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Robert Kennedy in Hong Kong

Date: 1962
Description: Robert Kennedy, then attorney general, surrounded by young people during a visit to Hong Kong. Kennedy was traveling in Southeast Asia, and the tall white-...
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Dean Rusk

Date: 11 1961
Description: Secretary of State Dean Rusk being greeted at the Tokyo airport during a goodwill tour.
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George Nelson and Anna Mae Davis

Date: 10 02 1934
Description: George A. Nelson, the Socialist candidate for governor of Wisconsin in the 1934 election, is seated with Anna Mae Davis, a Madison attorney and a local lea...
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Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel

Date: 02 19 1954
Description: Dignitaries gathered for the start of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel at the Madison Curling Club. Standing, left ...
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26th of July Movement Meeting in Front of Building

Date: 1958
Description: Meeting of members of the 26th of July Movement in front of a building in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. Fidel Castro is in the foreground a...
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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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Queen Elizabeth

Date: 01 1956
Description: As a feature writer for the Associated Press based in London during the 1950s, Alvin Steinkopf often reported on the Royal family. This is a close-up he to...
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Jesse Jackson at ACORN Event

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Description: Jesse Jackson stands beneath an ACORN banner as he is photographed by a crowd of people.
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Badger Boys' State Madison Delegates

Date: 06 12 1954
Description: Portrait of the eleven Madison boys being sent to Badger Boys' State at Ripon College by American Legion Post 57. The boys are flanked by Floyd Davidson, B...
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Senator Karl Mundt at Airport

Date: 09 02 1954
Description: Senator Karl Mundt, (S.D., Rep.) who is wearing a suit and hat, and putting a cigar up to his mouth. Mundt came to Madison to address a session of the Univ...
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David R. Obey At Ice Age Trail Visitors Center

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Description: Informal portrait of Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey standing at an outdoor podium at the Ice Age Trail Visitors Center. Trees fill the background.
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Secretary Aspin

Date: 12 21 1993
Description: Les Aspin (second from the right) served as Secretary of Defense during the administration of President Clinton. He is seen here at the Pentagon holiday pa...
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In La Follette's Shadow

Date: 07 1972
Description: Congressman David R. Obey and Senator Gaylord Nelson posed talking in front of the statue of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. in the National Statuary Hall in th...
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Obey and Proxmire

Date: 06 1970
Description: Congressman David R. Obey and Senator William Proxmire outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The photograph was taken for use in the campaign li...
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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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Christmas Tree from Wisconsin

Date: 1983
Description: Congressman David R. Obey (standing below the C) greets a delegation from Wisconsin that accompanied the official Capitol Christmas Tree cut in the Chequam...
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Appropriations Bill Signing

Date: 11 13 1997
Description: President Bill Clinton signing the FY 1998 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriation Bill. Behind the President are Vice President Al Gore and Wisconsin Cong...
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Budget Conference

Date: 1979
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...

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