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Father Groppi and Demonstrators

Date: 1968
Description: Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation"
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School Desegregation Pickets

Date: 1964
Description: A woman and child carry CORE picket signs protesting school segregation.
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Rally for John F. Kennedy

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: View of audience at a rally for John F. Kennedy for president.
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Nixon/Lodge Supporters

Date: 1960
Description: Campaigners for the 1960 Republican ticket of Richard M. Nixon for president and Henry Cabot Lodge for vice-president.
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Peace Through Victory

Date: 01 19 1968
Description: Protesters, members of the Milwaukee Americans for Freedom, demonstrate against presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy and in favor of the Vietnam war.
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Hoover for Ex President

Date: 11 1932
Description: Democrat J.P. Kelly of Richland Center put this sign on his car during the last days of the 1932 Presidential campaign. He wrote F. Ryan Duffy that it caus...
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Dow Riot Protest Poster

Date: 10 1967
Description: Poster with a large image of the Dow Riot (Oct. 18, 1967) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, showing riot police beating protesters. Includes t...
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Campaign Headquarters for the Primary Election

Date: 09 1924
Description: Several men and children pose outside the La Follette-Wheeler-Blaine-Schneider campaign headquarters before the primary election.
Poster

Judy Greenspan for School Board

Date: 1973
Description: Poster promoting Judy Greenspan for school board. Her platform includes: passage of the high school bill of rights, an end to discriminatory practices agai...
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Protesters at Bush-Cheney Rally

Date: 05 07 2004
Description: Protesters hold political signs outside Bush-Cheney rally. One sign reads: "Bush is a whore for the dogs of war" and the other reads: "Bush sucks."
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George W. Bush Rally

Date: 05 07 2004
Description: Television press and supporters at Bush-Cheney rally.
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Obama Supporters

Date: 10 10 2008
Description: Seated Obama supporters hold American flags and signs, and a "Change" banner hangs behind them.
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Barack Obama at Rally

Date: 10 01 2008
Description: President Barack Obama greeting supporters at rally.
Poster

Athletes For The President

Date: 1972
Description: A President Nixon re-election poster with approximately 360 signatures of athletes (appearing in alphabetical order) on it. At the top of the poster is the...
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Paul Ryan Rally

Date: 10 30 2012
Description: National Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus and La Crosse Operation Homefront Director Patti Lokken being interviewed at a Paul Ryan Rally Event, La ...
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Paul Ryan Speaks

Date: 10 30 2012
Description: Congressman Paul Ryan speaks to a group as the Republican Vice Presidential candidate at the La Crosse County Republican Headquarters. Most people are wear...
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Mother and Daughters at Rally

Date: 10 30 2012
Description: A mother and two daughters pose outside of a Paul Ryan Rally Event at the La Crosse County Republican Headquarters. One girl holds a Mitt Romney book. The ...
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Interviewing a Bernie Sanders Supporter

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: A reporter is interviewing a woman selling signs in support of Bernie Sanders as a camerawoman is recording them. Another man stands nearby.
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Hillary Protesters Outside the Democratic Presidential Debates

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: A group of anti-Hillary protesters posing outdoors for journalists and photographers with their handmade signs. In the foreground a woman stands behind a c...
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Hillary Clinton Supporters

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: A group of men and women standing outside the Democratic presidential debates holding up signs in support of Hillary Clinton.

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