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| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Governor Warren P. Knowles reaches up to touch the hand of a girl at the Lincoln Memorial on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The girl seated, c... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Lucian (or Lucien) H. Palmer from the 1907 composite image of the Wisconsin Assembly. In 1906, Palmer (a Republican) was the... |
| Date: | 01 17 1919 |
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| Description: | Governor Emmanuel Philipp ratifying the 18th Amendment which made Prohibition law. From left to right: Executive Messenger, Samuel Banks; Senator George B.... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Composite of portraits of the men of the Wisconsin Assembly. Clerks and employees: 1. T.B. Reid, Sgt-at-Arms 2. W.A. Nowell, Chief Clerk 3. M. Knig... |
| Date: | 08 28 1962 |
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| Description: | Senator Alexander Wiley, in the lobby of the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee, with a group from the Boys Club holding campaign signs. They presented him with... |
| Date: | 07 18 1947 |
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| Description: | LeRoy J. Simmons (D.-Milwaukee) filling his "plunder box" with copies of statutes and bills, at the end of the State Legislative term. |
| Date: | 11 1946 |
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| Description: | Mary McLeod Bethune, noted civil rights leader and educator, is introduced to the audience at the annual convention of the Southern Conference for Human Ri... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A candid group portrait of well-dressed people featuring Henry Wallace and Daisy Bates. L.C. Bates stands to the left of Daisy. |
| Date: | 10 01 2008 |
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| Description: | President Barack Obama greeting supporters at rally. |
| Date: | 10 01 2008 |
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| Description: | President Barack Obama speaking at rally. Members of the crowd are raising their signs in support. |
| Date: | 10 01 2008 |
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| Description: | President Barack Obama greeting supporters at rally. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Stanley Zuckerman, Lloyd Barbee, Jackie Robinson, and David Obey. The photograph is inscribed from Obey to Barbee. |
| Date: | 06 13 1961 |
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| Description: | Large group of protesters in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda with many carrying signs in favor of Civil Rights for African-Americans. One man holds a s... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Three members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Youth Council Commandos (Milwaukee) kneel over George Wallace presidential ... |
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| Description: | Barack Obama (in a suit and necktie) poses with ACORN members. They are all wearing ACORN and Obama buttons. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin leans over to confer with Congressman Tim Wirth during a meeting of the House Budget Committee. Obey's aide Scott Lill... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A television set displays an image of Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights activist and political figure, speaking into microphones. |
| Date: | 11 02 1965 |
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| Description: | Pictured, from background to foreground: Bobby Feinglass; John Lewis, noted politician and civil rights leader; and Alicia Kaplow, SNCC (Student Nonviolent... |
| Date: | 04 1960 |
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| Description: | Stanley Zuckerman, Lloyd Barbee, Jackie Robinson, and David Obey are photographed as they are having a conversation. Zuckerman holds a cup, spoon and sauce... |
| Date: | 2003 |
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| Description: | Secretary of State Colin Powell, Congressman David Obey and and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi stand together at a gathering. |
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