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Historical Essay

The Early Labor Movement in Wisconsin

Brief history of the labor movement in Wisconsin.
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Kennedy Campaigning in Wisconsin

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy at the Madison airport with state Democratic leaders. To Kennedy's left are Governor Gaylord Nelson and state Democr...
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Writers Workshop at Highlander

Date: 1940
Description: A late 1930s early 1940s writers workshop at Highlander run by Leon Wilson. Charlie Ferguson, Editor, Reader's Digest, working with Mrs. Joe Kelly Stockt...
National or State Registers Record

733 Lakewood Blvd.

Community: Maple Bluff
County: Dane
Historic Name: LaFollette, Robert M., House
Reference Number: 66000020
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Anthony Earl Speaking to the AFL-CIO

Date: 
Description: Governor Anthony S. Earl stands at a podium on a stage. A man sits at a table draped in blue cloth on the left. Behind Earl sit several men in chairs. Some...
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Union Christmas Party

Date: 1959
Description: Four members of an unidentified local in United Packinghouse Workers of America District 1 (Burette King, Sidney Coleman, Aljay Williams, and Joseph Kuzma)...
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United Automobile Workers Christmas Party

Date: 1945
Description: View from the front of a theater towards children sitting in the audience. Standing in the aisle on the right is a man who is dressed as Santa Claus.
Historical Essay

Parys, Ronald G. 1938

General Information

Acquisitions and Collection Development

Library-Archives
Explore the wide range of subjects collected by the Wisconsin Historical Society Library-Archives.
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Gene McCarthy Supporters

Date: 1968
Description: Midge Miller of Madison talking with an unidentified supporter of Eugene McCarthy at the Democratic Convention. Listening intently to their conversation is...
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John T. McManus

Date: 
Description: Candid photograph of journalist John T. "Jack" McManus speaking on the telephone. McManus was a writer for the "New York Times"; co-founder of the "Nationa...
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Harry W. Bolens

Date: 1912
Description: Harry W. Bolens,(seated, center) during an unsucessful campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin during the summer of 1912. He was an inventor, obtaine...
Historical Essay

The Birth of the Labor Movement

How Wisconsin Created the Workday
Discover the history of the labor movement in Wisconsin and how it created the modern work week.

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