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Chris Farley in Black Sheep

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Description: Chris Farley's character in the movie Black Sheep enthusiastically offers a political button to a man and a woman. They are standing in a parking lo...
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 10 1992
Description: Cover of a presidential political campaign comic book. The writer is Larry Doyle, and the illustrator is Alan Kupperberg.
Photograph

Golf Game

Date: 04 26 1967
Description: Women golfers on the course.
Photograph

Democrats for Goldwater

Date: 10 28 1964
Description: Women representatives of Democrats for Goldwater from Central Wisconsin rally to support their candidate.
Photograph

Vel Phillips Sharing a Drink

Date: 07 1980
Description: Vel Phillips stands between two women. They are all holding wine glasses. The woman on the left is wearing glasses and a turtleneck. The woman on the right...
Photograph

Jack Olson Nominated for Governor

Date: 05 16 1970
Description: Jack Olson gets a congratulatory handshake after he was nominated for Governor by Gov. Knowles. His supporters are holding many "Olson For Governor" and "I...
Photograph

Possible Female Vice Presidential Nominees

Date: 07 09 1984
Description: Seven buttons or stickers with the names and faces of possible female Vice-Presidential nominees. Walter Mondale was determined to choose a woman for his r...
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 11 02 1992
Description: The cover of a November 1992 edition of "The New Yorker" magazine. On the left side, down the spine, are jack-o-lanterns, bats, and ghosts with a torn loo...
Photograph

Walter Mondale

Date: 10 24 1984
Description: Walter Mondale campaigns for president in 1984 during his failed run against Ronald Reagan.
Photograph

Hasn't Missed an Election

Date: 11 08 1966
Description: An older woman and a younger woman talking in front of a voting machine. Caption reads: "HASN'T MISSED AN ELECTION — Mrs. Mary Sturm, 71, of 820 E. Ogden a...
Photograph

George Wallace Supporters

Date: 03 18 1964
Description: Supporters of Alabama Governor George Wallace stand behind a rope at a Wallace rally during the 1964 Presidential primary campaign. One woman is holding a ...
Photograph

Dancing at a Campaign Party

Date: 10 05 1986
Description: Long before Governor Earl conceded the race, some backers celebrated at his campaign party in Madison.
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Romney, Great for '68

Date: 01 05 1968
Description: A man and woman get ready for the arrival of Mrs. George W. Romney at the Romney for President headquarters. Several campaign posters and banners are sprea...
Photograph

Mrs. Carrie Lee Nelson

Date: 10 11 1968
Description: A woman is sitting and holding a cup of coffee on a plate, facing an unidentified person in the foreground. She is wearing a name tag that reads: "Carrie L...
Photograph

A Bouquet for Geraldine Ferraro

Date: 10 31 1984
Description: Geraldine Ferraro thanks a little boy and girl for giving her a bouquet of flowers after her speech.
Poster

"Thanos & Despina" Film Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Grove Press International Film Festival film poster for the Greek film, "Oi voskoi." A woman and a man are running, with the man carrying luggage over his ...
Photograph

"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin grinning for the camera in the middle of a group of four women and a man in a meeting at the Waldorf Astoria related to the New York premie...
Poster

"Early Works" Film Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Grove Press International Film Festival film poster for the Yugoslavian film, "Rani radovi." Illustrated image of a woman wearing only an open coat and boo...
Photograph

Wisconsin Education Association Annual Meeting

Date: 11 04 1966
Description: A woman wearing a leopard-print coat and a scarf over her head is looking at a person in the foreground on the left. Caption reads: "Teachers, arms laden w...
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Spearfishing Protest

Date: 1990
Description: Protesters standing behind a fence at an anti-spearfishing rally. The man in the center is holding a sign that reads: "Spearing Sucks."

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