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Reformers Poster

Date: 1873
Description: Poster entitled "Reformers Of 1873" with depictions of Governor William R. Taylor, Lt. Governor Charles D. Parker, Secretary Peter Doyle, Treasurer Ferdina...
Photograph

Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk and Staff at Grant Funeral

Date: 08 18 1885
Description: Wisconsin Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk and his staff at the funeral of General Ulysses S. Grant in New York City. Present with Rusk, 5th from the left, and i...
Print

James K. Polk

Date: 1849
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States, 1845-1849.
Photograph

Benjamin Harrison with Group

Date: 04 27 1891
Description: Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States, with Mrs. Harrison and a group of men and women on the parapet of Sutro Heights, San Francisco,...
Photograph

Proxmire and Senate Committee Chairmen

Date: 01 09 1973
Description: Senator William Proxmire (bald head toward the camera) makes a point with Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (center) at a meeting of the Senate committee chai...
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Proxmire and President Carter

Date: 01 18 1978
Description: Senator William Proxmire meeting with President Jimmy Carter in the White House.
Photograph

Legislators Signing In

Date: 1951
Description: Newly-elected members of the Wisconsin Assembly signing in. Facing the camera left to right are: E. William Proxmire (D-Madison), Hermann Eisner (D-Cross P...
Photograph

Senator Chilsen and Lee Dreyfuss

Date: 1979
Description: Senator Walter John Chilsen (left), and Lee Dreyfus (right), shaking hands. Man in center of image is unidentified. Chilsen was Republican state senator fr...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Senators

Date: 01 09 1951
Description: Wisconsin State Senators signing-in in the Senate Chambers of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Photograph

Khruschev and Sukarno

Date: 02 1960
Description: Nikita Khruschev and President Sukarno meeting to view the start of work on the world games stadium that was being presented to Indonesia by the Soviet Uni...
Photograph

Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1863
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Abraham Lincoln standing.
Photograph

Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1865
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Photograph

Harold Stassen Rally

Date: 03 31 1948
Description: Republican presidential candidate Harold E. Stassen, left, and his wife, chatting with Tom Coleman, state Republican leader, during the Stassens' visit to ...
Photograph

Frank Bateman Keefe

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Description: Congressman Frank Bateman Keefe gesturing at a podium.
Photograph

Nelson and 2nd Earth Day

Date: 04 20 1971
Description: Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who is credited with conceiving of Earth Day, listens while Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey addresses the Wisconsin L...
Photograph

Alex L. Nicol, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: Portrait of Alex L. Nicol, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker, wielding a gavel in the Assembly Chambers of the Wisconsin State Capitol at the opening of the 69th ...
Photograph

George M. Smith, Lieutenant Governor

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: Portrait of George M. Smith, Lieutenant Governor, wielding a gavel in the Senate Chambers of the Wisconsin State Capitol at the opening of the 69th session...
Photograph

Frank Panzer, President Pro Tem of the Senate

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: Portrait of Senator Frank Panzer wielding a gavel in the Senate Chambers of the Wisconsin State Capitol at the opening of the 69th session of the Wisconsin...
Print

Republican Presidential Nomination Candidates

Date: 06 05 1884
Description: Engraved portraits of candidates for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Chester A. Arthur, General John A. Logan, George Franklin Edmunds, and James G...
Photograph

Presidential Campaign Cartoon

Date: 1856
Description: Political cartoon for Presidential Campaign that is Pro-Fremont, anti-Buchanan. John C. Fremont, Republican, and his wife Jessie Benton Fremont, are shown ...

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