Photograph
Wisconsin Listens to McCarthy
At a Wisconsin Dairy Day event, the photographer turned the camera from the speaker, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, to the large audience gathered to listen to him. They appear sober, yet skeptical. |
Image ID: | 47595 |
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Creation Date: | 09 15 1951 |
Creator Name: | Newhouse, John |
City: | Platteville |
County: | Grant |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | John Newhouse photographs, interviews and other materials, 1945-1974 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | negative, original |
Original Format Number: | (N48)68 |
Original Dimensions: | 5 x 4 inches |
Away from Madison and Milwaukee and their liberal media (on this occasion McCarthy referred to the Milwaukee Journal as the Milwaukee Daily Worker), Wisconsin audiences were receptive to his message and charmed by his personality. |
Public speaking |
Crowds |
Politicians |
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