Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Politicians' spouses
Filter: Community of Madison
Filter: Subject of dresses
| 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.... |
| Date: | 05 14 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | President Harry S. Truman greets a crowd from the back platform of a NorthWestern train at the Commercial Ave. crossing. Others with him from the left are... |
| Date: | 03 19 1944 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Governor Walter Goodland, Mrs. Willkie, Madge Goodland, and Wendell Willkie chatting in the governor's residence during the 1944 campaign. |
| Date: | 01 01 1945 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Lieutenant Warren P. Knowles, who will retire from the Navy to serve as a Wisconsin State senator, and Mrs. Warren P. Knowles chatting at the inaugural rec... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 10 15 1948 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Mrs. Harry S.(Bess) Truman, at left, and her daughter, Margaret Truman, at right, seated on the speaker's platform at the University of Wisconsin stock pav... |
| Date: | 01 01 1951 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Women standing while watching Walter J. Kohler Jr.'s inauguration from the East Wing of the Capitol Building. They are, left to right: Mrs. Fred Gimbel, Ne... |
| Date: | 03 29 1951 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Wives of Republican elected officials were guests of honor at a tea held at the Madison Club, located at 5 East Wilson Street. Shown at the tea table are, ... |
| 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, ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Assemblyman David Obey and his wife Joan in his office in the Wisconsin Capitol. Joan Obey was an important factor in Obey's political success and when his... |
| Date: | 03 26 1958 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Attendees at the annual Matrix Table, sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi journalism sorority include, from left to right, Mary Garner, Lynn Honeck, and Mary Renn... |
| Date: | 02 05 1959 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Rose Sussman, a former ballet dancer and teacher, shopping for a dress in a Madison store. The former Rose Goloff was born in the southern Ukraine section ... |
| Date: | 09 12 1960 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Marian Wilkie (right) makes out a receipt for a contribution to the Dane County Dollars for Democrats on the doorstep of 1930 Northwestern Avenue. Claire D... |
| Date: | 02 17 1961 |
|---|---|
| Description: | State Representative Henry C. Schadeberg of Burlington checking the text of his speech with two of his hosts before making his Lincoln Day address to the D... |
| Date: | 11 07 1991 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Group portrait of First Ladies of Wisconsin taken at the Executive Residence. Left to right: Sheila Coyle Earl; Dorothy Knowles Braun; Carrie Lee Dotson Ne... |
| Date: | 05 28 1964 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Mrs. Helen Renk, Rt. 2, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, is shown in her kitchen. Mrs. Renk is submitting a favorite recipe for possible "election" into the Wiscons... |
| Date: | 10 10 1957 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The main speaker at the meeting of the Dane County Republican Women's Club was Republican Second District Congressman Donald E. Tewes of Waukesha. Shown wi... |
| Date: | 12 13 1958 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The wife of Wisconsin's governor-elect, Carrie Nelson (center), was honored at a luncheon by the Democratic women of Dane county. With her are the wives of... |
| Date: | 08 16 1960 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Wives of soil scientists attended a get-acquainted tea at the home of UW President & Mrs. Conrad Elvehjem. Carrie Nelson, left, wife of Wisconsin's governo... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: