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Walter Mondale

Date: 10 24 1984
Description: Walter Mondale campaigns for president in 1984 during his failed run against Ronald Reagan.
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Proxmire Work Day

Date: 06 30 1975
Description: Senator William Proxmire taking a lunch break during a workday spent collecting trash. These events kept Proxmire in touch with his Wisconsin constituents,...
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Joseph McCarthy with Report

Date: 10 27 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin holding up a report on Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson that linked him to a host of extreme le...
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McCarthy Defeats La Follette

Date: 08 15 1946
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy opens congratulatory telegrams after his primary election victory over Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., a victory which ended the La ...
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Jim Doyle Sr. and Eleanor Roosevelt

Date: 1952
Description: James E. Doyle Sr., head of the Americans For Democratic Action (1953-1954), at an ADA meeting (perhaps 1954) with Eleanor Roosevelt. As chair of the Wisco...
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Army McCarthy Hearings Begin

Date: 04 22 1954
Description: Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens (left) watches as Senator Joseph R. McCarthy raises a point of order as the Army-McCarthy hearings begin. Also seated...
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Joe McCarthy Takes Notes

Date: 04 22 1954
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy writes in a note pad during the testimony of General Miles Reber, the first witness during the Army-McCarthy hearings, what the ...
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McCarthy Debates a Point

Date: 05 24 1954
Description: During the Army-McCarthy Hearings, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy replies to a Presidential statement that the executive responsibility cannot be usurped by an...
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Nixon as Congressional Candidate

Date: 1946
Description: Richard M. Nixon, probably as a congressional candidate in 1946 when he first demonstrated his ability to use Communism as a way to electoral victory, in t...
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McCarthy and Eisenhower

Date: 03 03 1954
Description: During the first months of his administration, President Dwight Eisenhower handled Joseph R. McCarthy by publicly ignoring him. However, after the abuse t...
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Genocide Treaty Cartoon

Date: 1986
Description: Cartoon depicting a very old Uncle Sam signing the Genocide Treaty while a man behind him says, "Better 37 years late than never, I suppose!".
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Ronald Reagan Campaigning for President

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Description: Ronald Reagan shakes hands with workers in front of a Manitowoc crane.
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"The Road to Divorce" production still

Date: 1920
Description: On the set of "The Road to Divorce" (Universal, 1920). Original caption: "Mr. Harry Nuttall, of England, member of the British Parliament from Manchest...
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Herbert H. Kohl

Date: 1971
Description: Studio portrait of Herb Kohl as President of the Kohl Corporation.
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J'Aime Jack

Date: 1960
Description: A french bumper sticker with John F. Kennedy's face inside a circle in the middle. On the left, white letters on a red background, "J'AIME" and on the righ...
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Ho Chi Minh as a Radical in France

Date: 1920
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ho Chi Minh, with a shallow depth of field and simple background. Ho Chi Minh looks off to his right.
Poster

Tell Fidel I Will Do My Duty

Date: 09 1973
Description: Part of a poster series celebrating President Salvador Allende after his death. Allende was elected president of Chile in 1970, and promoted the nationaliz...
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Salvador Allende Kept His Word Dramatically and Impressively

Date: 09 1973
Description: Part of a poster series celebrating President Salvador Allende after his death. Allende was elected president of Chile in 1970, and promoted the nationaliz...
Poster

Millhouse: A White Comedy

Date: 1974
Description: Poster advertising an Australian release of Emile de Antonio's 1971 documentary "Millhouse: A White Comedy," about the political career of Richard Nixon. T...
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"Point of Order"

Date: 1976
Description: Poster advertising the French release of "Point of Order," Emile de Antonio's 1964 documentary film about the Army-McCarthy hearings.

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