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Signing Wisconsin Unemployment Law

Date: 01 28 1932
Description: Governor Philip La Follette signing Wisconsin's pioneer unemployment compensation law. From left to right are Henry Ohl, Elizabeth Brandeis, Paul A. Raushe...
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Thomas Jefferson

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Description: Quarter-length engraving of Thomas Jefferson.
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Joseph McCarthy

Date: 04 08 1951
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy speaking.
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Abraham Lincoln

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Description: Three-quarter length seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
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Abraham Lincoln

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Description: A full-length seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the form of a print from the "likeness of a photograph."
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John F. Kennedy and George McGovern

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Description: President John F. Kennedy and George McGovern, U.S. Senator from South Dakota.
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Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson

Date: 07 1952
Description: The Democratic convention, with Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson standing at a podium.
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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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Buy Bonds!

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Description: Display that advertises the sale of U.S. Savings Bonds through the Payroll Savings Plan or the Bond-a-Month-Plan. Wisconsin State Governor Walter J. Kohler...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Date: 1940
Description: Franklin D. Roosevelt making a speech.
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Harry S. Truman

Date: 1947
Description: Harry S. Truman in the oval office standing behind his desk.
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John F. Kennedy

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Description: Senator John F. Kennedy giving a speech.
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Drafting the Declaration of Independence

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Description: An engraving of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Philip Livingston, and Roger Sherman, drafters of the Declaration of Independence gathered...
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Andrew Jackson

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Description: Portrait engraving of Andrew Jackson with small inset of his home, The Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee.
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George Washington

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Description: Quarter-length portrait engraving of George Washington.
Painting

George Washington

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Description: Full-length portrait engraving of George Washington seated with books and saber, from a painting by Chappel.
Painting

James Madison

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Description: Portrait engraving of James Madison seated, from a painting by Chappel.
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Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1900
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...
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Wisconsin Assembly of 1880

Date: 1880
Description: Composite of photographic portraits of the members of the Wisconsin Assembly. Along the bottom a numbered list of names identifies each man.
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John Adams

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Description: Engraving of John Adams with an inset of "M. Tallyrand Receiving the American Envoys, 1797."

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