Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wagon
| Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his fist in the air, speaking from the back of a wagon. He is wearing a hat and a suit without the coat. It was in part due to his vigorous speaking style that La Follette won the nickname "Fighting Bob." This image is one of a series of views of his appearance at a fair in Cumberland, Wisconsin, in 1897. After three unsuccessful campaigns during which he brought his reform message to Wisconsin at events such as this, La Follette was elected governor of Wisconsin in 1900. |
| Image ID: | 2417 |
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| Creation Date: | 1897 |
| Creator Name: | Michigan State College Press |
| City: | Cumberland |
| County: | Barron |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Album 25 (Robert M. La Follette & Family) |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | Album 25.32 |
| Original Dimensions: | 3 x 3 inches |
| See also Image IDs: 2020, 2390, 3562, 113431 and 113432 for related views. Text from Album 25.32. The Milwaukee Journal wrote about these county fair speeches, "Whatever purpose he might have had...his vigorous oratory cannot have failed to have left an impression on his hearers....Mr. La Follette is sometimes sarcastic. His words bite like coals of fire; but his face and gestures are unique....into the commonplace of his word paintings he throws the energy of a man apparently fully impressed with the whole force and truth of his statements. He never wearies and he will not allow his audience to weary...Perhaps this concentration of every power in the man to impress his hearers is a stage trick, but it is well played and beyond detection. It is real and full of life and vitality." Cf. Milwaukee Journal, Oct. 1897. |
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