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Fauerbach's Brewery Sign

Date: 1884
Description: A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery.
Historical Object

Mourning Badge with Grant Image

Date: 07 23 1885
Description: Mourning Badge with the image of Ulysses S. Grant.
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Wisconsin Centennial First Day Cover

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: The 100th Anniversary of Wisconsin Statehood envelope on the first day it was issued on May 29, 1948. It is addressed to Governor Oscar Rennebohm, State of...
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Junior Fair

Date: 08 19 1944
Description: Premium list for the 1944 Junior Fair, the 7th such event designed for young people ages 12-21, made a strong graphic and intellectual link between victory...
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Progressive Emancipation Bond

Date: 1924
Description: "Progressive Emancipation Bond" certificate for contributions to the Progressive Party for the 1924 presidential campaign in which La Follette was running ...
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Official Primary Ballot for the Republican Party

Date: 1912
Description: Official Primary Ballot for the Republican Party on Tuesday September 3, 1912.
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Official Primary Ballot for the Democratic Party

Date: 1912
Description: Official Primary ballot Tuesday September, 1912. City of Madison-Tenth Ward for the Democratic Party.
Book or Pamphlet

War With Germany Pamphlet

Date: 04 04 1917
Description: Speech of Robert M. La Follette in the Senate of Wisconsin regarding the war with Germany.
Photograph

Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm receiving a full sheet of the 1948 centennial stamp.
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Farwell Broadside

Date: 1851
Description: "Good Testimony, Read, Read!," a broadside issued by citizens of Milwaukee in support of the gubernatorial candidacy of the Whig candidate, Leonard J. Farw...
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Gene McCarthy Bumper Sticker

Date: 1968
Description: Flower-shaped bumper sticker from Eugene McCarthy's 1968 Presidential campaign.
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Gene McCarthy Sticker

Date: 1968
Description: Large round sticker from Eugene McCarthy's 1968 Presidential campaign. Above McCarthy's name is a dove with a branch in its beak.
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McCarthy for President Bumper Sticker

Date: 1968
Description: Bumper sticker from the 1968 Presidential campaign of Eugene McCarthy.
Book or Pamphlet

McCarthy for President Pamphlet

Date: 1968
Description: Front cover of a campaign literature pamphlet for Eugene McCarthy's 1968 Presidential run. Beneath the portrait of McCarthy is a quotation from an editoria...
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Coolidge in Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: "Keep Cool with Coolidge in Wisconsin This Summer." A stamp presumably issued by the Outdoor Club of Wisconsin, to promote tourism in northern Wisconsin. I...
Manuscript

Autographs of Legislators

Date: 1861
Description: A page of autographs of the members of the 1861 Wisconsin Legislature.
Poster

Reuss Campaign Ad

Date: 11 1951
Description: Poster issued by Democrat Henry S. Reuss as part of his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by Joseph R. McCarthy. Reuss declared his candidacy on Nove...
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"End Witch Hunts" Cover

Date: 1960
Description: Cover of flyer found in the papers of the National Committee to Abolish the Un-American Activities Committee. Founded in 1960, the committee later became ...
Book or Pamphlet

Anti-Communist Literature

Date: 1953
Description: "It Can Happen Here," a pamphlet distributed by the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade. The CACC was founded by Fred C. Schwartz in 1953, the peak of the ant...
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"The Red Package" Cover

Date: 1947
Description: Anti-communist brochure, copyright by Harry T. Everingham, Chicago, Illinois, in 1947. The text asks "Why not try Communism?" and replies "The answer is y...

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