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Abraham Lincoln

Date: 04 10 1865
Description: Waist-up portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
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David Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Congressman Bill Young of Florida (left), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin, the ranking committee De...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Florida Congressman Bill Young (left) and Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, respectively the Republican chair and the ranking Democrat of the House Appr...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (center) at the World Trade Center Ground Zero a few days after 9/11. Obey was there as the ranking Democrat on the Hou...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey at the 9/11 Ground Zero site viewing the damage to the World Trade Center. Behind Obey is the World Financial Center co...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) talking with New York City firemen who were involved in the rescue and recovery effort after the attack on the ...
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David and Joan Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right), with Joan Obey and an unidentified FBI agent, touring the World Trade Center site shortly after the 9/11 attac...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, wearing a blue shirt, is standing in the foreground. Behind him, also in a blue shirt, is Florida Congressman Bill You...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) touring the World Trade Center Ground Zero site a few days after the 9/11 attack. Obey was there as the senior ...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Florida Congressman Bill Young (left) and Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey at the intersection of Vesey Street and the West Side Highway, ground zero fo...
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Proven By Test

Date: 1904
Description: A Republican campaign placard that could be hung by a red, white and blue ribbon threaded through eyelets at the top. Portraits of Theodore Roosevelt (cand...
Poster

Democratic Candidates

Date: 11 1912
Description: Campaign poster promoting Democrats for office in Wisconsin; for Congress, Assembly and Dane County. Each man has a quarter-length portrait with his name a...
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La Follette Legacy

Date: 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey posed with a portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., who served as the inspiration for many Wisconsin politicians.
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David R. Obey

Date: 2000
Description: Official portrait of Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey.
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Wilbur J. Cohen Swearing-In as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 05 16 1968
Description: Wilbur Cohen raises his left hand as he is sworn in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Social Security was included in his responsibilities as ...
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Seated Senators

Date: 1902
Description: Group of United States Senators seated on the porch of a country estate house. Left to right: Senator Platt, Senator John Coit Spooner of Wisconsin (U.S. S...
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Group Portrait of Paul Soglin and Other Former Mayors

Date: 1983
Description: Paul Soglin posing with a group of five former mayors. Left to right: Former Mayor F. Halsey Kraege, 1943-1947, Former Mayor George Forster, 1950-1955, For...
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Leon Bourgeois

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length portrait of French statesman Leon Bourgeois.

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