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| Date: | 12 22 1972 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire walked thousands of miles in Wisconsin to meet constituents. Here he is, in a snowmobile suit, shaking hands with a woman outside ... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Senator Gaylord Nelson, Dave Obey, and Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus, walk along a beach with a park ranger during a tour of the Apostle Islands. ... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey, chair of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, discussing foreign policy issues with his st... |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, who formed a bluegrass band known as the Capital Offenses, played the harmonica in the State Capital rotunda at the me... |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (center), playing the harmonica with Speaker of the House Jim Wright (right), and Congressman Jake Pickle (left). |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) holding a press conference about federal funding for education with students at Ellis School. A few journal... |
| Date: | 09 1995 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin, a strong supporter of seniors, helps to deliver meals on wheels to a home-bound resident of his district. |
| Date: | 1995 |
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| Description: | During his meetings with constituents Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin often used charts and graphs to make his points about public policy issues. He... |
| Date: | 05 1998 |
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| Description: | As part of his support for education, Congressman David Obey visited many schools within his district. Here he observed elementary school students in Wisco... |
| Date: | 1991 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1991 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 2001 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey posed with a portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., who served as the inspiration for many Wisconsin politicians. |
| Date: | 09 19 1985 |
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| Description: | Bryce Luchterhand, a Unity, Wisconsin, farmer, with Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee at a committee hearing. O... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey chats with a constituent manning the dairy bar as part of a campaign shoot. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A casual portrait of Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey taken during the mid-1970s. It must have been a favorite, for it appeared in his campaign literatu... |
| Date: | 06 1986 |
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| Description: | Jerry Zarecki (in the hat), president of the Portage County Farmers Union, presents Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey with one folder of petitions collec... |
| Date: | 01 1969 |
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| Description: | David Obey and Bill Bablitch listen as Mrs. Helen N. Van Prooyen speaks. They are drinking cups of coffee or tea. In the background is a brick fireplace, s... |
| Date: | 07 1993 |
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| Description: | David Obey and President Clinton sit together in a meeting in the Oval Office. A fireplace is in the background. |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey, chair of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, discussing foreign policy issues with Terry ... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | The Obey family poses for a casual outdoor portrait seated on a rock wall. (Left to right), David, Craig, Douglas and Joan. Craig is holding a basketball. ... |
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