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| Date: | 11 1924 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. speaking to a large crowd from the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. This speech marked the end of his independent campaign for the... |
| Date: | 01 06 1931 |
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| Description: | Five men who were active in the Progressive Movement are standing in front of the Capital Times building, 302 East Washington Avenue. L to R: Louis Davlin,... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Governor Warren P. Knowles reaches up to touch the hand of a girl at the Lincoln Memorial on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The girl seated, c... |
| Date: | 07 11 1967 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire jogging on the mall in front of the U.S. Capitol. Proxmire was a physical fitness advocate, and he was well known for his daily ru... |
| Date: | 06 13 1919 |
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| Description: | Former Wisconsin State Senator David G. James, Republican from Richland Center (1908-1912) and the father of suffragist Ada James. The photograph was likel... |
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| Description: | U.S. Senator and former Wisconsin Governor, Gaylord Nelson, standing on a sidewalk with the United States Capitol building in the background. |
| Date: | 10 17 1953 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, now chair of the Senate Investigating Committee, arrives at a New York City hotel to begin hearings on alleged Communist espion... |
| Date: | 10 26 1911 |
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| Description: | Postcard of large group watching as Mayor Abrams introduces President Taft. Caption reads: "Mayor Abrams introducing President Taft, Green Bay, Wis." |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire strolls on the Capitol lawn wearing a suit and necktie. |
| Date: | 06 17 1939 |
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| Description: | Henry Wallace, on right, talking to two men in front of the community center building. Henry Wallace, then the United States Secretary of Agriculture, visi... |
| Date: | 02 10 1956 |
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| Description: | Senator Wiley and Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of the Vice President, stand on either side of a woman holding a basket and sitting on the world's largest c... |
| Date: | 10 01 2008 |
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| Description: | President Barack Obama speaking at rally. Members of the crowd are raising their signs in support. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| 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-... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Federal officials frequently delivered flags flown over the U.S. Capitol to organizations in their district. Here, Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin a... |
| Date: | 04 1985 |
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| Description: | "Twenty-six-year-old Martin P. Koll, who was elected Village President at the spring election, posed on Theresa's main street." |
| Date: | 11 1995 |
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| Description: | "Theresa's first female Village President is 44-year-old Chris Giese. Chris works in the Intensive Care Unit at St. Agnes Hospital and she and her husband... |
| Date: | 09 2001 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) and Florida Congressman Young tour the destruction at the World Trade Center with an FBI guide a few days after... |
| Date: | 09 2001 |
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| Description: | Congressman Bill Young of Florida (left), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, and Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin, the ranking committee De... |
| Date: | 09 2001 |
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| Description: | Florida Congressman Bill Young (left) and Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, respectively the Republican chair and the ranking Democrat of the House Appr... |
| Date: | 09 2001 |
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| 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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