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| Description: | Portrait of Morris H. Rubin, editor of the Progressive Magazine. This photograph is thought to have been taken during the 1950s when Rubin was one o... |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Alger Hiss. His perjury conviction on charges of spying for the Communists greatly enhanced the careers of Richard Nixon, an... |
| Date: | 06 13 1952 |
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| Description: | A group of Wisconsin Republicans, probably all supporters of the Presidential candidacy of Robert A. Taft, taken at the state convention in Milwaukee, June... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Adlai Stevenson, Democratic Presidential candidate, at a podium speaking to an audience. To Stevenson's right is Thomas Fairchild, the Democratic candidat... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| 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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| Description: | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in custody. The Rosenbergs were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union on March 29, 1951, and sentenced to death. The climate ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Official portrait of Republican Congressman Alvin O'Konski, probably dating from the 83rd Congress. O'Konski represented Wisconsin's 10th Congressional d... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Cover of flyer found in the papers of the National Committee to Abolish the Un-American Activities Committee. Founded in 1960, the committee later became ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Charles J. Kersten (1902-1972), a conservative Republican congressman from Wisconsin's 5th District. Kersten, a Milwaukee attorney, was elected to Congres... |
| Date: | 07 07 1952 |
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| Description: | Cyrus Philipp, Wisconsin Republican Party committeeman (and a Taft supporter) with fellow national convention delegate Harlen Kelley, the blind and handica... |
| Date: | 09 12 1949 |
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| Description: | A gathering of officers and members of the Wisconsin Department of the American Legion, probably at their annual state convention. In Wisconsin the ardent ... |
| Date: | 04 12 1955 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler ready to throw out the first pitch of the 1955 season to Milwaukee Braves catcher Del Crandall. Pictured in the lower left... |
| Date: | 08 13 1952 |
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| Description: | Len Schmitt, former Progressive Party legislator from Merrill, led the Republican opposition to Senator Joseph R. McCarthy's bid for re-election. Schmitt a... |
| Date: | 01 1953 |
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| Description: | Infantry troops board helicopters for Korea via the 6th Transportation Helicopter Company, the first Army cargo helicopter unit in the combat zone. The 6th... |
| Date: | 08 27 1957 |
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| Description: | William Proxmire, his wife, Ellen (to Proxmire's right), and his supporters celebrate his victory in the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated u... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Anti-communist brochure, copyright by Harry T. Everingham, Chicago, Illinois, in 1947. The text asks "Why not try Communism?" and replies "The answer is y... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Envelope of a letter addressed to Senator William Proxmire from a constituent in Kansasville, Wisconsin, which graphically illustrates a perceived connecti... |
| Date: | 08 1946 |
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| Description: | Campaign brochure issued by Robert M. La Follette, Jr., after his decision to return the Wisconsin Progressive Party to the Republican Party. The brochure... |
| Date: | 03 17 1952 |
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| Description: | Owen D. Lattimore speaking to an audience. Although the photograph is not identified, it was undoubtedly taken at an appearance at the University Union Th... |
| Date: | 05 1950 |
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| Description: | Nationalist Chinese Army soldiers evacuated fron Hainan arriving in Formosa in May 1950. Their arrival was covered by NBC foreign correspondent Cecil Brow... |
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