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Poster

Women Can Vote

Date: 1919
Description: Poster for school elections on Tuesday, March 18th, and April 1st, 1919. After 1901, women in Wisconsin were able to vote in school elections, which was an...
Photograph

Spring Election in Madison

Date: 04 02 1962
Description: Madison residents turn out to vote during the 1962 spring elections.
Photograph

Spring Election 1961

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: "We Saw You Performing Your Civic Duty" in the spring 1961 elections. A pensive woman voter, her slip in hand, waits a turn in the booth.
Historical Essay

Primary Elections in Wisconsin

Brief history of primary elections in Wisconsin.
Photograph

1948 Primary Elections

Date: 09 21 1948
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of voters and five curtained voting machines at Ward 10.
Photograph

1948 Primary Elections

Date: 09 21 1948
Description: Governor and Mrs. Rennebohm casting their ballots at their home precinct in Maple Bluff. The governor was a candidate in that primary election.
Print

Official Primary Ballot for the Democratic Party

Date: 1912
Description: Official Primary ballot Tuesday September, 1912. City of Madison-Tenth Ward for the Democratic Party.
Photograph

Tallying Ballots

Date: 04 1992
Description: John Bodden, Evageline Koll, and Ralph Ruecker help tally ballots.
Photograph

Ballot Box at the City-County Building

Date: 1978
Description: Ballot box collects the vote by absentee ballot in the City County building.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Congressional Districts

Date: 1922
Description: A map of Wisconsin showing the state’s congressional districts, it also provides the population total for the state, each district and each county.
Photograph

Ballot Machine

Date: 1956
Description: Close-up view of a women's hand touching a ballot machine with names of candidates from the 1956 Wisconsin election.
Photograph

Voting Booths

Date: 11 03 1992
Description: "Voting booths in Theresa."
Photograph

Waiting in Line to Vote

Date: 02 21 1989
Description: Seven men wait for the polls to open Tuesday morning at the New Berlin Administration Building.
Photograph

Voters at National Election

Date: 10 02 1948
Description: Madison citizens in Washington School gymnasium, waiting to vote at the national election.
Photograph

Union Election

Date: 02 06 1973
Description: Local P-28 of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union votes for their officers.
Photograph

Contract Ratification Vote

Date: 10 1962
Description: Members of United Packinghouse Workers Union Local 783 voting on the contract with the Swift Company.
Photograph

Poll Workers

Date: 11 03 1992
Description: "Poll workers at Theresa."
Photograph

Election Booths and Volunteers

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a gymnasium that has been converted into a place where citizens can vote on election day.
Poster

Madison Vote-In Poster

Date: 03 1971
Description: Poster announcing a Madison Vote-In event. Caption reads, "Be informed! Know Your Candidates!".
Print

National Union Ticket

Date: 11 08 1864
Description: The National Union Ticket. National Union Party was the name the Republican Party used in 1864 to attract War Democrats who would not vote for the Republic...

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