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Belle Case La Follette Addressing Farmers

Date: 1915
Description: Belle Case La Follette, wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing a group of farmers during a tour on the Chautauqua circuit during which she frequent...
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Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1885
Description: Formal studio portrait of Belle Case La Follette wearing a black lace dress. This photograph was taken about 1885, the year in which her husband, Robert M....
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Eleanor Roosevelt Speaking at USSA Congress

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Description: Eleanor Roosevelt speaking at the Eleventh Congress of the United States Student Association at Ohio Wesleyan University.
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Lincoln-Todd Monument

Date: 1945
Description: Lincoln-Todd Monument in East Park. Caption reads: "Lincoln-Todd Monument, Racine, Wisconsin".
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Kohl, Feingold, and Hillary Clinton

Date: 1994
Description: Senator Herbert H. Kohl, Russ Feingold, and Hillary Clinton. Sign on podium says "Health Care That's Always There, The National Health Care Campaign".
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Frances Bull Fairchild and Caryl Fairchild

Date: 1895
Description: Frances (Bull) Fairchild (1845-1924), right, wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild, and her daughter Caryl (b. 1875), probably Madison, WI. Both are ...
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Eleanor Roosevelt at ADA Meeting

Date: 1948
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt at a foreign policy committee meeting at the Americans for Democratic Action convention. Along with John Kenneith Galbraith, Hubert Humph...
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Eleanor Roosevelt Talking with Indian Chief

Date: 1957
Description: Mrs. Roosevelt at the 25th anniversary of Highlander Folk School, talking with an Indian chief from Florida.
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Eleanor Roosevet, Myles Horton, and May Justus

Date: 1957
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt, Myles Horton, and May Justus at the 25th anniversary of Highlander Folk School.
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Eleanor Roosevelt with Myles Horton and May Justus

Date: 1957
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt, standing, with Myles Horton, and May Justus at the 25th anniversary of Highlander Folk School.
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Meta Berger

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of Meta Berger seated with her hands folded in her lap. The dress was made at the Milwaukee Girls' Trade School (founded in 1909 by Lizzie ...
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Myles Horton, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Jim Stokely

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Description: Myles Horton, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Jim Stokely, a writer from Newport, Tennessee. Highlander integration workshop.
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Eleanor Roosevelt with Friends

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Description: Eleanor Roosevelt, on left, shaking hands with Mrs. Jennings Perry, standing. May Justus is on the right. At Highlander Folk School. Possibly part of 25th ...
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Evans, Novak, and the Reagans

Date: 09 12 1977
Description: Journalists Robert Novak (left), and Rowland Evans (right) chat with Ronald and Nancy Reagan at a party hosted by RKO to kick off their new television prog...
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The Clinton Family

Date: 2000
Description: Former President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and daughter Chelsea at an unidentified public event.
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La Follette Family at Maple Bluff Farm

Date: 1909
Description: The La Follette family pose with Dr. Philip Fox La Follette outdoors at the Maple Bluff farm. Shown here are Philip Fox La Follette, Belle Case La Follette...
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Eleanor and Anna Roosevelt

Date: 1933
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt and her daughter Anna have the NRA labels in their coats inspected by David Dubinsky, president of the ILG WU (left) and Raymond Ingersol...
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President Franklin Roosevelt in Mexico

Date: 1943
Description: President Franklin Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt on the officials platform during a visit to Monterrey, Mexico. Standing between them (and also pictured on ...
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John Gronouski Taking Oath

Date: 02 19 1965
Description: Attorney General Nicholas Kastenbach administers the oath of office to Postmaster General John A. Gronouski at the White House. From left to right are John...
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Profile of Ellen Proxmire

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Description: Ellen Proxmire shown applauding. The former Ellen Hodges Sawill married William Proxmire in 1956.

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