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| Date: | 08 18 1885 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk and his staff at the funeral of General Ulysses S. Grant in New York City. Present with Rusk, 5th from the left, and i... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval portrait of Moses M. Strong. He was born in Vermon on May 20, 1810, and came to Mineral Point, Wisconsin, in June of 1836. Strong was... |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States, 1845-1849. |
| Date: | 07 30 1965 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 27 1891 |
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| 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,... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, enjoys a moment with his mother, "Miss Lillian" Carter at the White House. |
| Date: | 02 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Fred Zimmerman, Wisconsin Secretary of State, holding three checks dated January 31, 1944. The checks are payable to First Wisconsin National Bank, Milwau... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Formal portrait of Vel Phillips during her tenure as Wisconsin's Secretary of State. |
| Date: | 11 24 1948 |
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| Description: | Dane County Board Chairman Paul A. Robinson, left, and Madison City Manager Leonard G. Howell, right, signing contracts which officially join Madison and D... |
| Date: | 04 19 1949 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the members of the new Madison City Council. Front row, left to right: Ray Fessenden, John E. Coyne, and Frank Haas. Back row: Willilam C... |
| Date: | 11 1961 |
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| Description: | Secretary of State Dean Rusk being greeted at the Tokyo airport during a goodwill tour. |
| Date: | 02 19 1954 |
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| Description: | Dignitaries gathered for the start of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel at the Madison Curling Club. Standing, left ... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | An emergency budget cutting session, under the watchful eye of the press. Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey is at the far right of the table. Opposite hi... |
| Date: | 1994 |
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| Description: | Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, unveils a bust of Congressman William H... |
| Date: | 08 15 1956 |
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| Description: | Helen and Vernon Thomson and two of their children, Tommy, age 9, and Susan, 14, posing in front of the steps of a passenger train car. They are traveling ... |
| Date: | 08 19 1956 |
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| Description: | Glenn Wise (right) shaking hands and saying goodbye to two of her friends who are standing up on the step of a railroad passenger car. They are (left) Mari... |
| Date: | 06 05 1943 |
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| Description: | From left to right: Sir William Beveridge, author of the British "Cradle to the Grave" social security plan, and Arthur J. Altmeyer, Chairman of the Social... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | John F. Kennedy, seated, surrounded by a number of men, including Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, center, standing, and Wilbur Cohen, Assistant Secre... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | John F. Kennedy stands with Wilbur J. Cohen, turned away from the camera, right, and two unidentified men. This is may be around the time he signed the 196... |
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