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La Follette Campaign Train

Date: 1900
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr. with a group on his special campaign train. From left to right they are Alfred T. Rogers, La Follette's law partner; Mr. and Mrs...
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Wendell Willkie and Aaron Martin Brayton

Date: 03 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie visits with Aaron Martin Brayton, retired editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, on his bed in a local hospital room during Willkie'...
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Philip La Follette and Labor Crowd

Date: 09 20 1930
Description: View over crowd towards Philip La Follette, the son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., campaigning for governor before a large crowd of workers near the Allis ...
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Reporters Interviewing Wendell Willkie

Date: 02 18 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie interviewed by Rex Karney (left), "Wisconsin State Journal" political reporter, and Marquis Childs (right), whose nationally-syndicated col...
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McCarthy, the Primary Winner

Date: 09 18 1952
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy speaking with reporters at LaGuardia Airport shortly after his victory over Len Schmitt in the Wisconsin Republican primary. McC...
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Governor Walter Kohler

Date: 10 30 1954
Description: Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler sits at his desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol executive office while making phone calls to encourage state residents to ...
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GOP Campaign at the Little White Schoolhouse

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Ivan Kindschi, Dane County dairy farmer and candidate for state treasurer, speaks from the steps of the Little White Schoolhouse as the GOP candidates begi...
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Milford Thompson, Republican Candidate for 16th District State Senate Seat

Date: 06 03 1964
Description: Milford Thompson, a rural Mt. Horeb farmer, a Republican candidate for the 15th district State Senate seat. He made the announcement at a meeting of the Da...
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Dewey Presidential Campaign Train

Date: 10 1944
Description: View from crowd of Governor Thomas A. Dewey of New York, the Republican Party presidential candidate, aboard the campaign train.
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Television Crews at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Reporters and television crews setting up their equipment in a large auditorium outside the Republican presidential debate. On the right a reporter for CNN...
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Michael Petyo with a News Reporter

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Michael Petyo is shaking hands with a reporter from 12 News, as a camera operator is filming them. Petyo is wearing a suit and a red flower pin. Another ma...
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Need Two Tickets

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View down grassy lawn bordered by trees towards two men wearing suits who are walking along a metal barricade blocking the sidewalk and street on the righ...
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Panther Vision at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Sarah Thomas, a young reporter for UW-Milwaukee "Panther Vision," is interviewing a young UW-Milwaukee student, Matt Sama, as they are being filmed by a ca...
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Governor Vernon Thompson

Date: 1958
Description: Governor Vernon Wallace Thompson, seated in a chair, is reading the newspaper and taking notes in the Republican Headquarters during his re-election campai...
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Ali Velshi and Lena Taylor

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Journalist and reporter, Ali Velshi, interviewing Wisconsin State Senator (4th district) Lena Taylor in the Panther Arena during the Republican presidentia...
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"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" Journalists

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" journalists sitting at tables. From left to right: Rick Wood, Dan Bice, Patrick Marley, Mary Spicuzza, and Craig Gilbert are w...
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Bobby Jindal

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Louisiana Governor Piyush "Bobby" Jindal talking to the media at the Republican presidential debate. Microphones and cameras surround him.
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Rick Santorum

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania talking with the media in the spin room at the Republican presidential debate.
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The Spin Room

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Reporters and journalists standing in small groups around the spin room at the Republican presidential debates. A man in a red shirt is holding up a sign f...
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Mike Huckabee

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee talking to the media in the spin room at the Republican presidential debate.

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