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Hasn't Missed an Election

Date: 11 08 1966
Description: An older woman and a younger woman talking in front of a voting machine. Caption reads: "HASN'T MISSED AN ELECTION — Mrs. Mary Sturm, 71, of 820 E. Ogden a...
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Election Night at the Wisconsin State Journal

Date: 11 03 1964
Description: The night staff of the Wisconsin State Journal on election night.
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Recount

Date: 04 12 1960
Description: In a recount that lasted almost four hours, the tide turned in favor of Alderman John Budzien, who apparently had lost last Tuesday's election to Robert A....
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Spring Election 1961

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: Long lines of voters gather at Midvale School for the spring 1961 election. Poll workers are sitting at two tables to register the voters.
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Spring Election 1961

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: "We Saw You Performing Civic Duty" at Midvale School. A voter is shown studying a sample ballot at the 1961 spring election.
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Election Night

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: The election night staff of the Wisconsin State Journal on works its way Tuesday night through the vote returns.
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Mayoral Candidate, Henry Reynolds

Date: 02 02 1961
Description: Portrait of Henry E. Reynolds, businessman and candidate for Mayor of Madison in the upcoming election.
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Line of People Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: A line of African-American men and women wait in a line that approaches tables outdoors at a primary election for the LCFO (Lowndes County Freedom Organiza...
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Group of People Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: A large group of people standing outdoors at a primary election for the LCFO (Lowndes County Freedom Organization). There is a building in the background.
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Voters

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: A steady line of voters kept election clerks busy at the Fourth Ward in the City-County Building.
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Group of People Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: A large group of people gathered outdoors on a lawn at a primary election for the LCFO (Lowndes County Freedom Organization). There are buildings in the ba...
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Group of People Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: A large group of people gathered outdoors on a lawn at a primary election for the LCFO (Lowndes County Freedom Organization). There are buildings in the ba...
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Whistle Stop Revivial

Date: 1968
Description: During his campaign for re-election to the Senate, Senator Gaylord Nelson revived an old campaign tradition by campaigning from the back of a train. At th...
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Frame 59: Freedom Vote

Date: 1964
Description: A crowd outdoors at a freedom vote, a mock election designed to include African-Americans who were unable to register to vote.
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Line of People Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: A line of predominantly African-American men and women waiting in a line at a primary election for the LCFO (Lowndes County Freedom Organization). In the b...
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Line of People Outdoors

Date: 1966
Description: A line of people behind a rope wait near tables outdoors near a building at a primary election for the LCFO (Lowndes County Freedom Organization). In the f...
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Group with Film Camera

Date: 1966
Description: Several people, probably voter registration volunteers, stand outdoors in front of a building near tables and chairs at a primary election for the LCFO (Lo...
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People Outdoors on Lawn

Date: 1966
Description: Several people stand outdoors on a lawn near a building at a primary election for the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO). In the center, an African...
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Mrs. Wilbur (Helen) Renk

Date: 05 28 1964
Description: Mrs. Helen Renk, Rt. 2, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, is shown in her kitchen. Mrs. Renk is submitting a favorite recipe for possible "election" into the Wiscons...
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Seven of Ten

Date: 1969
Description: Seven of Wisconsin's ten congressional representatives posed with David R. Obey shortly after his victory in a special election to replace Melvin Laird. Le...

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