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Date of Work
1936
Identification #
OGL13-16 (and OGL13-17)
Description
An unidentified grain elevator with an Union Party sign in 1936. The sign reads: "Vote Farmer Labor and Get Cost of Production for 1.5 Interest Elect Wm. Lemke." William Lemke served several terns in the U.S. House of Representatives: the first from 1933 to 1941 and the second from 1943 until his death in 1950. He was an important figure in the rise of the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota and was the Union Party Candidate for President in 1936.
Organizations Depicted
Union Party
People Depicted
William Lemke
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota
Keywords
William Lemke, Union Party