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Schlitz Train Celebrating End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:...
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Armed Forces Day

Date: 1950
Description: Color guards marching past the Wisconsin State Capitol carrying flags as a crowd looks on.
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Al Smith and John Raskob

Date: 10 28 1928
Description: Al Smith and his National Chairman John Raskob on the porch of the Raskob home.
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Dwight Eisenhower Cartoon

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Description: Cartoon of Dwight D. Eisenhower with electric chairs for teeth. The image is very likely in reference to the Rosenberg spy case.
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McCarthy-Army Hearings

Date: 06 09 1954
Description: McCarthy-Army hearings. Left to right: G. David Schine, Joseph R. McCarthy, and Roy Cohn.
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La Follette, Sr. Engraving

Date: 1904
Description: An engraved head and shoulders portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., during the period when he was the governor of Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Makes Its Laws

Date: 1947
Description: An assembly clerk withdrawing the record of a vote from the automatic voting machine in the Assembly chamber. Madison, WI.
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La Follette's Labor Day Address

Date: 1924
Description: Independent presidential candidate Robert M. La Follette, Sr., standing behind a radio microphone delivering a Labor Day address.
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Industrial Commission Meeting

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Description: Photograph of Industrial Commission members at a compensation hearing.
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Father Groppi and Protesters

Date: 1969
Description: Father James Groppi with his fist in the air at the Wisconsin State Capitol during welfare demonstrations.He is surrounded by other protesters.
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Daisy Bates at Woolworth's Boycott

Date: 1962
Description: Daisy Bates and others at Woolworth's boycott.
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Speidel and Milwaukee County Zoo Model

Date: 02 20 1954
Description: Zoo director George Speidel and members of the Milwaukee County Zoological society talking over plans for the new zoo while looking at a tentative model fo...
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The Silver Presentation Delegation

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: Members of the official Silver Presentation Delegation on board the USS "Wisconsin". Bottom left to right: Judge Rosenberry, Captain Roper, and Oscar Renne...
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Mr. La Follette's Strongest Card

Date: 12 29 1911
Description: A pro-La Follette political cartoon entitled "Mr. La Follette's Strongest Card" depicting Wisconsin before and after reforms brought about by Governor Robe...
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Painting of Lyman Spalding

Date: 1955
Description: Photograph of an oil painting of Lyman Spalding, a founder of the United States Pharmacopeia, and its first chairman. The painting was done by the artist R...
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Civil Works Service Employee gives out a Check

Date: 02 10 1934
Description: A Civil Works Service employee with a check and equivalent in groceries.
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Anti-Civil Rights Protester

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Description: American Nazi protesting the rights of African Americans.
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Henry M. Youmans

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Description: Henry M. Youmans. Bottom of photographic halftone is inscribed: "Very Truly Yours, Henry M. Youmans."
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Fischelis at Hunter College

Date: 1955
Description: Robert Fischelis at Delegate's Entrance, Hunter College. He served as an advisor to the American delegation to the Instructional Health Conference, which b...
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Abraham Lincoln

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Description: Side view of Lincoln statue by Vinnie Ream.

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