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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., as Fighting Bob
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Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., taken by John A. Glander, a noted portrait photographer from Manitowoc, Wisconsin. In this portrait with his arms crossed and his jaw set, Senator La Follette so epitomizes his reputation as "Fighting Bob" that the photographer used it to label the portrait.
1922
Glander Art Studio, 1908-1954
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WHi 30694
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La Follette at his Desk
Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr., posed sitting at his desk reading a letter.
Fighting Bob La Follette
1906
Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., during his tenure as U.S. senator from Wisconsin.
Robert M. La Follette Sr. and Jr.
1908
Posed portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr., and Jr., seated at a table with a stairway behind them. It is likely this photograph was taken in the La Follettes' Washington, D.C. home.
Bob Jr., and Bob III
1930
Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., on the porch at Maple Bluff Farm with his wife and two of his brother's children, Judy and Robert M. La Follette, III. La Follette was elected to the Senate foll...
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
July 3, 1924
Publicity photograph of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in a characteristicly forceful pose, shortly after his selection as an independent, third-party Presidential candidate in 1924.
John A. Glander, Photographer
1940
Waist-up studio portrait of John August Glander at 53 years of age, founder and owner of the Glander Art Studio from 1908-1953. He is holding a cigar. Considered to be one of the state's most talen...
