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Robert Schilling

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Description: Studio portrait of Robert Schilling, leader of the People's Party of Wisconsin.
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Myrtle Bancroft in Furs

Date: 1910
Description: Posed studio portrait of Myrtle Bancroft, dressed in furs. Probably the wife of Levi Bancroft, a prominent figure in Wisconsin politics.
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Harold Gauer with New Book

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Description: Humorous photograph of Gauer hawking his just published book: "How to Win in Politics." He is standing in front of a wall with multiple copies of a small s...
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Harold Gauer with Cigarette

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Description: Gauer "promo" photograph taken with a stack of his just published book: "How to Win in Politics," outlining Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer's modern campaign...
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Rev. Claude Williams

Date: 1962
Description: Rev. Claude Williams and his wife Joyce, probably photographed at their house in Birmingham, Alabama. Williams, a Presbyterian minister, was expelled from ...
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Justice Roland J. Steinle

Date: 02 21 1958
Description: Portrait of Justice Roland J. Steinle, who has announced his retirement from his position as a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice in order to become active in...
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Boss Elisha Keyes

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Elisha W. Keyes (1828-1910) a prominent Madison attorney who was appointed Madison postmaster by Abraham Lincoln in 1861. From ...
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Henry Cullen Adams

Date: 1903
Description: Quarter-length oval studio portrait of Henry Cullen Adams.
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Sherman M. Booth

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Description: Sherman M. Booth, anti-slavery editor, shown seated reading newspaper.
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Fighting Bob La Follette

Date: 1906
Description: Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., during his tenure as U.S. senator from Wisconsin.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1915
Description: Portrait of Senator Robert Marion La Follette, Sr.
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Carrie Chapman Catt

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, activist and leader of the women's suffrage movement.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1908
Description: Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1906
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at the beginning of his tenure as U.S. senator from Wisconsin.
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Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1904
Description: Formal portrait of Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Portrait of a Clown

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Description: Portrait of a clown.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1909
Description: Studio portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., about the time he founded "La Follette's Magazine."
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Isabel Bacon La Follette

Date: 1938
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Isabel Bacon La Follette, Mrs. Philip F. La Follette, dating from the year in which her husband ran unsuccessfully for re-electi...
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Perry H. Smith

Date: 1858
Description: Oval quarter-length portrait of Perry H. Smith.

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