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Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wagon

Date: 1897
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his fist in the air, speaking from the back of a wagon. He is wearing a hat and a suit without the coat. It was in part du...
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Hammersley for Governor Campaigners

Date: 11 03 1930
Description: Mr. Cranefield and another man posing with a campaign sign in support of Hammersley for Governor of Wisconsin. One man is sitting in the driver's seat, and...
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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 with Carroll L. Coon

Date: 03 25 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie speaks with Carroll L. Coon, Commander of Madison's William B. Cairns American Legion Post No. 57, during Willkie's 1944 campaign for the P...
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Wendell Willkie with the Johnsons

Date: 03 24 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie with two men by the name of Johnson, possibly George H. Johnson and Herbert Fisk Johnson, Sr.
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Dewey Presidential Campaign Train

Date: 1944
Description: Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, the Republican Party presidential candidate aboard the campaign train, making a stop in Baraboo.
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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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Stassen's Campaign Bus

Date: 03 25 1952
Description: Presidential candidate Harold E. Stassen, standing by his campaign bus, beseiged by young autograph collectors. On January 29, Stassen, a former governor o...
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Carl Thompson, Harry S. Truman, and Governor Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 10 15 1948
Description: Left to right are: Carl Thompson, Stoughton, Democratic candidate for governor; Harry S. Truman, President, and Democratic candidate for the presidency; an...
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President Herbert Hoover Speaking at the University of Wisconsin Fieldhouse

Date: 11 05 1932
Description: President Herbert Hoover addressing a crowd of 12,000 at the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse. On the platform behind the president are, left to right: J...
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Senator Karl Mundt at Airport

Date: 09 02 1954
Description: Senator Karl Mundt, (S.D., Rep.) who is wearing a suit and hat, and putting a cigar up to his mouth. Mundt came to Madison to address a session of the Univ...
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Wisconsin Delegation at the Republican National Convention

Date: 08 21 1956
Description: The Wisconsin delegation seated on the floor at the Republican National Convention. It was held in the "Cow Palace" in San Francisco. President Eisenhower ...
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William Steiger Campaigning

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Description: Bill Steiger (right) speaks to several men as he campaigns for congress. Dick Cheney is visible on the far left.
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GOP Campaign Starts in Ripon at the Little White Schoolhouse

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Philip Kuehn, left, Republican candidate for governor, chats in Ripon with Harry Dunbar, who will be 92 years old by the time he votes this fall. Dunbar, a...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wagon

Date: 1897
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his arms spread wide, speaking from the back of a wagon. It was in part due to his vigorous speaking style that La Follett...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Speaking from Wagon

Date: 1897
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with his fist in the air, speaking from the back of a wagon. He is wearing a hat and a suit without the coat. It was in part du...
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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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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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Journalists and Reporters in the Spin Room

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A large crowd of journalists, reporters, and camera operators are standing or sitting while watching two small screens set up on a table in the spin room. ...
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Donald Trump

Date: 04 04 2016
Description: Donald Trump is holding a red "Make America Great Again" cap and shaking a man's hand.

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