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University of Wisconsin-Madison Peace Strikers

Date: 04 12 1935
Description: Group portrait of "one thousand" University of Wisconsin-Madison students, enlisted in the war against war at a peace mass meeting and anti-war strike, vot...
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Democratic Presidential Electors

Date: 01 04 1933
Description: Wisconsin's twelve Democratic presidential electors in the Senate chamber after casting their unanimous vote to Franklin D. Roosevelt for president and Joh...
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Roosevelt & Garner Electors of Wisconsin

Date: 01 04 1933
Description: Group portrait of Wisconsin's twelve presidential electors, Democrats, in the Senate chamber, who unanimously voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt, president, a...
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Ballot Box at the City-County Building

Date: 1978
Description: Ballot box collects the vote by absentee ballot in the City County building.
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The Candidate Votes

Date: 11 04 1958
Description: Gaylord Nelson, the Democratic candidate for governor, emerging from the voting booth.
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State Republican Party Convention

Date: 06 21 1947
Description: Assembly Speaker, Donald McDowell, casting a straw vote for U.S. President. George Greene, editor of Waupun Leader News, supervising the vote.
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Mary Janet Hall Registering to Vote

Date: 02 24 1948
Description: Mary Janet Hall, (at left) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hall, registering at City Hall as a new voter, and City Clerk A.W. Bareis (at right.)
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New Voting Machine Demonstration

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: Mrs. Nels (Louise) Grimstad, 613 Riverside Drive, is shown receiving instructions on one of Madison's new voting machines from Mrs. Ralph F. (Mildred) Norr...
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How to Use Voting Machine

Date: 03 08 1948
Description: First Step: The voter (Mrs. Thelma Hauser) receives her first instructions from the election official (Arvid Johnson) on a small working model. She must o...
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How to use Voting Machine

Date: 03 08 1948
Description: Step 5: The voter must leave the pointers down when she completes her choice, or her vote will not be recorded.
Poster

Madison Vote-In Poster

Date: 03 1971
Description: Poster announcing a Madison Vote-In event. Caption reads, "Be informed! Know Your Candidates!".
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1948 Primary Elections

Date: 09 21 1948
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of voters and five curtained voting machines at Ward 10.
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Voters at National Election

Date: 10 02 1948
Description: Madison citizens in Washington School gymnasium, waiting to vote at the national election.
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Wisconsin's Twelve Democratic Electors

Date: 12 13 1948
Description: Wisconsin's twelve Democratic electors met at the Wisconsin State Capitol to cast the state's electoral votes for President Truman and Vice-President Barkl...
Poster

Register Your Discontent. Vote.

Date: 01 1972
Description: Poster encouraging young people to register to vote. Includes a picture of a barefoot man with a guitar and blue jeans (a college student, hippie, musician...
Poster

The Student Vote Poster

Date: 10 1972
Description: Poster supporting black students to register to vote. Features a student, with white face paints that reads, "Vote" and the slogan, "The Time is Now. Regis...
Poster

Register to Vote Poster, Female

Date: 10 1972
Description: Poster encouraging young people to vote in the 1972 presidential election. Text reads, "Maybe they gave you the right to vote because they thought you'd ne...
Poster

Register to Vote Poster, Male

Date: 1972
Description: Poster encouraging young people to vote in the 1972 presidential election. Text reads, "Maybe they gave you the right to vote because they thought you'd ne...
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League of Women Voters Coffee

Date: 10 06 1949
Description: Four ladies attending a League of Women Voters coffee at the home of Mrs. A.T. (Daisy) Breyer, 2730 Lakeland Avenue. From left are :Mrs. Leon (Dorothy) Kel...
Poster

Nitty Gritty "Live Rock" Poster

Date: 12 08 1970
Description: Poster advertising live music at the Nitty Gritty. The noted bands are Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang and Spectre Inc. The text is in the shape of a hot air ballo...

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