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Funeral of Robert M. La Follette Jr.

Date: 02 27 1953
Description: Robert M. La Follette Jr., funeral at Grace Episcopal Church. The former senator, who committed suicide, was thought to have been depressed. Some thought h...
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Wendell Willkie with the Johnsons

Date: 03 24 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie with two men by the name of Johnson, possibly George H. Johnson and Herbert Fisk Johnson, Sr.
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New Glarus Centennial

Date: 07 16 1945
Description: Five men on the speaker's stand at the New Glarus Centennial celebration. From the left are: Gilbert Hoesly, Mayor of New Glarus; Ulrich R. Beusch, Swiss V...
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Portrait of John E. Coyne

Date: 04 07 1948
Description: Portrait of reelected Madison Councilman John E. Coyne standing outdoors.
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Ground-Breaking Ceremony

Date: 08 23 1948
Description: City manager Leonard G. Howell, breaking the ground with a shovel, at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Naval Reserve training center in Kendall Fie...
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Earl Warren for Vice-President Campaign

Date: 10 07 1948
Description: People involved in the Earl Warren United States vice-presidential campaign standing in front of the campaign train shortly after its arrival at the railro...
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Three European War Orphans

Date: 08 09 1950
Description: Secretary of State Fred Zimmerman, left, greets three war orphans visiting Madison under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary. Left to Ri...
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Democratic Candidates at Crestwood Tea

Date: 08 02 1952
Description: Democratic candidates for office and their wives were honor guests at a tea given for residents of the Highlands-Mendota Beach school district. Pictured, ...
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Dane County Republican Picnic

Date: 09 05 1954
Description: State Senator Warren Knowles, (R-New Richmond), Republican-endorsed candidate for lieutenant governor (right), crouches to greet Tom and Bill Jasper, two y...
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Rajkumari Amrit Kaur and Dean John Bowers

Date: 06 17 1956
Description: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, India's minister of welfare and health, is shown in a speedboat on Lake Mendota with Dean John Z. Bowers, of the University of Wiscon...
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Vice-President Nixon in Madison

Date: 10 24 1958
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of nearly 3,000 people gathered at the Capitol Square to hear Vice-President Richard Nixon speak. The vice-president is visible st...
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Birthplace of the Republican Party

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Republican candidates for state office started a week-long campaign at the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, the birthplace of the GOP in 1854. Standing o...
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GOP Campaign Starts in Ripon at the Little White Schoolhouse

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Philip Kuehn, left, Republican candidate for governor, chats in Ripon with Harry Dunbar, who will be 92 years old by the time he votes this fall. Dunbar, a...
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Kuehn for Governor Campaign

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Secretary of State Robert Zimmerman spoke at the brief program at the Little White Schoolhouse (also known as the Birthplace of the Republican Party) while...
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GOP Campaign at the Little White Schoolhouse

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: A Republican campaign starts at the Little White Schoolhouse, also known as the Birthplace of the Republican Party. Philip Kuehn, Republican candidate for ...
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GOP Campaign at the Little White Schoolhouse

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Ivan Kindschi, Dane County dairy farmer and candidate for state treasurer, speaks from the steps of the Little White Schoolhouse as the GOP candidates begi...
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GOP Campaign at the Little White Schoolhouse

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Former Lt. Governor Warren Knowles, candidate for lieutenant governor, speaks from the steps of the Little White Schoolhouse, also known the the Birthplace...
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Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Campaigns in Madison

Date: 09 21 1960
Description: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. waves good-bye as he boards an airplane after a 90 minute campaign visit to Madison.
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Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Campaigns in Madison

Date: 09 21 1960
Description: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., ex-United Nations Envoy and Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, spoke to nearly 300 people at the Madison Municipal Airport.
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Mayoral Candidate, Henry E. Reynolds with his Wife and Son

Date: 03 18 1961
Description: A young man wearing an army officers uniform shaking hands with his father and mother as they are posing on their porch steps at 616 E. Mifflin Street. At ...

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