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People Counting Pennies

Date: 03 22 1954
Description: People counting pennies that came in the mail for the Dr. Kate Million Penny fundraiser. Country doctor Kate Pelham Newcomb -- known as "the angel on snow...
Photograph

CIO Fair Booth

Date: 
Description: Two men stand in front of a booth sponsored by the Congress of Industrial Organizations at a fair. In addition to displays on farmer-labor solidarity and v...
Document

Packer Letterhead

Date: 04 12 1950
Description: Green Bay Packers letterhead dated April 12th. The content of the letter is addressed to "DEAR FELLOW WORKER" and details a small aspect of the Green Bay P...
Photograph

The Incomparable Hildegarde

Date: 03 1941
Description: Hildegarde Loretta Sell, better known as Hildegarde, was a well known cabaret singer who was born in Adell, Wisconsin in 1906 and raised in New Holstein. D...
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

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.
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Political Fundraiser

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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.
Photograph

Obey and Ed Garvey

Date: 1994
Description: Congressman David R. Obey with Edward R. Garvey during a fundraiser for Obey at the Madison Club in Madison. Garvey was the executive director of the Natio...
Photograph

Brooks McCormick and the United Negro College Fund

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Description: Brooks McCormick stands with men who are all holding a large sign above their heads that reads: "$750,000."
Poster

"Art Sale for Soglin" Poster

Date: 03 15 1974
Description: Poster for "Art Sale for Soglin" at Gallery 853, 853 Williamson Street. In the center is a head and shoulders posterized portrait of Paul Soglin silk-scree...
Poster

Back The Boys, Do it Now

Date: 1918
Description: Poster promoting a war fund drive in Marathon County, bordered by American flags and logos for the "Marathon County War Fund, Back the Boys," featuring an ...
Poster

The Child at Your Door

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a girl wearing a headscarf, looking directly at the viewer. Poster text reads: "The Child at Your Door. 400,000 Orphans...
Poster

Lest We Perish

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a young woman whose headscarf has slipped down onto her shoulders, holding out her hands to the viewer. Poster text rea...
Poster

They Shall Not Perish

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of Columbia, who is brandishing a sword and protecting a young woman sitting beside her holding onto her legs. A flag is w...
Poster

Give or We Perish

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman clutching her coat around her and looking nervously to the right. Poster text reads: "Give or We Perish. Americ...
Poster

Let's End It — Quick With Liberty Bonds

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman as Columbia holding out her hands to the viewer. Behind her, a city is in flames. Poster text reads: "Let's End...
Poster

You Buy a Liberty Bond, Lest I Perish

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of the Statue of Liberty as a woman in Lady Liberty garb, who is pointing sternly at the viewer. Poster text reads: "YOU b...
Poster

You Buy a Liberty Bond, Lest I Perish

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of the Statue of Liberty as a woman in the Lady Liberty garb, who is pointing sternly at the viewer. Poster text reads: "Y...
Poster

I Have Bought Another Liberty Loan. Have You?

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a large version of the Liberty Loan button with the Statue of Liberty and the words: "I Own a Liberty Bond." An arrow directs the viewer f...

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