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McCarthy-Army Hearings

Date: 06 09 1954
Description: McCarthy-Army hearings. Left to right: G. David Schine, Joseph R. McCarthy, and Roy Cohn.
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Joseph R. McCarthy

Date: 1944
Description: Portrait of Joseph R. McCarthy used in literature issued for his unsuccessful 1944 Senate campaign.
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Senator Joseph R. McCarthy

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Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, whose name became synonymous with an era of extreme anti-communism.
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McCarthy Signing Autographs

Date: 11 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, signing autographs during his 1952 re-election campaign
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McCarthy Votes

Date: 08 13 1952
Description: For the camera, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy shows how he voted in the 1952 Republican Primary. McCarthy handily defeated his opponent Len Schmitt.
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Joseph McCarthy

Date: 04 08 1951
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy speaking.
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McCarthy and an Admirer

Date: 06 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin greets his nephew, Kelly Kornely, at a Republican campaign event in Wisconsin. Also with McCarthy is Assemblyman G...
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A Daughter for Joe

Date: 1957
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and daughter Tierney. Her adoption was not completed at the time of the Senator's death on May 2, 1957.
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McCarthy Wins

Date: 11 05 1946
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy receiving the congratulations of supporters after his victory over Democrat Howard J. McMurray in the 1946 U.S. Senate election. The vic...
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Newsreel Crew Interviewing Senator McCarthy

Date: 08 13 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy being interviewed by a newsreel crew after his victory in the 1952 Republican primary election. McCarthy was celebrating at the ...
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Senator Joseph McCarthy Eating Breakfast

Date: 11 06 1946
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy in the home of friends Urban and Margery Van Susteren of Little Chute, on the morning after his election to the U.S. Senate. Van Sustere...
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Joe McCarthy Christmas Greeting

Date: 12 1954
Description: The 1954 Christmas card of Jeanne and Joseph R. McCarthy, mailed at about the time he was censured by the Senate. Handwritten on the inside the card says,...
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Joe McCarthy on the Campaign Trail

Date: 1946
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy campaigned hard for election to the Senate in 1946, traveling throughout the state. He paused in Manawa, however, for a visit with Mrs....
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Press Interview with Senator Joseph McCarthy

Date: 12 09 1951
Description: Press interview at the Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Identified (left to right) are the United States Senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McC...
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Philleo Nash

Date: 1951
Description: Philleo Nash, Wisconsin Rapids cranberry grower, Democratic Party leader, and lieutenant governor, 1959-1961. From 1946 to 1952 he was a special assistant ...
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Robert M. La Follette, Jr.

Date: 03 1946
Description: Informal portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., perhaps taken in the library at Maple Bluff Farm. Following his father's death in 1925 Bob Jr. was...
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Nixon as Congressional Candidate

Date: 1946
Description: Richard M. Nixon, probably as a congressional candidate in 1946 when he first demonstrated his ability to use Communism as a way to electoral victory, in t...

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