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The Candidate Votes

Date: 11 04 1958
Description: Gaylord Nelson, the Democratic candidate for governor, emerging from the voting booth.
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State Senator Gaylord Nelson

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Description: Gaylord Nelson in the Wisconsin State Capitol during the period when he served in the Wisconsin State Senate. Nelson was later elected governor and U.S. s...
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Governor-Elect Gaylord Nelson Holding Son Gaylord, Jr.

Date: 11 05 1958
Description: Governor-Elect Gaylord Nelson holding his son Gaylord, Jr (Happy) (5) in the family home at 5627 Crestwood Place. The photograph was taken prior to the Nel...
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Portrait of Governor-Elect Gaylord Nelson with Family

Date: 11 05 1958
Description: Portrait of Governor-Elect Gaylord Nelson with wife Carrie Lee Nelson, and children Cynthia (Tia) (3) and Gaylord, Jr. (Happy) (5) taken at the family home...
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Elect Gaylord Nelson to Congress

Date: 1954
Description: The front cover of a four page election mailer/newsletter for U.S. Senate candidate Gaylord Nelson. A quarter-length portrait covers most of the page. The ...
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Governor Elect Gaylord Nelson Portrait

Date: 11 05 1958
Description: Portrait of Governor Elect Gaylord Nelson taken in the family's home at 5627 Crestwood Place in Madison prior to moving into the Governor's Mansion in Mapl...
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Gaylord Nelson Speaking

Date: 04 20 1970
Description: Close-up view of Gaylord Nelson speaking at E-Day eve rally in the Stock Pavilion. Massive financial, moral and governmental commitments will be required ...
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Joe Nusbaum Financial Adviser to Governor Gaylord Nelson

Date: 11 14 1958
Description: Governor Elect Gaylord Nelson appointed Joe Nusbaum, pictured, as his financial adviser. He is the youngest man in modern Wisconsin history to occupy that ...
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Gov. Gaylord Nelson

Date: 01 22 1959
Description: Photograph of Gov. Gaylord Nelson delivering a speech at a podium asking the state's lawmakers to help create a Wisconsin Economic Resources Commission to ...
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Governor-Elect Gaylord Nelson

Date: 11 05 1958
Description: Governor-Elect Gaylord Nelson standing and holding a glass of milk in the kitchen of the family home at 5627 Crestwood Place in Madison. The photograph was...
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Kennedy Campaigning in Wisconsin

Date: 10 23 1960
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...
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Governor Gaylord Nelson Starts Wisconsin State Journal Newpaper Press

Date: 01 29 1959
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson is shown, wearing the traditional pressman's hat, as he pushes the button to start the Wisconsin State Journal press to celebrate t...
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Creating Menominee County

Date: 07 1959
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson signing the bill which created Menominee County as the state's 72nd county. The new county consisted of those portions of Shawano a...
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Nelson and Second Earth Day

Date: 04 20 1971
Description: Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson acknowledges the applause of the Wisconsin Legislature at an event held in the Wisconsin State Capitol to mark the second ...
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Larry Brilliott, Barber, and Governor Nelson

Date: 04 27 1959
Description: Barber Larry Brilliott (standing and reflected in mirror) and Governor Gaylord Nelson, who is sitting in a barber chair in the Park Hotel barber shop. Bril...
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Gaylord Nelson and Melvin Laird

Date: 02 18 1976
Description: A close-up of the two politicians sharing a laugh at the Wisconsin State Senate Alumni Reunion, held at the Park Motor Inn.
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First Campaign

Date: 1962
Description: Running for his first term in the Wisconsin Assembly, Wausau Democrat Obey met with Governor Gaylord Nelson to take a publicity photograph.
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Governor Gaylord Nelson Starts Poppy Day Drive

Date: 05 12 1960
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson purchases the first red poppy to start the annual joint veterans organizations poppy sales days. Shown, left to right, are: Gov. Ne...
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William D. Byrne, Dane County District Attorney

Date: 04 11 1960
Description: William D. Byrne, 4031 Monona Drive, was appointed Dane County District Attorney by Governor Gaylord Nelson, for the unexpired term of Joseph W. Bloodgood.
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Madison German Club Anniversary Celebration

Date: 04 17 1964
Description: United States Senator Gaylord Nelson, left, was a featured speaker at the celebration of the fifty-third anniversary of the Madison German club.

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