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Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 11 1924
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr. speaking to a large crowd from the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. This speech marked the end of his independent campaign for the...
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Father Groppi Speaking in Assembly Chamber

Date: 1969
Description: Father James Groppi speaking at a demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber protesting welfare cuts. Father Groppi is seated on the lef...
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Politicians Shaking Hands

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: George A. Nelson, Milltown, former assemblyman and president of the Wisconsin Union of the American Society of Equity, and John E. Cashman, Denmark, State ...
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Politicians Shaking Hands

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: George A. Nelson, Milltown, former assemblyman and president of the Wisconsin Union of the American Society of Equity, and John E. Cashman, Denmark, State ...
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Wisconsin Senate

Date: 1862
Description: Composite of photographs of the members of the Wisconsin Senate of 1862. At the top is a depiction of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Banner in center top rea...
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LeRoy J. Simmons, Legislature

Date: 07 18 1947
Description: LeRoy J. Simmons (D.-Milwaukee) filling his "plunder box" with copies of statutes and bills, at the end of the State Legislative term.
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State Republican Party Convention

Date: 06 21 1947
Description: Jake Lindgard, Mount Horeb, greeting Congressman Glenn Davis, representative for the Second Congressional District.
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Hoover Boat Tour

Date: 08 11 1951
Description: A Hoover Boat Company boat, with fourteen Madison aldermen and their parties, is taken on a tour of Lakes Mendota and Monona and the Yahara River.
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Madison Exchange Club Meeeting

Date: 11 31 1951
Description: Seated at the banquet table are D. Russell Bontager, Indiana legislator, at left, and Henry Marshall, Galesburg, Illinois, at right, who were guests of the...
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La Follette Papers Opened

Date: 06 26 1954
Description: Four relatives of Senator Robert M. "Fighting Bob" La Follette look over the collection of his personal papers which were presented and opened at the Wisco...
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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...
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Farewell Banquet for Nestingen

Date: 02 05 1961
Description: Wendell Phillips, City Council president, presents ex-mayor Ivan Nestingen with a key to the city telling him he would always be welcome in Madison. Presid...
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Wisconsin United States Senator Speaks to Young Republicans

Date: 10 05 1961
Description: Wisconsin's senior United States Senator Alexander Wiley is greeted by three members of Dane County Young Republicans. The greeters are, left to right: Pet...
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Bernie Sanders

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator from Vermont, smiling while standing behind a podium during a rally held in the Kohl Center. A sign on the podium bears his ca...
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Bernie Sanders Addressing the Crowd

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: Bernie Sanders standing at a podium during his rally at the Kohl Center. He is waving a hand while addressing the crowd. A group of men and women, mostly y...
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Bernie Sanders Rally

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: Bernie Sanders standing at a podium, his arms outstretched while addressing the crowed at his rally. A large crowd of people, mostly young, are standing or...
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Bernie Sanders

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: Profile view of Bernie Sanders standing at a podium during his rally at the Kohl Center. He is gesturing with one hand while addressing the crowd. On the p...
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"A Future to Believe In" Sign

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: Bernie Sanders standing at the podium at his rally in the Kohl Center. A lighted sign high up in the background is spelling out his campaign slogan: "A Fut...
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The Audience at the Bernie Sanders Rally

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: Elevated view from crowd of Bernie Sanders standing at a podium in the middle of the Kohl Center. Some of the people in the crowd are recording him on thei...
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"Radical Political Revolution" Sign

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: Bernie Sanders standing at the podium during his rally looking over the crowd. Behind him is a group of mostly young men and women, some holding up signs w...

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