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Isabel Bacon La Follette Speaking

Date: 01 15 1935
Description: Isabel Bacon La Follette, the wife of Philip La Follette and daughter-in-law of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.,, was as politically and socially involved as he...
Property Record

720 S 92ND ST

Community: West Allis
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: La Follette School
Reference Number: 145445
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Mrs. la follette named for state roll of honor

Date: 1930-04-20
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Photograph

Governor Philip F. La Follette at the State Fair

Date: 09 02 1931
Description: Governor Philip F. La Follette, the younger son of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing a crowd in the grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fair in ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Which shall it be - Marquette or La Follette?

Date: 1934-09-23
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Photograph

Philip Fox La Follette

Date: 
Description: Philip Fox La Follette speaking into a WTMJ microphone. There are audio speakers behind him. He is wearing a suit and necktie.
Photograph

Philip La Follette and Labor Crowd

Date: 09 20 1930
Description: View over crowd towards Philip La Follette, the son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., campaigning for governor before a large crowd of workers near the Allis ...
Photograph

President Taft and Senator La Follette at the Fair

Date: 1909
Description: President William Howard Taft at the Wisconsin State Fair (front row, in the dark bowler hat) in 1909. Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., (in the back ro...
Photograph

La Follette Campaign Train

Date: 1900
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr. with a group on his special campaign train. From left to right they are Alfred T. Rogers, La Follette's law partner; Mr. and Mrs...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Defeat of guard bill certain in senate belief

Date: 
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Property Record

3239 N 9TH ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Twenty-First District School #2
Reference Number: 109761
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Stout hickory planted in honor of "Old Bob"

Date: 1931-05-01
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Newspaper Article/Clipping

L'Follette prosecution of '93 bank crash fraud started him to fame

Date: 1931-08-24
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Committee named for city centennial

Date: 1935-03-01
County: Milwaukee
City: South Milwaukee
Historical Essay

World War I

The Struggles at Home
Discover the how American patriotism during World War I led to Xenophobia and fear of Germans.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The fight that saved taxpayers $ 600,000

Date: 1931-08-28
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Photograph

Richard E. Green

Date: 11 15 1967
Description: A young man in a Milwaukee N.A.A.C.P. Youth Council t-shirt is standing and talking to a group of children. Caption reads: "Richard E. Green, 22, of 3233 N...
Historical Essay

Stephenson, Isaac 1829-1918

Lumberman, Financier and Congressman
Biography of Isaac Stephenson who was a lumberman, financier and congressman.
Historical Essay

Milwaukee Sewer Socialism

How Wisconsin Became America's Most Socialist State
Discover how Milwaukee, Wisconsin became America's first Socialist city.
Classroom Material

Chapter 9: Transportation and Industry Change Wisconsin

Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story'
Chapter 9 supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story'

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