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| Date: | 07 30 1965 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Arthur Altmeyer poses outdoors with John Engell (last name?), Paul Douglas, and Oscar Ewing at the signing of the Medicare Bill." Arthur... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Edwin Witte, chief of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Service from 1922-1933. While the executive director of the President's Committee o... |
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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... |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Dr. Edwin Witte, considered the father of Social Security, Executive Director of the Executive Staff to the Committee on Economic Secu... |
| Date: | 09 14 1935 |
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| Description: | From left to right: Arthur J. Altmeyer, John G. Winant, and Vincent M. Miles at the first meeting of the Social Security Board. |
| Date: | 08 14 1935 |
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| Description: | President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act. Surrounding him are: Robert L. Doughton, Senator Barkley, Senator Wagner, Congressman John Dingell, Secr... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Maurine Mulliner was the first Executive Secretary to the Social Security Board, beginning in 1936. This photograph is inscribed "To Wilbur [Cohen] with af... |
| Date: | 08 15 1938 |
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| Description: | Banquet celebrating the third anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act. From left to right: David J. Lewis, Congressman from Maryland, and Sen... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | From left to right: George Bigge, Arthur Altmeyer, Chairman, and Ellen Woodward in an early meeting of the Social Security Board. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer, Ellen Woodward and George Bigge in an early meeting of the Social Security Board. |
| Date: | 07 15 1946 |
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| Description: | Back row from left to right: William Mitchell, Asst. Executive Director; Leona MacKinnon, Secretary to the Board; Oscar Powell, Executive Director. Front... |
| Date: | 08 13 1948 |
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| Description: | The 13th anniversary of the Social Security Act of August 14, 1935 is observed by its first Executive Director, Frank Bane, (left) now Director of the Coun... |
| Date: | 09 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Robert C. Goodwin, Director of the Bureau of Employment Security, and Arthur J. Altmeyer, Commissioner, Social Security Administration, at the twelfth annu... |
| Date: | 04 10 1953 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer, seated at his desk holding a pen, gazes into the camera on his last day in office as Commissioner of Social Security. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | William Mitchell, Deputy Commissioner, on the left, with Arthur J. Altmeyer. This was Altmeyer's last day as Commissioner of Social Security. The photograp... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | A portrait of William Mitchell, at his desk as Deputy Commissioner of Social Security. The photograph is inscribed,"To Wilbur Cohen: Whose friendship and w... |
| 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: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Caption: "William L Mitchell after being sworn in as Commissioner of Social Security. From left to right: his son, George Bigge, Ellen Woodward, Mitchell, ... |
| 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: | 07 30 1965 |
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| Description: | Wilbur Cohen receives a pen from President Lyndon Johnson at the formal signing of the Medicare Act part of the Social Security Amendments Act. Lady Bird J... |
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