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Franklin D. Roosevelt Tours the Allis-Chalmers Plant

Date: 1940
Description: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil, and other officials touring the Allis-Chalmers plant.
Print

Anti-La Follette Cartoon

Date: 12 13 1917
Description: A color cartoon depicting Robert M. La Follette, Sr. as pro-German, showing Kaiser pinning medals on him.
Photograph

The Silver Presentation Delegation

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: Members of the official Silver Presentation Delegation on board the USS "Wisconsin". Bottom left to right: Judge Rosenberry, Captain Roper, and Oscar Renne...
Photograph

Silver Presentation Delegation and Wives

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: The official delegation party with their wives at the ceremony of silver service presentation aboard the USS "Wisconsin". Seated left to right are Judge Ro...
Painting

George Washington

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Description: Full-length portrait engraving of George Washington seated with books and saber, from a painting by Chappel.
Print

Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: Portrait engraving of Ulysses S. Grant.
Photograph

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Description: Portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Captain Roper Speaking On USS Wisconsin

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: Captain Roper of the USS Wisconsin speaking aboard ship at a presentation ceremony of a silver service from the people of Wisconsin to the battleship. Gove...
Print

William Henry Harrison

Date: 1841
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States, 1841. Born in Virginia on February 9, 1773, he was the first ...
Print

Rutherford B. Hayes

Date: 1881
Description: Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (1877-1881). Born in Delaware, Ohio on October 4, 1822, he died on January 17, 1893 in Fremont, O...
Photograph

Jimmy Carter

Date: 1978
Description: Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977-1981), was born in Plains, Georgia on October 1, 1924. After serving as an officer in the Navy, he...
Print

Benjamin Harrison

Date: 1890
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States, 1889-1893. Harrison was born on August 20, 1833, on a farm ne...
Photograph

Senator Walter Chilsen and Milwaukee Congressman Alvin O'Konski

Date: 03 1969
Description: Wisconsin State Senator Walter Chilsen discussing U.S. Army missile technology with Wisconsin Congressman Alvin O'Konski. Chilsen was a Republican state se...
Book or Pamphlet

War With Germany Pamphlet

Date: 04 04 1917
Description: Speech of Robert M. La Follette in the Senate of Wisconsin regarding the war with Germany.
Photograph

Philip La Follette in the Army

Date: 1918
Description: Philip La Follette (right), doing paperwork while in the Army during the First World War, 1918. He was a Second Lieutenant infantry instructor in Oklahoma.
Print

McCarthy Campaign Brochure

Date: 1944
Description: Campaign brochure issued in behalf of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy during his successful campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1944. The text stressed his status ...
Poster

"Drop What You're Doing"

Date: 01 10 1971
Description: Poster advertising the visit of Defense Secretary Melvin Laird to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Features a caricatured Laird sitting in an airplane ...
Poster

"Meat Melvin"

Date: 01 20 1971
Description: Poster advertising Defense Secretary Melvin Laird's visit to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Features a cartooned Laird cornered in a boxing ring with...
Photograph

Senator Wiley with Senator Proxmire and Astronaut Donald K. Slayton

Date: 05 28 1959
Description: Senators Alexander Wiley and William Proxmire posing with astronaut Donald K. Slayton and a model of a rocket.
Painting

Painting of Young Washington

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Description: A painted portrait of young George Washington in the uniform of a British Colonial Colonel. The portrait was possibly made by Peale (Charles Wilson?) and o...

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