Drive

Date: 11 05 1958
Description: Women campaign workers call voters to support the Labor Political League and vote for candidates sympathetic to Labor issues.
Book or Pamphlet

Robert M. La Follette Sr. Speech

Date: 09 19 1900
Description: Pamphlet of Robert M. La Follette's first speech of the campaign that took place at Schlitz Park. The pamphlet contains the full speech.
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Celebration

Date: 11 04 1970
Description: Democrat Patrick J. Lucey (center) celebrating his election as governor of Wisconsin with Martin Schreiber (left), his running mate, and Senator William Pr...
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Button Seller

Date: 08 2000
Description: A man sells Gore-Lieberman buttons at Riverside Park.
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York For Assembly

Date: 11 1984
Description: "Supporters of Dwight York watch election returns on the TV screen."
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Warren Knowles Runs For Governor

Date: 01 21 1962
Description: Lt. Gov. Warren P. Knowles, taken before his first run for governor.
Postcard

Kansas Equal Suffrage

Date: 1912
Description: Depiction of a man and a woman each putting their votes into a ballot box, touting equal suffrage: "For a better government of the people, by the people, a...
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I Like Ike

Date: 11 10 1956
Description: Bet winner and Eisenhower supporter Edwin L. Warner enjoys his payoff from bet loser and Adlai Stevenson backer John Shaat, as Shaat tows Warner along the ...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Votes

Date: 1924
Description: View of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at the voting booth in Maple Bluff, Wisconsin at the conclusion of his independent, third-party Presidential campaign.
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Girl and Dog Campaigning for Zeidler

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Description: A young girl on a city sidewalk with a St. Bernard that's wearing a sandwich board reading "Carl Zeidler For Mayor."

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