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La Follette as Congressman
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Engraved illustration from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly depicting the members of the House Ways and Means Committee during the deliberations on the McKinley Tariff Bill. William McKinley, the future President, is seated on the right. Congressman Robert M. La Follette, Sr., is third from the left in the middle row.
October 1890
Leslie, Frank
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WHi 30149
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Robert M. La Follette Jr., and his Mother
1919
Snapshot of Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and Belle Case La Follette seated on a bench during a California vacation. They made this trip without Robert M. La Follette, Sr., because of Bob Jr.'s illn...
Robert M. La Follette Sr. and Jr.
1908
Posed portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr., and Jr., seated at a table with a stairway behind them. It is likely this photograph was taken in the La Follettes' Washington, D.C. home.
Robert M. La Follette, Jr.
March 1946
Informal portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., perhaps taken in the library at Maple Bluff Farm. Following his father's death in 1925 Bob Jr. was elected to the Senate. He continued to s...
Robert La Follette, Sr. and Jr.
December 1906
Formal seated portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with Robert M. La Follette, Jr. standing by his side. This portrait was taken in Madison at the end of the elder La Follette's first year in th...
La Follette Kills a Bear
1907
Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr., (with rifle), Robert M. La Follette Jr., and guide Jake Borah with the bear shot by the senator.
La Follette Gathering
1907
A gathering of La Follette family and friends at Maple Bluff Farm. From the left they are Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr.; Gilbert and Netha Roe; Robert Siebecker; Josie La Follette Siebecker; ...
