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| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi speaking at a demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber protesting welfare cuts. Father Groppi is seated on the lef... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Men looking for a job during the Great Depression waiting their turn in the Employment Office waiting room, while another man is sitting with a clerk and f... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Fair-goers stand in line to enter the W.P.A. Exhibit tent at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Children hold signs that read "We Need A Place To Play" and "We Need a Street to Play On," which is related to the Newark Community Union Project. |
| Date: | 09 1978 |
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| Description: | Wade Rathke, far right, is seated at an ACORN meeting with two other people. |
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| Description: | Photograph of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commssion. Ms. Watts sits at her desk in an office. She is wearing a dress or blou... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | John Byrnes, Republican Senator from Wisconsin, puzzles over a chart of data introduced by William Proxmire, Democratic Senator from Wisconsin. The second ... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Wilbur J. Cohen is speaking from a podium at an outdoor event celebrating the Social Security amendment adding Medicare. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Robert Ball and Wilbur Cohen stand at the lectern during a celebration of the anniversary of Social Security. Robert Ball was Commissioner of Social Securi... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Wilbur Cohen and Robert Ball sit on a stage behind a table listening to a speaker at the podium during a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the social ... |
| Date: | 08 14 1968 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer and Wilbur Cohen on the set of the "Today" show, talking about the 33rd anniversary of the Social Security bill. |
| Date: | 08 14 1968 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer stands at the podium speaking about the 33rd anniversary of the Social Security bill. Wilbur Cohen and Robert Ball and an unidentified man ... |
| Date: | 08 14 1968 |
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| Description: | View towards podium of Wilbur Cohen presenting Arthur Altmeyer, the first director of the Social Security Board, with a plaque at the anniversary celebrati... |
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| Description: | Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, discussing a poster board about comprehensive health care with an unidentified man. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, talking about inequalities while pointing at a chart. The chart has columns for Income (per ca... |
| Date: | 10 16 1967 |
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| Description: | View across sidewalk towards a man sitting on a bench outside a storefront with a screen door that has a sign on it for Purity Bread. An American flag is h... |
| Date: | 04 26 1959 |
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| Description: | Mrs. John Mannering, social worker at the Wisconsin Diagnostic center is shown listening to two teen-aged girls recently admitted to the center. |
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