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Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 1964
Description: Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for Lyndon B. Johnson and running mate Hubert Humphrey, and Barry Goldwater and running mate William E. Mil...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 1960
Description: Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for John F. Kennedy and running mate Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon and running mate Henry Cabot Lodg...
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Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 1988
Description: Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for George H.W. Bush and running mate Dan Quayle, and Mike Dukakis and running mate Lloyd Bentsen. One of t...
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Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 2008
Description: Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin, and Barack Obama and running mate Joe Biden. Most represent t...
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Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 2004
Description: Framed assortment of campaign buttons for John Kerry and running mate John Edwards, and George W. Bush and running mate Dick Cheney. One button shows a rin...
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Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 2000
Description: Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for George W. Bush and running mate Dick Cheney, and Al Gore and running mate Joe Lieberman. Three of the b...
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Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

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Description: An assortment of seven presidential political campaign buttons, and one sticker, for Gerald Ford and Bob Dole. One of the buttons is blue with white text a...
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Kohler Campaign Caravan Tours Dane County

Date: 08 24 1957
Description: A thirteen-car caravan tours Dane County campaigning for former Governor Walter J. Kohler, the Republican nominee for United States Senator. The caravan is...
Photograph

Democratic Party State Convention

Date: 10 11 1957
Description: Dane County Treasurer Walter Smithback (left) talks over strategy with Patrick J. Lucey for Lucey's run for State Democratic Party Chairman at the State De...
Photograph

Democratic Party State Convention

Date: 10 12 1957
Description: The winner of the race for State Chairman of the party is Patrick J. Lucey (left), shown here with the incumbent chairman, Philleo Nash of Wisconsin Rapids...
Photograph

Inaurgation Day and Attorney General John Reynolds

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: Attorney General John Reynolds and Mrs. Reynolds receive congratulations at a reception during Governor Nelson's inauguration.
Photograph

Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate Campaigning

Date: 10 17 1958
Description: Roland J. Steinle chats with a 90-year-old Evansville resident, Jacob Blum, during a 10-community campaign swing in southern Wisconsin. He resigned from th...
Photograph

1894 Election Recalled with Old Newspaper

Date: 10 14 1960
Description: A reporter looks at a tattered old newspaper from Nov. 7, 1894 that was found in the wall at the home of Sidney Gay, 4406 Cherokee Drive.
Photograph

Counting Votes

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: Scene Tuesday night Nov. 8th in the office of the Dane County Clerk Otto Festge as he and his aids tally a heavy presidential year vote in Dane County.
Photograph

Election Night

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: The election night staff of the Wisconsin State Journal on works its way Tuesday night through the vote returns.
Photograph

Inaugural Ceremonies at the Wisconsin Capitol

Date: 01 02 1961
Description: Five state officers with their heads bowed during the invocation at the inaugural ceremonies at the State Capitol. Left to right are Attorney General John ...
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Inaugural Ceremonies at the Wisconsin Capitol

Date: 01 02 1961
Description: Two state officers that were inaugurated at ceremonies in the State Capitol. State Treasurer Dena Smith, Milwaukee, is the first woman ever elected to a Wi...
Photograph

Mayoral Candidate, Henry Reynolds

Date: 02 02 1961
Description: Henry E. Reynolds, Madison businessman and candidate for mayor, is seated on a chair with all of his nomination sheets spread around him in an effort to sh...
Photograph

Edward Evenson Plays Chess

Date: 11 09 1960
Description: A uniformed police officer is sitting in a folding chair and moving pieces on a chessboard. Caption reads: "On duty Tuesday at the voting place in t...
Photograph

Democratic Process

Date: 1976
Description: Poll workers wait for voters at the Town Hall. They are seated at tables on a platform. Below are a wood burning stove and folding chairs.

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