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Benjamin Harrison

Date: 1890
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States, 1889-1893. Harrison was born on August 20, 1833, on a farm ne...
Poster

Robert M. La Follette Political Poster

Date: 1905
Description: Robert M. La Follette political poster asking voters to consider La Follette's views and the opposition's views.
Poster

McKinley Campaign Poster

Date: 1896
Description: Organizational poster for a young men's Republican Club in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, to support the 1896 Presidential campaign of William McKinley. The Presiden...
Photograph

Donkey and Rider With Campaign Signs

Date: 1968
Description: An unidentified man wearing a sandwich board supporting Bronson La Follette for Governor and Gaylord Nelson for United States Senator is seated on a donkey...
Historical Object

FDR Campaign Pin

Date: 1936
Description: Wisconsin campaign pin for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Nance Garner's 1936 run. It reads "Roosevelt Garner Club, Wisconsin."
Historical Object

FDR Campaign Pin

Date: 1936
Description: Campaign button for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with Roosevelt's image at the center and the phrase "Carry on with Roosevelt" around the outer edge.
Historical Object

FDR Campaign Banner

Date: 1932
Description: Campaign banner in support of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President. The banner bears Roosevelt's image and the phrases "God Bless America" and "our next...
Photograph

Dane County Republican Picnic

Date: 09 05 1954
Description: State Senator Warren Knowles, (R-New Richmond), Republican-endorsed candidate for lieutenant governor (right), crouches to greet Tom and Bill Jasper, two y...
Photograph

Senator Karl Mundt at Airport

Date: 09 02 1954
Description: Senator Karl Mundt, (S.D., Rep.) who is wearing a suit and hat, and putting a cigar up to his mouth. Mundt came to Madison to address a session of the Univ...
Photograph

Politics Wisconsin Style

Date: 08 1990
Description: Grilling burgers and corn on the cob, all washed down with beer... a typical menu for a Wisconsin political fundraiser. This event was for State Senator Ru...
Photograph

Vernon W. Thomson with Dennis Morgan

Date: 10 06 1956
Description: Atty. Gen. Vernon W. Thomson, GOP gubernatorial candidate, posing with his long-time friend, movie and television actor Dennis Morgan. Morgan was one of th...
Photograph

Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: 1952
Description: Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower leaving the Transfilm Building after filming fifty political spots in one day. (Rosser Reeves wearing glasses.) Eise...
Print

Campaign '72

Date: 1972
Description: Two-sided, quarter-fold advertisement for a ten filmstrip program about the 1972 presidential election. The outside is the promotional information. The ins...
Poster

Campaign Supplies

Date: 1938
Description: A poster promoting campaign supplies that could be ordered with a candidate's name printed on it. The items include: cloth signs, posters, window cards, kn...
Photograph

Dave and Mary Lou

Date: 1994
Description: Mary Lou Munts, a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, and Congressman David R. Obey at a fundraiser for Obey at the Madison Club.
Photograph

Political Fundraiser

Date: 
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (left) and Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl at a fundraiser for Obey. Jim Chapman is the man between them.
Photograph

Democratic Barbecue Fundraiser

Date: 08 1990
Description: Democrats at a fundraising barbecue for Wisconsin State Senator Russ Decker weigh down the make-shift seating.
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Monona Terrace "Vote No" Poster

Date: 1962
Description: A door hanger encouraging voters to vote down the plan to discontinue plans for creation of the Monona Terrace.
Photograph

Baseball Team Owner

Date: 10 24 2012
Description: La Crosse Loggers baseball team owner Dan Kapanke, at a Republican Election Rally at La Crosse County Republican Headquarters. He is a former Wisconsin Sta...
Drawing

Television Commercial Art Work

Date: 1952
Description: Four panels of a sketched storyboard for the Eisenhower TV spot campaign. The first panel contains the slogan, "Eisenhower Answers America!"

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