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| Date: | 12 13 1917 |
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| Description: | A color cartoon depicting Robert M. La Follette, Sr. as pro-German, showing Kaiser pinning medals on him. |
| Date: | 06 15 1935 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry speaking in the Assembly Chamber during the 10th annual Robert M. La Follette, Sr., memorial ser... |
| Date: | 06 15 1935 |
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| Description: | U.S. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, at the podium, speaking in the Assembly Chambers at the 10th annual Robert M. La Follette Sr. Memorial Service. |
| Date: | 06 15 1935 |
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| Description: | U.S. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, at the podium, speaking in the Assembly Chambers at the 10th annual Robert M. La Follette Sr. Memorial Service. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | 75th anniversary celebration of the birth of the Republican Party at Ripon. Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., stands on the podium in front of the Little Whi... |
| Date: | 12 01 1934 |
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| Description: | Sigrid Schultz, Ambassador William Dodd, and Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels seen together at the foreign press ball. |
| Date: | 12 11 1944 |
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| Description: | Charles H. Cashin (right) of Stevens Point being sworn in by Clerk of Court Herbert C. Hale as the U.S. Attorney for the Western Wisconsin District. |
| Date: | 12 11 1951 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy prepares to play a tape recording at a dinner honoring him. McCarthy said the tape caught Harry Bridges speaking about plotting ... |
| Date: | 12 11 1951 |
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| Description: | Head table at a dinner that honored Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, behind which is a large portrait of him. Senator McCarthy is second from the right. Over 25... |
| Date: | 12 1954 |
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| Description: | The 1954 Christmas card of Jeanne and Joseph R. McCarthy, mailed at about the time he was censured by the Senate. Handwritten on the inside the card says,... |
| Date: | 04 20 1971 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who is credited with conceiving of Earth Day, listens while Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey addresses the Wisconsin L... |
| Date: | 03 04 1865 |
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| Description: | Large crowd gathered for Lincoln's second inauguration. |
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| Description: | A letter from Margaret Marsh of La Canada, California, to Senator William Proxmire that reads, "Dear Senator Proxmire, You are WONDERFUL! When I think back... |
| Date: | 05 18 1982 |
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| Description: | A friendly letter from Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush to Lee Sherman Dreyfus. |
| Date: | 04 30 1982 |
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| Description: | A friendly letter from President Ronald Reagan to Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus. |
| Date: | 02 15 1952 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon W. Thompson sitting at his desk while signing an endorsement of the Madison observance of Crime Prevention Week. The nati... |
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| Description: | Holiday card from Senator Ted Kennedy and Mrs. Joan Kennedy. Front of card reads: "Merry Christmas" and has a cutout with a gold foil border which shows th... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Holiday card from Senator Herb Kohl. The front of the card reads: "Season's Greetings from Senator Herb Kohl" and has the state of Wisconsin in the middle.... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Holiday card from Palmer F. Daugs, alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1954 and candidate for Wi... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card from Congressman and Mrs. Henry Reuss and family. Front of the card reads: "Christmas Greetings from The Reuss Family: Mike, Marg... |
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