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Harold Stassen for President

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Description: Republican Harold Stassen giving a speech on a stage in Milwaukee during his campaign for the Republican nomination.
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Taft in Madison

Date: 03 26 1952
Description: Senator Robert A. Taft speaking to a large audience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House shortly before the April 1 Wisconsin Presidential pr...
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Presidential Debate

Date: 10 19 1992
Description: "Bill Clinton, President George Bush, and Ross Perot participate in the 1992 presidential debates."
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Candidates Debate

Date: 1972
Description: Republican Congressman Alvin O'Konski (left) and Democrat David R. Obey (right) during a break in their campaign debate. Because of redistricting after the...
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Obey Photo Shoot

Date: 01 1969
Description: A photo shoot for David R. Obey's first campaign for Congress picturing him as assistant majority leader with Majority Leader Bob Huber (partially obscured...
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Obey Campaign Photo

Date: 01 1969
Description: David Obey and Bill Bablitch listen as Mrs. Helen N. Van Prooyen speaks. They are drinking cups of coffee or tea. In the background is a brick fireplace, s...
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Democratic Election Rally

Date: 10 12 2012
Description: Vice President Joe Biden addresses the crowd at a 2012 Democratic Election rally held at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He is standing at a podium ...
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Paul Ryan Speaks

Date: 10 30 2012
Description: Congressman Paul Ryan speaks to a group as the Republican Vice Presidential candidate at the La Crosse County Republican Headquarters. Most people are wear...
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Governor Vernon Thompson

Date: 1958
Description: Governor Vernon Wallace Thompson, seated in a chair, is reading the newspaper and taking notes in the Republican Headquarters during his re-election campai...
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Journalist Watching the Debates

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View from back of room looking towards journalists sitting at long tables in the media filing area in the Panther Arena. They are watching Bobby Jindal, an...
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Paul Soglin

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: View from audience towards the mayor of Madison, Paul Soglin, standing behind a podium and speaking in the Kohl Center at the Bernie Sanders rally. There a...
Postcard

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 1988
Description: A postcard with George H.W. Bush's face superimposed over the face of a woman standing next to a typewriter, desk and chair. The text reads: "GEORGE BUSH I...
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Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: A presidential political campaign postcard with an aerial view of Rancho Del Cielo, or "The Western White House." In the upper left corner is a head and sh...
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Congressman Ron Kind

Date: 10 25 2016
Description: Wisconsin's Third District Congressman, Ron Kind, is standing on a stage and speaking into a microphone at a Hillary Clinton rally at UW-La Crosse. A banne...
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John F. Kennedy at U.W. Fieldhouse

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: Democratic Presidential candidate John Kennedy speaking from a podium before a large crowd at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Fieldhouse.
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Mayoral Candidate, Henry Reynolds

Date: 02 02 1961
Description: Henry E. Reynolds, Madison businessman and candidate for mayor, is seated on a chair with all of his nomination sheets spread around him in an effort to sh...

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