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Philip La Follette's Children

Date: 1937
Description: Informal portrait of Philip La Follette's children, Robert M., III, Sherry, and Judith.
Photograph

Philip and Robert M. La Follette, Jr.

Date: 1937
Description: Philip and Robert La Follette, Jr., standing on a porch (the White House?), in long coats.
Photograph

Chief Senate Clerk

Date: 1937
Description: A messenger hands materials to Lawrence Larson, in the Senate Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol. From left to right are Jerry Czarnecki, Hanford Wesle...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Senate

Date: 1937
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin State Senate. In the middle is a photograph of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Assembly

Date: 1937
Description: Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Assembly.
Photograph

P.F. Daugs

Date: 1937
Description: Individual image from group compilation of Wisconsin State Assembly members.
Photograph

WPA Exhibit

Date: 1937
Description: Opening ceremonies for a Work Progress Administration (WPA) exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Court Packing

Date: 1937
Description: Snapshot of a break in the deliberations during the famous Roosevelt "Court Packing Case." Journalist Robert S. Allen, who was covering the story, can be s...
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Circus Lore

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of "Wisconsin Circus Lore" written by the Federal Writer's Project in Wisconsin and bound by the Milwaukee Handicraft Project. The cover features a d...
Book or Pamphlet

The Fighting Finches Cover

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of "The Fighting Finches" by the Federal Writers' Project in Wisconsin and bound by Milwaukee Handicraft Project. There is a drawing of a hand gun on...
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Mushrooms

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of the book "Wisconsin Mushrooms" by the Federal Writers' Project in Wisconsin and bound by Milwaukee Handicraft Project. The cover features a woodcu...
Print

Capital Christmas

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card from Palmer F. Daugs, alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1954 and candidate for Wi...
Photograph

Marching Band in Parade on Main Street

Date: 1937
Description: Elevated view of students in a school marching band in a parade marching down Main Street. Students are wearing marching band uniforms and are playing inst...
Manuscript

Oliver Hart-Paar Tractor Booklet

Date: 1937
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Oliver Hart-Paar tractors featuring a color illustration of a farmer using a tractor and plow in a field.
Book or Pamphlet

Oliver Hart-Parr Row Crop Advertisement

Date: 1937
Description: Front cover of an advertising booklet produced by the Oliver Farm Equipment Company to showcase the new Oliver Hart-Parr row crop. An illustration of rolli...
Photograph

Maurine Mulliner

Date: 1937
Description: Maurine Mulliner was the first Executive Secretary to the Social Security Board, beginning in 1936. This photograph is inscribed "To Wilbur [Cohen] with af...
Photograph

Tagging a Buck

Date: 1937
Description: Two conservation wardens are crouching to tag a buck lying in the snow. The buck was killed illegally. Two other wardens are standing and observing. The gr...
Photograph

Blockprint Unit: Designs for Draperies and Wall Hangings

Date: 1937
Description: Caption reads: "The designs for draperies and wall hangings are cut into linoleum and backed with heavy ply-wood".
Photograph

Blockprint Unit: Printing Material

Date: 1937
Description: Caption reads: "The material to be printed is stretched over a padded table". Another woman is working at a table in the background.
Photograph

Blockprint Unit: Inked Block

Date: 1937
Description: Caption reads: "The finished block is inked and carefully placed upon the cloth".

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