Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Subject of women
Filter: Type of Photograph
Filter: Subject of hats
Filter: Subject of legislators
| Date: | 07 1969 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Senator William Proxmire greets three elderly women seated on a bench at the Capitol Square. |
| Date: | 08 27 1957 |
|---|---|
| Description: | William Proxmire, his wife, Ellen (to Proxmire's right), and his supporters celebrate his victory in the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated u... |
| Date: | 06 22 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Funeral of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison. Mourners gathered around La Follette's flag-draped coffin include Philip... |
| Date: | 07 21 1952 |
|---|---|
| Description: | William Proxmire chats with fellow delegate Edna Bowen on the floor of the National Democratic Convention. Proxmire, then an assemblyman, was making his fi... |
| Date: | 11 22 1948 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Some members at Dane County Democratic Club Victory Supper. Seated from left to right are Mrs. Julia Boegholt, national committeewoman for the state, Geor... |
| Date: | 05 04 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Group portrait of individuals from the Dane County Republican Women's Club. Left to right: Mrs. Warren (Mildred) Ryerson, program chairman for the group; R... |
| Date: | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Socialist members of the Wisconsin Legislature leaving the Wisconsin State Capitol at noon. |
| Date: | 06 26 1954 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Four relatives of Senator Robert M. "Fighting Bob" La Follette look over the collection of his personal papers which were presented and opened at the Wisco... |
| Date: | 1969 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Jon P. Wilcox (far left), cucumber grower and state legislator, crossing the grape boycott picket line at a Kroger store. In 1969, Grape boycotts in Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1970 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Running hard for re-election after having served less than a full term, Congressman David R. Obey greets card-playing seniors. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Description: | At the dedication of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield facilty, Congressman David R. Obey was present to present a flag that had flown over the United States Capi... |
| Date: | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey chats with a constituent manning the dairy bar as part of a campaign shoot. |
| Date: | 1968 |
|---|---|
| Description: | David R. Obey, then a Wisconsin assemblyman, testifying in the Capitol in behalf of the reorganization of state government proposed by the Kellett Commissi... |
| Date: | 08 14 1935 |
|---|---|
| Description: | President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act. Surrounding him are: Robert L. Doughton, Senator Barkley, Senator Wagner, Congressman John Dingell, Secr... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Governor Warren Knowles helps to slice a wedge of cheese. Left to right: an unidentified Colonel; Dorothy Guidry Knowles; State Senator Gerald Lorge; Miss ... |
| Date: | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Congressman David Obey and his wife Joan on Martin Hanson's pontoon. He was a good friend of the Obeys and was inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hal... |
| Date: | 08 28 2004 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The Normandy Interpretive Center groundbreaking ceremony. Soldiers carrying the American flag march between two tents filled with guests. Participants in t... |
| Date: | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Description: | David and Joan Obey (right) with Senator Gaylord Nelson (2nd from left) and Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus (on Nelson's left) on an Apostle Islands... |
| Date: | 1962 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Congressman David Obey and Senator Gaylord Nelson shake hands as Joan Obey looks on. The occasion was a dinner, and a man and woman sit at a table with foo... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: