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Bob Kastenmeier

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Description: Robert Kastenmeier, U.S. Congressman. Text on image reads, "To Bill Evjue a Great American-in admiration & in gratitude, Bob Kastermeier member of Congre...
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Bill Proxmire

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Description: Portrait of Bill Proxmire. The front of the photograph is inscribed: To America's greatest Crusading editor with admiration and deep respect, Bill Proxmire...
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Walter Goodland with John Grindell and Aloys Klaas

Date: 09 04 1943
Description: Governor Goodland conferring with District Attorney John Grindell and Sheriff Aloys Klaas about gambling in Grant County.
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Stevenson and Wisconsin Candidates

Date: 1952
Description: Democratic Presidential Candidate Adlai Stevenson speaking to an audience. On the platform with him are William Proxmire, who was making the first of his ...
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William T. Evjue

Date: 04 26 1950
Description: William T. Evjue, editor and publisher of the Madison "Capital Times," who was well-known for his "crusades" such as his opposition to gambling, Senator Jo...
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"Polly Want A Cracker?" Political Cartoon

Date: 06 1952
Description: Original political cartoon depicting Dwight Eisenhower as a docile Presidential candidate. Feeding him crackers are Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and Senator ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright and Admirers

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Description: Frank Lloyd Wright and Mrs. Wright at a Madison event honoring him. They are looking at a model of the Wright-designed model of Monona Terrace. With them ...
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Swearing-In 48 Agents

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: Scene in rural schoolyard as Sheriff Sam Giovanoni swore in 48 Beverage Tax Agents as Iron County Deputies on Tuesday night, just before a a sweeping raid ...
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Chairman of the Township of Rib Mountain

Date: 1942
Description: Charles Norton, Chairman of the Township of Rib Mountain. He may have played a role in the sweeping raids on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest wa...
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William Theodore Evjue

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Description: William Evjue with Girl Scouts.
Manuscript

President Roosevelt Letter to Evjue

Date: 10 20 1936
Description: Photocopy of a letter from President Franklin Roosevelt to William Evjue, Editor of the Capital Times, thanking him for his support.

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