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Wilbur J. Cohen at His Swearing-In as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 05 16 1968
Description: Wilbur J. Cohen receives comments from a woman in a wheelchair after his swearing-in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Among his responsibilit...
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Underwriters Training Course

Date: 05 03 1960
Description: A group of twenty men sit on either side of long tables while taking a three month training course in accident and health insurance underwriting.
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Philip L. Spooner and Associates

Date: 1886
Description: Philip L. Spooner, Wisconsin State Insurance Commissioner, in his office with associates.
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Nelson Cruikshank Receives an Award

Date: 08 02
Description: Nelson Cruikshank receives an award from Vice-President Hubert Humphrey for his work on Medicare. The photograph is inscribed by Hubert Humphrey: "To Nelso...
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Rosalynn Carter Meets with Nelson Cruikshank

Date: 1977
Description: Nelson Cruikshank, Rosalynn Carter and an unidentified man are meeting in a room with red furniture.

Nelson Cruikshank worked for the Carter Administrati...

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Nelson Cruikshank Addresses Rosalynn Carter

Date: 1977
Description: Nelson Cruikshank, leaning forward and around another person, addresses Rosalynn Carter. They are sitting at a long table with many people. On the table ar...
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President Carter after signing the Social Security Amendments

Date: 12 20 1977
Description: President Carter shakes hands with Senator Russell Long, D-La. after signing the Social Security bill at the White House. Laughing behind the President is ...
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Insurance Agents

Date: 01 16 1961
Description: Group portrait of 17 insurance men, each who have been named by his agency as "Man of the Year." They are at the Madison Association of General Agents and ...
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United Commercial Travelers Capitol City Council Honors Officers

Date: 02 04 1961
Description: The Capitol City Council of United Commercial Travelers, a fraternal benefit society created for traveling salesmen active in the United States and Canada,...
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Safety First

Date: 1914
Description: Stamp promoting Northwestern National Insurance Company of Milwaukee. Stamp includes a drawing of a fireman with hose, and the text reads: "Safety First. I...
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West High School Problems of Democracy Class

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: West High School senior Yvonne Williams interviews L.L. Oeland about insurance rates for families as part of an assignment for her Problems of Democracy cl...
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South Sixth Street Neighborhood

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Description: Two men sit on top of a water tank wagon which is pulled by two horses. They are posing in front of the W.H. Perrigo Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist office ...
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Donald C. Slichter, President Of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Date: 06 03 1961
Description: Donald C. Slichter, president of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, received the "Alumnus of the Year" award of the Wisconsin Alumni Associati...
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Certified Professional Secretaries

Date: 11 06 1961
Description: Certified professional secretary Ruth Breeden confering with John T. Hitt, general manager of CUMBIS Insurance Society, Inc.
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Securities Complaint Press Conference

Date: 09 30 1964
Description: Three officials of Madison American Guaranty Insurance Company (MAGIC) and Allied Development Corporation at a press conference in the Wisconsin Attorney G...
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Johan F. Glaaser Contributes to the United Givers Fair Share Club

Date: 09 17 1965
Description: Johan F. Glaaser, 4801 Rothman Place, is a contributor to the United Givers Fair Share Club program. Glaaser, originally from Amsterdam, Holland, works as ...
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Adam Davis

Date: 06 28 1967
Description: View across desk towards a man talking on a telephone and writing in a notebook. Caption reads: "Adam Davis, who is an insurance salesman, represents the g...
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Life Underwriters Association Officers

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: New officers elected at the conference of the Wisconsin State Association of Life Underwriters at the Hotel Loraine. In front are newly elected president W...
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Maurice Reese and Gov. Vernon Thomson

Date: 05 30 1958
Description: Maurice Reese, left and Gov. Vernon Thomson standing outdoors. Reese is division manager for the Federal Life Insurance Company, and has announced that he ...
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World's Largest Insurance Policy

Date: 07 18 1958
Description: Three men next to a large poster with the words: "World's Largest Insurance Policy issued to Milwaukee Braves on behalf of Citizens of Wisconsin. Vernon Th...

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