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| Date: | 09 04 1958 |
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| Description: | Dedication of Wisconsin's first expressway, a seven-mile stretch of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Presiding at the ribbon-cutting ... |
| Date: | 11 1924 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. speaking to a large crowd from the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. This speech marked the end of his independent campaign for the... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | 75th anniversary celebration of the birth of the Republican Party at Ripon. Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., stands on the podium in front of the Little Whi... |
| Date: | 10 30 1989 |
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| Description: | Tommy G. Thompson, governor of Wisconsin and an enthusiastic member of the Amtrak governing board, salutes the expansion of Hiawatha service between Chicag... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Supporters of Patrick J. Lucey for Governor distribute buttons and flyers to promote his campaign. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Warren P. Knowles, with Mrs. Knowles at his side, waves to his supporters during his campaign for governor. |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin, and Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana, on the set of the Senate Recording Studio in Washington, D.C. From his first ... |
| Date: | 04 27 1976 |
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| Description: | The set of the fundraising auction of Channel 10, Milwaukee's public television station. Senator William Proxmire is standing to the left of the closed B B... |
| Date: | 10 03 1900 |
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| Description: | View from audience of William Jennings Bryan, as Democratic nominee for election to the presidency, addressing a crowd, estimated at 15,000 people, at a st... |
| Date: | 10 23 1960 |
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| Description: | Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy at the Madison airport with state Democratic leaders. To Kennedy's left are Governor Gaylord Nelson and state Democr... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Match book cover distributed by the Superior Match Company of Chicago. The front cover says, "I like McCarthy and his Methods. I am with Joe McCarthy in ... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Assembly members seated around a table at a committee meeting. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A political cartoon during the presidential campaign depicting W.J. Bryan repainting a sign with the word "imperialism". |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Monroe County Republican Party ticket, headed by James G. Blaine and John A. Logan. Blaine lost to the Democrat Grover Cleveland. Names on the statewide ... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Campaign sticker for the re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The use of the apple theme was a subtle reminder to those who might be tempted to vote for ... |
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| Description: | George Herbert Walker Bush stands at a podium during his term as President. The image has an autograph to Lee Sherman Dreyfus that reads "To Lee — With aff... |
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| Description: | Ronald Reagan shakes hands with workers in front of a Manitowoc crane. |
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| Description: | Erwin Knoll, then a reporter with the Newhouse Newspapers, interviewing Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey. Knoll later became the editor of the Progre... |
| Date: | 02 10 1956 |
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| Description: | Senator Wiley and Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of the Vice President, stand on either side of a woman holding a basket and sitting on the world's largest c... |
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