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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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Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage

Date: 03 2007
Description: A group of people holding a banner while marching down a road as they take part in the Faith and Politics Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Selma.
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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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Theodore Roosevelt

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of Theodore Roosevelt.
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Doris Oiyotte Emery

Date: 1974
Description: Doris Emery addressing the Tribal Council. She spent many years in Tribal Politics and held various positions; Councilperson (12 years), First Tribal Judge...
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Democratic National Convention

Date: 07 21 1952
Description: Two well-known figures in Wisconsin Democratic politics, both alternates to the national convention, are, left to right, John McGonigle, Sun Prairie, and D...
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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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Henry Cullen Adams

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

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Description: Sherman M. Booth, anti-slavery editor, shown seated reading newspaper.
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La Follette at his Desk

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Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr., posed sitting at his desk reading a letter.
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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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Montengran Parliament Building in Cettinje

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Description: The parliament building in Cettinje, Montenegro.
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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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Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library

Date: 1922
Description: Staff of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. Several are identified including Ellen Hoffman, Irene Hocks, Hazel Basem, Grace Adams, and Martha Blo...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

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

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