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Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr.

Date: 09 30 1930
Description: Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. at the La Follette Farm in Maple Bluff. There is a spinning wheel beside him on the right near a bookcase.
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Building Used as Lodging House by Members of the first Territorial Legislature

Date: 1955
Description: South side and east end of the building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836.
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Building Used as Lodging House by Members of the first Territorial Legislature

Date: 1950
Description: Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836.
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Gaylord Nelson on Horseback

Date: 1939
Description: Gaylord Nelson, later Wisconsin governor, United State senator, and a leading environmentalist of his era, on horseback at a ranch in Rosebud, Montana.
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Kennedy Campaigning

Date: 1960
Description: Senator John F. Kennedy campaigning at a labor rally.
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Vito Marcantonio

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Description: Vito Marcantonio, New York congressman, with some future voters. He is standing outdoors with a group of young boys in front of his office, which is in a t...
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Save the Family Farm Act

Date: 1986
Description: At a press conference Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin announces the Save the Family Farm Act introduced with 27 other farm state legislators. Among ...
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Korean War Memorial

Date: 1997
Description: A veteran leans forward, perhaps to better hear the proceedings, at the dedication of the Korean War Veterans Memorial of Wisconsin. The (out of focus) spe...
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Madison Improvement Corporation Meeting

Date: 06 16 1958
Description: Leaders in the Madison metropolitan area met to learn more about the Madison Improvement Corporation whose purpose is to buy and develop land for the expan...
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Obey and Farmers

Date: 01 1969
Description: David R. Obey posed with dairy farmers as part of a photo shoot for his first campaign for Congress. The farmer in the center is Laurence Day, a farmer-Sta...
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Obey and Day on the Farm

Date: 01 1969
Description: As part of a campaign photo shoot, Laurence Day gives candidate David R. Obey a tour of his dairying operation in Marathon County. Day was both a dairy far...
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Clinton-Gore in Wisconsin

Date: 1992
Description: Bill Clinton (standing) and Al Gore (in the red shirt to Clinton's right) campaigning together in Wisconsin. Although the precise location is unidentified,...
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Louis Hanson and Laurence Day

Date: 
Description: Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Louis Hanson and farmer-State Legislator Laurence Day chat while inspecting an ear of corn in a cornfield.
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Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Democrats

Date: 1972
Description: Before or after a Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Democrats softball game. Congressman David Obey holds up a concept rendering the future Richard I. Bong Memorial ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Knaggs Ferry Historic Marker

Date: 06 05 1955
Description: Officials gathered to dedicate the Knaggs Ferry historical marker in Oshkosh. The officials included, from left to right, Edward Hamilton, vice-president o...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Wisconsin Central Railroad Historic Marker

Date: 10 03 1955
Description: Dr. Clifford L. Lord (second from left), director of the Wisconsin State Historical Society, unveiled the Wisconsin Central Railroad historical marker at H...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration at the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. Wisconsin State Representative Robb Kahl is standing in the center speaking ...
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Steve Gunderson Milking a Cow

Date: 05 30 1981
Description: U.S. Congressman, Steve Gunderson, milking a cow at an AG Co-Op, the Theron Paulson farm.

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