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| Description: | Members of the Political Equality League in an early Ford automobile draped with bunting reading "Votes for Women." In the front seat is Mrs. B.C. Gudden. ... |
| 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: | 11 10 1956 |
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| Description: | Bet winner and Eisenhower supporter Edwin L. Warner enjoys his payoff from bet loser and Adlai Stevenson backer John Shaat, as Shaat tows Warner along the ... |
| Date: | 07 1969 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire hands his cards to constituents outside a Milwaukee grocery store. |
| 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 08 1960 |
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| Description: | The speakers platform during a Presidential campaign rally for Richard M. Nixon at Billy Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee. With Nixon on the platform are Kirb... |
| Date: | 08 28 1962 |
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| Description: | At Mitchell Airport, Senator Alexander Wiley greets the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Underborg of Waukesha with a kiss. Mrs. Wiley, holding a bouquet of ... |
| 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: | Political "masterminds" at work during the Zeidler campaign in rented offices. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Reuss on his front porch. Photograph was to be used for campaign literature. Reuss had just returned from government service in Europe post World War II. |
| 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: | 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 10 2015 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk towards men and women standing in line waiting to enter the Milwaukee Theater. A large screen in front of the theater reads: "Republican... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | A woman is holding a board with political buttons for sale for each of the Republican candidates in the debate. A young woman is looking at the buttons 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... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards a large black bus in front of the U.W. Milwaukee Panther Arena. On the bus is an advertisement for Donald Trump's book ... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | A line of men and women standing and waiting to enter the Republican presidential debate. A police motorcycle is parked next to the line. |
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