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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. when he became governor of Wisconsin. This original of this item is a postcard that was probably used for campaign p... |
| Date: | 11 03 1930 |
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| Description: | Campaign sign: "Hammersley for Governor" on automobile door with an unidentified man, probably Mr. Cranefield, posing next to it. |
| Date: | 09 30 1930 |
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| Description: | New police chief candidate, William H. McCormick, sitting behind a desk. |
| Date: | 11 01 1928 |
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| Description: | A man wearing overalls and a bow tie and carrying a lunchbox is waving his cap, as part of the "You know me Al" presidential campaign of Alfred E. Smith. T... |
| Date: | 11 01 1928 |
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| Description: | A man wearing overalls and a bow tie and carrying a lunchbox is waving his cap, as part of the "You know me Al" presidential campaign of Alfred E. Smith. T... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Joseph R. McCarthy in his Marine Corps uniform at the time of his first campaign for the United States Senate. He is holding a piece of his campaign litera... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Joseph McCarthy at the time of his election victory over Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., in the Republican primary. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the rain during his presidential reelection campaign. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Sculptor Gutzon Borglum at work on his bust of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., and Burton K. Wheeler. The medallion was the official medal of La Follette's Ind... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Joseph R. McCarthy used in literature issued for his unsuccessful 1944 Senate campaign. |
| Date: | 03 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Harold E. Stassen addressing a crowd in Monroe. |
| Date: | 06 12 1948 |
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| Description: | Chester Roberts, Milwaukee, campaigning for State Treasurer at the Republican State Convention. |
| Date: | 09 07 1978 |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of Lee Sherman Dreyfus taken during the 1978 gubernatorial campaign. |
| Date: | 07 10 1884 |
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| Description: | Three men in matching hats pose with a photograph and a sign in support of Grover Cleveland. |
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| Description: | Gauer and Bloch reacting to Ruess's campaign defeat. Gauer worked full time on the campaign, but Bloch was an occasional help. According to Gauer, Ruess wa... |
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| Description: | Gauer maintains this photograph was taken because of the man's interesting look. Man talked repeatedly with Vail and Vonier about running for office, but n... |
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| Description: | Political poster of Gauer in costume as a candidate for mayor, taken post-Zeidler campaign. Gauer says his motto was: "...clean city hall of deadwood and r... |
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| Description: | Politician Carl Ziedler, who ran for mayor of Milwaukee. Gauer is quoted in his book Keeping Track of What Happened, "When Hollywood came out with p... |
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| Description: | Bloch playing the character part of a candidate for sheriff to illustrate a possible book on political "types." |
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| Description: | Image of Clausen for his campaign booklet. It was titled: "Clausen Looks Ahead" or "Clausen Looks to the Future." Gauer noted that it had to be retaken bec... |
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