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Studio Portrait of Henry Greencrow

Date: 1900
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man with long hair posing sitting. He is wearing a suit, necktie, and a button with a...
Photograph

Portrait of a Young European-American Man

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a young European American man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit, necktie, and lapel pho...
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Republican National Convention

Date: 07 07 1952
Description: Jack Rouse of Baraboo (left), executive secretary of the Wisconsin Republican party, gets some advice from attorney Lyall T. Beggs of Madison. Beggs was a ...
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Arden Shenker and Mark Laufman

Date: 1975
Description: Arden Shenker presents the Madison Jewish Community Council Young Leadership award to Mark Laufman.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Man

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man posed sitting and wearing a dark-colored suit coat, vest, bow tie, watch...
Photograph

Wilbur J. Cohen Speaks at the 50th Anniversary of Social Security

Date: 1985
Description: Wilbur Cohen speaks from a lectern at the 50th anniversary celebration of Social Security. On one lapel he is wearing a button which says: "Happy Birthday...
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August Laechelt Holding Jar of Honey

Date: 01 1976
Description: Beekeeper August Laechelt, smiling and holding a jar of honey in his hands. His nametag reads "American Beekeeping Federation; January 18-22, 1976; August ...
Postcard

Taxidermist Cart

Date: 1907
Description: A man in a suit and hat, and a ribbon on his lapel, poses in front of a cart with a sign that reads: "E.D. Ochsner, Taxidermist, Prairie du Sac, Wis." Bunt...
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Vel Phillips and Gerda Ruecktenwald

Date: 05 09 1992
Description: Vel Phillips posing with photographer Gerda Ruecktenwald. Vel is wearing a light blue suit, a flower shaped brooch, and a button pin that reads: "Hate" wit...
Photograph

Vel Phillips and Coretta Scott King

Date: 10 1969
Description: Vel Phillips sitting next to Coretta Scott King. Vel is wearing two button pins on her lapel. Coretta is holding in her lap the book "My Life with Martin L...
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Vel Phillips and W. Dale Phillips

Date: 05 1982
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Vel Phillips, wearing a name tag that reads "Secretary of State," standing next to her husband, W. Dale Phillips, who is wearing...
Photograph

Truman Bartlett

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Description: Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype. Three-quarter length portrait, facing forward, of Truman Bartlett, from Stevens Point, Wisconsin, sitting on a bench in fron...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons 1940-1948

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Description: Framed assortment of buttons in support of Wendell Willkie (1940), Thomas Dewey and running mate John Bricker (1944), and Thomas Dewey and running mate Ear...
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Presidential Political Campaign Buttons 1936-1948

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Description: Framed assortment of presidential campaign buttons. A majority of them support Franklin D. Roosevelt throughout his four terms. A few others support Harry ...
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Buttons

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Description: An assortment of political campaign buttons for Lyndon B. Johnson. Seven out of eight buttons have a white background with red and blue borders, and black ...
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: Five items in an assortment of political campaign ephemera for Aldai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver. At top left is a bumper sticker with yellow text on a bl...
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Presidental Political Campaign Button

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Description: A political campaign button with a head and shoulders portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower on a red, white and blue shield on a white background. The text read...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

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Description: Six assorted presidential political campaign buttons for Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Bob Dole. One button is green and yellow (or gold), and has an oval shap...
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Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: An assortment of presidential political campaign ephemera. On the left is the cover of a brochure that reads: "Opportunity, Security, and Responsibility, A...
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Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: An assortment of presidential political campaign ephemera; four political buttons and one credit card for George Bush and Dick Cheney. One button is stripe...

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