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| Date: | 01 19 1968 |
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| Description: | Protesters, members of the Milwaukee Americans for Freedom, demonstrate against presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy and in favor of the Vietnam war. |
| Date: | 10 28 1964 |
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| Description: | Women representatives of Democrats for Goldwater from Central Wisconsin rally to support their candidate. |
| Date: | 08 27 1957 |
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| Description: | William Proxmire, his wife, Ellen (to Proxmire's right), and his supporters celebrate his victory in the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated u... |
| Date: | 08 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Jubilant Proxmire supporters dance in the streets in Milwaukee after Democrat William Proxmire won the special election to fill the seat left vacant by the... |
| Date: | 10 01 1932 |
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| Description: | Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigning for the presidency in Milwaukee in 1932. FDR is riding in a flag-draped open car and escorted by police on motorcycles. |
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| Description: | A young girl on a city sidewalk with a St. Bernard that's wearing a sandwich board reading "Carl Zeidler For Mayor." |
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| Description: | Polland at the Mid-Summer Festival on the Milwaukee lakefront, with the boys of Nick Ehr family in the foreground. This was just after the successful Zeidl... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | "Metcalf for Governor" is painted on a truck for the campaign. Other phrases: "Vote Socialist For Your Children's Sake," "Vote Socialist Save Civilization,... |
| Date: | 06 1912 |
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| Description: | Two women seated at desks with typewriters in an office. A calendar on the wall indicates it is June 1912. Another poster advertises speakers in support of... |
| Date: | 07 28 1989 |
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| Description: | Don Starky, of Napoleon, Ohio, looks over some of the buttons on display at the American Political Items Collectors Association Convention. Political poste... |
| Date: | 08 20 1958 |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson campaigning at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 08 20 1958 |
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| Description: | A straw hatted fairgoer from Oshkosh clutched Republican leaflets as he tried to straighten out State Senator Gaylord Nelson on world affairs. Nelson, Demo... |
| Date: | 01 05 1968 |
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| Description: | A man and woman get ready for the arrival of Mrs. George W. Romney at the Romney for President headquarters. Several campaign posters and banners are sprea... |
| Date: | 08 14 1968 |
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| Description: | A group of children are holding up hand-made signs, demonstrating for "Snoopy for President." Several children are wearing Peanuts t-shirts and sweatshirts... |
| Date: | 11 05 1956 |
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| Description: | Telephone callers started a new phase of the "get out the vote" campaign Monday at Proxmire for Governor headquarters, 135 W. Wells Street. More than 40 te... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Men and women getting food, drinks, and snacks from two small catering tables. A sign with the Republican elephant is next to the table, which reads: "Cate... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | View down street towards three news vans sitting outside the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, a building adjacent to the Milwaukee Theater which is hosting the ... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a small group of people standing together outside the U.W. Milwaukee Panther Arena. Temporary metal barricades and signs read: "... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of a sign on one of the metal fences barricading off the street connected to the Milwaukee Theater which is hosting the Republican presidenti... |
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