Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-15 of 15

Photograph

Hammersley for Governor Campaigners

Date: 11 03 1930
Description: Mr. Cranefield and another man posing with a campaign sign in support of Hammersley for Governor of Wisconsin. One man is sitting in the driver's seat, and...
Photograph

William Jennings Bryan Addressing Crowd

Date: 10 03 1900
Description: View from audience of William Jennings Bryan, as Democratic nominee for election to the presidency, addressing a crowd, estimated at 15,000 people, at a st...
Poster

Anti-Prohibition Poster

Date: 1918
Description: A cartoon drawing of the statue of liberty with her hands in the air and her torch falling towards the ground. Below her are six men pointing guns at her....
Photograph

Gaylord Nelson Campaigning at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 08 20 1958
Description: Gaylord Nelson campaigning at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Poster

Nixon's The One!

Date: 1968
Description: Political campaign poster that features a drawing of Richard Nixon surrounded by contemporary celebrities and politicians in the center. He is wearing a bu...
Poster

Candidate for Member of Congress

Date: 1918
Description: Campaign poster for Judge C.E. Randall. The poster features Uncle Sam holding up a sheet of paper with the quarter-length portrait of the candidate printed...
Poster

Demonstrate No Confidence

Date: 1976
Description: Political poster urging citizens to "Demonstrate No Confidence" in neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. The poster has a cartoon of the Republican el...
Photograph

Frame 50: Election Posters, LBJ, Hamer, Henry

Date: 1964
Description: Political posters for Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) candidates Aaron Henry and Fannie Lou Hamer, along with posters for Lyndon B. Johnson and...
Photograph

Frame 57: Posters of Hamer and Henry

Date: 1964
Description: Campaign posters for two Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) candidates, Aaron Henry and Fannie Lou Hamer.
Drawing

"Vote for Your Favorite Bull Thrower"

Date: 
Description: A man in a black suit and hat, with a red nose, has his mouth open while holding a serene looking bull by the back legs. In the man'ss left hand is a large...
Drawing

"Information Needed . . ."

Date: 
Description: Satirical drawing of a man pushing a wheelbarrow to carry his oversized belly that reads: "Information Needed: $10,000.00 Reward for any Politician or Bura...
Poster

"It's Too Bad That the Taxpayer . . ."

Date: 
Description: Cartoon of an overweight man wearing a suit and tie. Text reads: "It's too bad that the taxpayer can't vote for a job and raise his own salary! As his poli...
Poster

Piggy Politician

Date: 
Description: Black on white cartoon head of a pig wearing hat, spectacles, moustache, and coat and tie. Written on the side in large red an dblack letters the text read...
Photograph

Man in Costume Selling Donald Trump Merchandise

Date: 08 16 2016
Description: A man is posing outdoors in front of a display of his merchandise in a parking lot. He is smiling and giving a thumbs up, and is wearing a white suit jacke...
Photograph

Charles Gates Dawes and Family

Date: 09 1926
Description: Vice President Charles Dawes (right) and his three brothers are standing in front of their father's and grandfather's home on a farm seven miles south of M...

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: