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When the President Comes to Town

Date: 1979
Description: Congressman David Obey introduces a local resident (back to camera), to President Jimmy Carter. Many photographers stand around the edge of the group and a...
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When the President Comes to Town

Date: 1979
Description: President Jimmy Carter stands in the open rear passenger door of a car to wave to a crowd of spectators during a visit to Congressman David R. Obey's homet...
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Dueholm and Nelson

Date: 1979
Description: State Legislator Harvey Dueholm (left) with Senator Gaylord Nelson, at the dinner marking Dueholm's retirement.
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Apostle Islands Tour

Date: 1979
Description: David and Joan Obey (right) with Senator Gaylord Nelson (2nd from left) and Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus (on Nelson's left) on an Apostle Islands...
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1420 Axial Flow Combine

Date: 1979
Description: Elevated view of a man operating a 1420 Axial Flow combine and emptying the grain tank.
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1420 Axial-Flow Combine

Date: 1979
Description: Left side view of a man posing standing at the bottom of the steps to the cab of a 1420 axial-flow combine.
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Police Unit in Holland

Date: 1979
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of diver's side of Police Unit parked on the side of a road. A man wearing a uniform is standing on the front seat through the...
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Police Unit in Holland

Date: 1979
Description: Three-quarter view from front of diver's side of Police Unit parked on the side of a road. A man wearing a uniform is standing on the front seat through th...
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Police Unit in Holland

Date: 1979
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of diver's side of Police Unit parked on the side of a road. A man wearing a uniform is sitting in the driver's seat.
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Eastern Poplar

Date: 1979
Description: An unidentified man, with jacket, hat and gloves, is dwarfed by the forked trunk of a specimen of Populus deltoides, judged in 1976 to be the larges...
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Edward Hasselkus

Date: 1979
Description: Edward Hasselkus, University of Wisconsin professor of horticulture and curator of Longenecker Gardens at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum in Madison ...
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Allison and Hoffmann

Date: 1979
Description: R. Bruce Allison, left, and B. Wolfgang Hoffman posing in front of the massive trunk of a tree. Allison, an arborist, is the author, and Hoffmann the photo...
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Pamela Khavithone and Family

Date: 1979
Description: A man, woman, and infant posing in a room with several hanging plants. Caption reads: "Pamela Khavitone with Devin and her Laotian husband Mahn."
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Walter Koehn

Date: 1979
Description: Wally Koehn (1915-1998) posing with his left forearm resting against the giant trunk of a northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) on the Wrigley estate ...
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Walter E. Scott

Date: 1979
Description: Walter Scott (1911-1983) posing in front of the gnarled trunk of a box elder tree at his home, Hickory Hill House. Scott was employed by the Wisconsin Depa...
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3388 Tractor in a Field

Date: 1979
Description: View from front right of a man driving a 3388 tractor in a field.
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Man Harvesting Squash

Date: 1979
Description: A man harvesting squash carries a basket on his shoulder in the field.
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Gilmore's Mistake, Wolf River

Date: 1979
Description: Two canoeists navigate the rapids, called Gilmore's Mistake, on the Wolf River. Rocks and foliage can be seen on the shore.

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