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| Date: | 02 15 2008 |
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| Description: | John McCain speaking, with an enormous American flag in the background. |
| Date: | 02 18 2008 |
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| Description: | Michelle Obama, wife of politician Barack Obama, greeting Wisconsin State Representative Jennifer Shilling at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. |
| Date: | 11 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster supporting John Heasley for Wisconsin State Representative, in the 77th Assembly District. Features a blue image of Heasley with red text. |
| Date: | 09 1972 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster for 1972 Democratic Presidential nominee George McGovern, who lost the election to Richard Nixon. Features a large screen printed brown pic... |
| Date: | 06 24 1949 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington, Washington D.C., president of the National Federaton of Women's Republican Clubs, in her suite at the Hotel Loraine. |
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| Description: | Crowd listening to a whistle-stop speaker at the railroad station, possibly Taft. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Oil company executive George H.W. Bush was chairman of the Harris County Republican Party in 1964 when he made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate. He ... |
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| Description: | Side view of Gaylord Nelson speaking from a train caboose while on the campaign trail during a whistle stop tour. |
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| Description: | Carl Zeidler speaking with cab driver (i.e. the working man) for a campaign brochure. Three other men are standing with them on the curb. |
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| Description: | Copy of Time Magazine cover with Daniel Hoan. Used for political campaign purposes. |
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| Description: | Gauer and Bloch reacting to Ruess's campaign defeat. Gauer worked full time on the campaign, but Bloch was an occasional help. According to Gauer, Ruess wa... |
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| Description: | Humorous photograph taken shortly after the failed Tom Amlie campaign. They are both posing outdoors as a couple of future "masterminds" in regard to Amlie... |
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| Description: | Ronald Reagan shakes hands with workers in front of a Manitowoc crane. |
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| Description: | For Smiles magazine. Playing a political rumor monger, in character clothes. |
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| Description: | Gauer maintains this photograph was taken because of the man's interesting look. Man talked repeatedly with Vail and Vonier about running for office, but n... |
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| Description: | Political poster of Gauer in costume as a candidate for mayor, taken post-Zeidler campaign. Gauer says his motto was: "...clean city hall of deadwood and r... |
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| Description: | This character of a "ward worker" photograph was taken for Smiles magazine. On the wall behind the man a small American flag is propped on the apart... |
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| Description: | Politician Carl Ziedler, who ran for mayor of Milwaukee. Gauer is quoted in his book Keeping Track of What Happened, "When Hollywood came out with p... |
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| Description: | Bloch playing the character part of a candidate for sheriff to illustrate a possible book on political "types." |
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| Description: | Image of Clausen for his campaign booklet. It was titled: "Clausen Looks Ahead" or "Clausen Looks to the Future." Gauer noted that it had to be retaken bec... |
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