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Governor Kohler on Inauguration Day

Date: 01 01 1951
Description: Walter J. Kohler, Jr. is sitting on an oversized sofa in the Governor's office prior to his inauguration ceremony. With him are Wisconsin's other constitut...
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Eleanor Roosevelt at Press Conference

Date: 01 18 1953
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt interviewed by the press prior to her Sunday afternoon talk in the Memorial Union Theater.
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Eleanor Roosevelt Press Conference

Date: 01 19 1953
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt interviewed by the press prior to her Sunday afternoon talk in the Memorial Union Theater.
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Alex L. Nicol, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: Portrait of Alex L. Nicol, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker, wielding a gavel in the Assembly Chambers of the Wisconsin State Capitol at the opening of the 69th ...
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George M. Smith, Lieutenant Governor

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: Portrait of George M. Smith, Lieutenant Governor, wielding a gavel in the Senate Chambers of the Wisconsin State Capitol at the opening of the 69th session...
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Frank Panzer, President Pro Tem of the Senate

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: Portrait of Senator Frank Panzer wielding a gavel in the Senate Chambers of the Wisconsin State Capitol at the opening of the 69th session of the Wisconsin...
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Ernst J. Deppe

Date: 04 19 1949
Description: Ernst J. Deppe of Marshall sits behind a desk covered in papers and is holding a gavel. He was narrowly elected Dane County board chairman, 42 to 40, over ...
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Gov. Kohler Signs Bill

Date: 06 07 1951
Description: Governor Walter Kohler signs into law the bill providing that the governor and the legislature shall review all public expenditures, including money from r...
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Military Training Camp

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Description: Theodore Roosevelt and General Leonard Wood conversing at a military training camp. Camp facilities are behind them.
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Fascist Leaders

Date: 1938
Description: Fascist leader Dino Alfieri (facing the camera), Minister of Popular Culture in Italy.
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Gertrude Lamb; Dane Women's Republican Club President

Date: 1953
Description: Portrait of Gertrude Lamb, newly appointed president of Dane County Women's Republican Club.
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Obey and Staff

Date: 1980
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) and his staff. The conference table is covered with papers and pencils. Framed maps are on the walls.
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Wisconsin Congressmen

Date: 1991
Description: Wisconsin was well represented on a congressional leadership trip to the Persian Gulf in 1991. Here Congressman David Obey (in plaid shirt) leans over the ...
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House Leaders

Date: 1991
Description: Speaker of the House Dick Gephardt (standing right) during a flight back to Washington after a House leadership tour of the Persian Gulf. With Gephardt are...
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Obey Replies to Reagan

Date: 08 30 1986
Description: Congressman David R. Obey delivering the Democrat's reply to a Labor Day speech by President Ronald Reagan.
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Obey and Leadership

Date: 07 1970
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (facing away from the camera) with Democratic leaders John McCormack and Carl Albert. The photograph was taken for a br...
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Governors Freeman and Nelson Chat

Date: 03 31 1960
Description: Governor Orville Freeman of Minnesota (left) chats with Wisconsin Governor Gaylord Nelson before a Freeman press conference in Nelson's office. Freeman is ...
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Public Testamony For and Against Equal Opportunity Commission

Date: 04 29 1965
Description: An Assembly bill to establish a full-time Equal Opportunity Commission got 5 1/2 hours of pro and con testimony at a public hearing before the Assembly Jud...
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We Saw You . . . at Lawmaker School

Date: 01 10 1955
Description: Assemblyman Carroll Metzner (R-West Madison) is listening to a presenter at a pre-session lawmaker's school for the freshman members of the 1955 Wisconsin ...
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Wisconsin State Legislature Session Begins

Date: 01 12 1955
Description: Elevated view of sworn in and seated members of the 1955 Wisconsin State Legislature Assembly listening to Assemblyman Robert Maratz (standing) nominate Ma...

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