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James K. Polk

Date: 1849
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States, 1845-1849.
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Chester A. Arthur

Date: 1885
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Chester A. Arthur, the 21st President of the United States. Arthur was born on October 5, 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont, and di...
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Lyndon Johnson signs Medicare Bill

Date: 07 30 1965
Description: President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Medicare bill. Former President Harry S. Truman, "who started it all," is present with Mrs. Bess Truman, Hubert H...
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Benjamin Harrison with Group

Date: 04 27 1891
Description: Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States, with Mrs. Harrison and a group of men and women on the parapet of Sutro Heights, San Francisco,...
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Jimmy Carter and Mother

Date: 1980
Description: Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, enjoys a moment with his mother, "Miss Lillian" Carter at the White House.
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Proxmire and President Carter

Date: 01 18 1978
Description: Senator William Proxmire meeting with President Jimmy Carter in the White House.
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Khruschev and Sukarno

Date: 02 1960
Description: Nikita Khruschev and President Sukarno meeting to view the start of work on the world games stadium that was being presented to Indonesia by the Soviet Uni...
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Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1863
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Abraham Lincoln standing.
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Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1865
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
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Presidential Candidate Richard M. Nixon

Date: 1960
Description: Republican presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon speaks at an outdoor event. There is an airplane in the background. Patricia Nixon is shown seated behin...
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Ike and Smith Children

Date: 1959
Description: President Eisenhower greets the children of reporter Merriman Smith at his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The photograph is undated, but as Christian He...
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Vietnam Meeting

Date: 12 23 1967
Description: President Lyndon Johnson with General William Westmoreland and Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker in Vietnam.
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John Gronouski Taking Oath

Date: 02 19 1965
Description: Attorney General Nicholas Kastenbach administers the oath of office to Postmaster General John A. Gronouski at the White House. From left to right are John...
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President Sukarno and Nikita Khruschev

Date: 1960
Description: President Sukarno of Indonesia (under the umbrella) escorts Nikita Khruschev (in the white suit), visiting Soviet premier, to inspect some new construction...
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Tufty Friends

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Description: Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, a nationally prominent journalist, whose papers are part of the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society, chatting with Pr...
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Khruschev Speaks

Date: 1960
Description: Nikita Khruschev of the Soviet Union speaks to a crowd at the airport in Indonesia. President Sukarno stands at his side, while Indonesian troops stand at ...
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President Ford in China

Date: 12 01 1975
Description: President Gerald Ford being officially greeted at the airport by Deng Xiao Ping. Mrs. Ford stands on the President's right; on the far left are Secretary o...
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"Just a Little Joke, Mr. President"

Date: 1979
Description: During his remarks, Senator Gaylord Nelson, who is standing at the podium, cracks a joke, apparently at the President's expense. Wisconsin dignitaries to t...
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When the President Comes to Town

Date: 1979
Description: President Jimmy Carter waves to the audience who had come to hear him speak. Standing next to the President is Congressman David R. Obey and his family. Se...
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Onboard Air Force One

Date: 03 31 1979
Description: Onboard Air Force One with President Jimmy Carter are Wisconsin Congressman Henry Reuss (left), Joan Obey, and Congressman David R. Obey.

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