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William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt

Date: 1899
Description: Campaign poster with the title "Posterity" for Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley featuring their portraits. In the center is an illustration of a wom...
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Get Out the Vote Telephone Drive

Date: 11 05 1958
Description: Women campaign workers call voters to support the Labor Political League and vote for candidates sympathetic to Labor issues.
Photograph

Dane County Democratic Club Hostesses

Date: 10 01 1952
Description: Dane County Democratic club luncheon hostesses: Mrs. Thomas E. Fairchild, Mrs. Horace Wilkie, Mrs. William Proxmire (Elsie Rockefeller, his first wife), Mr...
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Robert Kennedy Announces His Candidacy

Date: 03 16 1968
Description: Senator Robert F. Kennedy announcing his candidacy for the office of President of the United States. The announcement took place in the Caucus Room of the ...
Poster

Chisholm for President Poster

Date: 03 1972
Description: Campaign poster supporting Shirley Chisholm, an African American woman who was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th District for seven terms from ...
Photograph

Hello, Merrill

Date: 09 03 1984
Description: A brief shower failed to dampen the enthusiasm of Democratic Presidential candidate Walter Mondale and Vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro during...
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Wisconsin Democrats

Date: 1984
Description: The audience at the Lincoln County fairgrounds who gathered to hear Democratic candidates Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro, with the national media cov...
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Nelson Campaigning for Obey

Date: 03 1969
Description: Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson speaking to an audience in northern Wisconsin in behalf of the congressional campaign of David R. Obey who is seated to Ne...
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Running for Re-election

Date: 1970
Description: Running hard for re-election after having served less than a full term, Congressman David R. Obey greets card-playing seniors.
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Earl for Senate

Date: 1988
Description: Former Wisconsin Governor Anthony Earl stands outdoors near an airplane with a group of supporters. He made an unsuccessful run for the United States Senat...
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York For Assembly

Date: 11 1984
Description: "Supporters of Dwight York watch election returns on the TV screen."
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Campaign for Vice President

Date: 09 26 1980
Description: Former Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey, together with Mrs. Lucey, campaigning for vice president on John Anderson's National Unity ticket. They are bot...
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Dancing at a Campaign Party

Date: 10 05 1986
Description: Long before Governor Earl conceded the race, some backers celebrated at his campaign party in Madison.
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Campaign Cupcakes

Date: 10 10 1956
Description: A young woman and an elderly woman are smiling at each other over a tray filled with cupcakes decorated with "IKE in '56" campaign buttons and tiny America...
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Wisconsin Republicans at Convention

Date: 07 26 1960
Description: Wisconsin Republicans stand for their portrait at a reception while attending the Republican National Convention. They are wearing buttons for "Byrnes for ...
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Get Out the Vote for William Proxmire

Date: 11 05 1956
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...
Poster

1A In Our Draft

Date: 1944
Description: Poster promoting Franklin Delano Roosevelt's re-election. His face appears over a background of men, women and soldiers. At the top is the text "1A In Our ...
Photograph

Dave and Mary Lou

Date: 1994
Description: Mary Lou Munts, a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, and Congressman David R. Obey at a fundraiser for Obey at the Madison Club.
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Madison League of Women Voters Convention

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Diana Smith visits with Justice Harold Hallows, left, and Stewart G. Honeck. Smith and Honeck are candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and were speci...
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Gridiron Club Menu Art Souvenir

Date: 05 1947
Description: Cartoon, mounted on board, by Clifford K. Berryman of candidates wearing spring dresses and hats or headbands, and dancing around a maypole, with the Washi...

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