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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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Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1905
Description: Formal, full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Belle Case La Follette, the wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Although the negative jacket ...
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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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U.S. Senator Joseph H. Ball and Governor Goodland

Date: 03 13 1944
Description: United States Senator Joseph H. Ball (R-Minn.), shaking hands with acting Governor Goodland at a luncheon for Republican Presidential candidate Harold E. S...
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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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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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Eleanor Roosevelt

Date: 02 09 1959
Description: This photograph won the top award for 1959 Wisconsin Press Photographer's Association Pictures Competition, Personality category. Eleanor Roosevelt was pho...
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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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Dena Smith

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Dena Smith is the private secretary for her husband, Warren Smith, the Wisconsin State Treasurer.
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Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1905
Description: Formal, full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Belle Case La Follette, the wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Although the negative jacket ...
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Dorothy Knowles Hunting with Dogs

Date: 1968
Description: Former First Lady Dorothy Knowles hunting with two dogs. She is posed aiming her gun. There is snow on the ground and trees in the background.
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Joan Obey

Date: 1978
Description: Close-up portrait of Joan Obey, Congressman David Obey's wife.
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Callista and Newt Gingrich

Date: 10 24 2012
Description: Callista and Newt Gingrich pose for a portrait as they enter a rally. They were the featured speakers at an event for the Republican Presidential ticket at...
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Vel Phillips and W. Dale Phillips

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Description: Vel Phillips and her husband W. Dale Phillips sitting on a green and white tree-patterned couch. Dale is wearing a blue shirt and eyeglasses. Vel is wearin...
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Vel Phillips and W. Dale Phillips

Date: 05 1982
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Vel Phillips, wearing a name tag that reads "Secretary of State," standing next to her husband, W. Dale Phillips, who is wearing...
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Meta Berger

Date: 1925
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Meta Berger.
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Meta Berger

Date: 1925
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Meta Berger.
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 1956
Description: Framed assortment of buttons, and a few stamps, representing the presidential election between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson in 1956. A few of the ...
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Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 1976
Description: Framed assortment of campaign buttons for Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale, and Gerald Ford and running mate Bob Dole. Most are simple round bu...
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Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 1972
Description: Framed assortment of political campaign buttons for Richard Nixon and running mate Spiro Agnew, and George McGovern and running mate Sargent Shriver. The c...

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