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Helicopters in Korea

Date: 01 1953
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...
Photograph

Youthful Republicans for Barry Goldwater

Date: 09 22 1964
Description: Three young men displaying some campaign materials outside their own GOP headquarters in a garage at 8608 W. Meinecke Avenue in Wauwatosa. They are, from l...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 1956
Description: Framed assortment of buttons, and a few stamps, representing the presidential election between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson in 1956. A few of the ...
Photograph

Progressive Republicans at the Park Hotel

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: Members of the Progressive Republican Alfred E. Smith For President Club, holding their hats while posing in front of the Park Hotel, 22 South Carroll Stre...
Photograph

Julius P. Heil

Date: 1925
Description: Studio portrait of Julius Peter Heil, Wisconsin industrialist and Republican governor.
Photograph

Nils P. Haugen

Date: 
Description: Nils Pederson Haugen, a Republican congressman from River Falls, Wisconsin. In 1894 Robert M. La Follette, Sr., induced Congressman Haugen to run for gove...
Photograph

Joe McCarthy at Milwaukee Tribute

Date: 12 11 1951
Description: Head table at a dinner that honored Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, behind which is a large portrait of him. Senator McCarthy is second from the right. Over 25...
Photograph

Joseph R. McCarthy Funeral

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: Marine honor guard at the funeral of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Jean McCarthy (wearing a round black hat), stands to the left of the Marines. McCarthy's ...
Photograph

U.W. Young Republicans Picketing

Date: 10 28 1960
Description: University Republican students picketing the Kennedy-Nelson campaign headquarters at 610 University Avenue, carrying signs asking why the Democratic campai...
Photograph

Frederick Huntington Gillett

Date: 1919
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Republican politician Frederick H. Gillett. Caption reads: "Gillett May Succeed Mann. Photo shows Frederick H. Gillett of...
Print

Frank Leslie Cartoon "Winning and Wearing"

Date: 05 23 1863
Description: Cartoon appearing in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 144. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), the Copperheads nominally favored th...
Photograph

Stop the Party of Hate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A large crowd of men and women standing outside the Republican presidential debate holding signs, banners, and flags. Most of the signs read: "Black lives ...
Property Record

809 WATER ST

Community: Sauk City
County: Sauk
Historic Name: Heller Building
Reference Number: 91458
Photograph

McCarthy, the Primary Winner

Date: 09 18 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy speaking with reporters at LaGuardia Airport shortly after his victory over Len Schmitt in the Wisconsin Republican primary. McC...
Historical Essay

The 'Monster Knife' of John Fox Potter

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Giant knife presented to John Fox Potter by Missouri Republicans after his challenge to duel with a Virginia congressman, 1860. (Museum object #1957.112)
Historical Essay

Wisconsin and the Republican Party

A New Vision for the United States
Discover how a few key political issues in the 1850s gave birth to the Republican Party
Painting

Orland S. Loomis

Date: 
Description: Painted portrait of Orland Steen Loomis in a suit and blue necktie.

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