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Poster

"Politics, A Stud Farm for Jackasses"

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Description: Black on white cartoon head of a laughing bull. In large red and black letters the text reads: "Politics is a stud farm for jackasses."
Drawing

Soldier and Missile

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Description: Drawing of a soldier, wearing a backpack and a helmet that covers his eyes, sitting next to a missile, labeled "HATE." In the sky is the word: "POLITICS." ...
Photograph

Robert Schilling

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Description: Studio portrait of Robert Schilling, leader of the People's Party of Wisconsin.
Poster

"I Thought I Smelled!"

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Description: A black drawing on white board of a cartoon skunk opening to top of a trash can. Text below reads: "I thought I smelled!" The garbage can is marked: "Polit...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

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...
Print

McKinley Handbill

Date: 10 08 1811
Description: A handbill entitled "McKinley, The Poltroon & Assassin, In His True Colors."
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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 ...
Map or Atlas

British dominions in North America, according to the treaty in 1763

Date: 1772
Description: Scale: about 180 miles to 1 in.
Book or Pamphlet

Page from the Manual of Practical Political Action

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Description: Page O-40 from section "Organization" of the manual that describes slide films.
Photograph

Sherman M. Booth

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Description: Sherman M. Booth, anti-slavery editor, shown seated reading newspaper.
Poster

Mass Meeting for Socialist Labor Party

Date: 1879
Description: Poster publicizing a socialistic labor party mass meeting in New York.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Assembly Districts

Date: 1922
Description: A map of Wisconsin showing the state’s Assembly Districts. It also provides the population total of each county.
Photograph

Montengran Parliament Building in Cettinje

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Description: The parliament building in Cettinje, Montenegro.
Photograph

Carrie Chapman Catt

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, activist and leader of the women's suffrage movement.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Men with Election Ballot Boxes

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Description: Clerk E.J. Walden, Secretary John S. Donald and Assistant Secretary L.B. Nagler pose with three wooden boxes full of election ballots in the Secretary of S...
Poster

Unconditional and Universal Amnesty

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Description: Print advocating "Unconditional and Universal Amnesty". Includes an image of a flower in a rifle.
Manuscript

Trumbo Testimony Note

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Description: One of the pages of notes Dalton Trumbo created in preparation for testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in October 1947.

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