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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

Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer

Date: 
Description: The political campaign "Braintrust" relaxes in Lake Park between elections.
Photograph

Spring Election in Madison

Date: 04 02 1962
Description: Madison residents turn out to vote during the 1962 spring elections.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Naturalization draws many as elections near

Date: 1924-01-20
County: Dane
City: Madison
News Release

That’s the Ticket: Presidential Elections 1856-2012 Timeline Now on Display at the Wisconsin Historical Museum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“That’s the Ticket: Presidential Elections 1856-2012,” highlights candidates, issues, and outcomes of 40 of America’s past presidential campaigns.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

May back own candidates in 1924 elections

Date: 1923-12-02
County: Dane
City: Madison
Biographical Book Excerpt

Roberts, Gaige, S

Date: 1897 - 1968
County: 
Historical Essay

Primary Elections in Wisconsin

Brief history of primary elections in Wisconsin.
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Bumper Sticker

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Description: A political campaign bumper sticker for presidential elections. Laura's edit: A bumper sticker with yellow text on a black background that reads: "Let's...
Photograph

Young Cubans with Petitions

Date: 1980
Description: Four smiling young Cubans with petitions for camp nomination elections. Photographs made on July 4, 1980, by Archibald of Cuban refugees who had arrived as...
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.
Photograph

Governor Walter S. Goodland

Date: 05 25 1944
Description: Governor Walter S. Goodland filing nomination papers at the Secretary of State Office with Gaige E. Roberts, chief of the elections and records division.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

City observes 80th year of local elections on April 1; government thrice changed

Date: 1933-03-25
County: Rock
City: Janesville
Photograph

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...
Photograph

We Saw You . . . at Council Changeover

Date: 04 17 1960
Description: The Madison City Council holds a reorganizing meeting after the spring elections. Alderman Harrison L. Garner, 13th Ward, starting his 31st year on the Cit...
Historical Essay

The History of Recall Elections in Wisconsin

Read an account of the history of recall elections in Wisconsin. This article also includes a Wisconsin recall timeline and citations of scholarly sources.
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons 1928 and 1936

Date: 
Description: Framed assortment of buttons, pins, and other political ephemera of the presidential elections between Herbert Hoover and Al Smith (1928), and Franklin D. ...
Photograph

1948 Primary Elections

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

Walker, Scott K. 1967

Poster

Students for a Democratic Society Protest Poster

Date: 11 01 1970
Description: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) protest in Detroit, November 3, 1970. Text at the top reads: "Nov. 3 — Elections Are A Hoax!" Handwritten on the le...

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