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Harry Truman on Train

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...
Print

President & Mrs. Cleveland Trade Card

Date: 1886
Description: The marriage of bachelor President Grover Cleveland to Frances Folsom, his 21-year old ward, in 1886 captured the nation's romantic imagination, a sentimen...
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President Herbert Hoover Arriving in Madison by Train

Date: 11 05 1932
Description: President Herbert Hoover stands with his wife on the platform of their special train as they arrive in Madison. Hoover spoke at the University of Wisconsin...
Postcard

Summer White House on the Brule

Date: 1926
Description: Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the S...
Photograph

President Ford in China

Date: 12 01 1975
Description: President Gerald Ford being officially greeted at the airport by Deng Xiao Ping. Mrs. Ford stands on the President's right; on the far left are Secretary o...
Photograph

Presidential Debate

Date: 10 19 1992
Description: "Bill Clinton, with wife Hillary, and daughter, Chelsea, relax at the conclusion of the debates."
Photograph

Breakfast for Sen. John F. Kennedy

Date: 09 24 1959
Description: Sen. John Kennedy, a leading Democratic presidential hopeful, began an intensive three-day speaking tour in Wisconsin with a breakfast with politicians and...
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President Lyndon B. Johnson Signing the Medicare Act

Date: 07 1965
Description: President Lyndon Baines Johnson sits at a desk signing the Medicare Act. His wife, Lady Bird Johnson, stands behind him with vice president Hubert Humphrey...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

President John F. Kennedy

Date: 11 22 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Dallas: President John F. Kennedy is shown in motorcade as it moved toward the downtown area. In cente...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

President John F. Kennedy at Airport

Date: 11 21 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "President John F. Kennedy greets a well wisher at airport shortly after his arrival here 11/22. In the...
Photograph

Visiting George Washington's Tomb

Date: 1950
Description: Group of people standing in front of George and Martha Washington's tombs. One woman on the left is walking away from the tomb holding a camera. Two Americ...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

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Description: Framed assortment of political campaign buttons, cards, and patches for Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Hubert Hump...
Photograph

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: Two portraits of President George H.W. Bush. One caption on the reverse reads:"President Bush presides at a meeting of his Cabinet in the White House." The...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Emphemera

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Description: A portrait of President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush.
Photograph

Vice President Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon on the speakers platform during a presidential campaign stop at the Madison Municipal airport. With him are his wife, Pat; injure...

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