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UAW-CIO Local 75 Election

Date: 12 1946
Description: Members of the United Automobile Workers union, Local 75, line up outside the local's headquarters, 308 E. Center Street, to vote on delegates to the union...
Poster

One Man, One Vote

Date: 
Description: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster of an African American man in a straw hat and overalls seated in front of a weathered building. Text in th...
Photograph

Union Registration Effort

Date: 1950
Description: For a 1950 election, the United Packinghouse Workers Union sponsored a free bus to transport people to the voter registration site.
Photograph

Lithographers' Strike Vote

Date: 01 10 1949
Description: Women casting ballots at the Lithographers' Local #7 Strike vote. The ballot box is on a stage at the front of a large crowded room.
Photograph

Waiting in Line to Vote

Date: 02 21 1989
Description: Seven men wait for the polls to open Tuesday morning at the New Berlin Administration Building.
Photograph

Frame 56: Going into Voting Booth

Date: 1964
Description: Two African-American men wait outside voting booths. In the foreground two women sit at a table. Signs above the booths read: [...] Here For Business [...]...
Photograph

Frame 58: Woman Casting Freedom Vote

Date: 1964
Description: Two women sit behind a table at a Freedom Vote, a mock election designed to include African-Americans who were unable to register to vote and would be a tr...
Photograph

Voting at Theresa Town Hall

Date: 04 1994
Description: Hedy Dobbe and her father, Hans Rahjes, prepare to vote at the Theresa Town Hall.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

African American Men Going To Vote

Date: 1963
Description: Nathaniel Smith and Ernest Morgan enter the St. Francisville courthouse to vote. Three white men are sitting on a porch railing outside of the courthouse.
Photograph

Town of Fitchburg Voters Get a Look at Old Ballot Box

Date: 09 08 1964
Description: Town of Fitchburg voters vote at the new $40,000 town hall, 2733 S. Fitch Hatchery Road, for the first time using voting machines. Voters also received a l...
Photograph

Voters

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: A steady line of voters kept election clerks busy at the Fourth Ward in the City-County Building.
Photograph

Early Voters

Date: 10 21 2020
Description: Early voters at La Crosse City Hall standing at a distance to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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