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Joe McCarthy Grades
1930
A high school grade transcript record for Joe McCarthy at Marquette University.
McCarthy Grade School Group Portrait
1915
Class group portrait of Joseph R. McCarthy's grade school classmates. McCarthy is in the center of the group. McCarthy dropped out of school at age 14.
Manawa High School
1930
Manawa High School. It is postmarked 1930, the year in which Joseph R. McCarthy, certainly its most famous graduate, completed his high school curriculum. McCarthy had dropped out of school at ag...
Joseph R. McCarthy Graduation Photograph
1930
High school graduation portrait of Joseph R. McCarthy taken in 1930. After dropping out of school at age 14, McCarthy returned and completed high school in one year. The inscription reads, "To t...
Joe McCarthy and Friends
October 1931
Joseph R. McCarthy (center with the tie) with a group of friends.
Joe McCarthy on the Campaign Trail
1946
Joseph R. McCarthy campaigned hard for election to the Senate in 1946, traveling throughout the state. He paused in Manawa, however, for a visit with Mrs. Frank Osterloth, his former landlady, who...
