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| Date: | 01 1969 |
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| Description: | As part of a campaign photo shoot, Laurence Day gives candidate David R. Obey a tour of his dairying operation in Marathon County. Day was both a dairy far... |
| Date: | 01 1969 |
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| Description: | A photo shoot for David R. Obey's first campaign for Congress picturing him as assistant majority leader with Majority Leader Bob Huber (partially obscured... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey speaking on the phone in his office. Taken in 1976 this image was used in his 1980 campaign brochure with the caption: "trying to... |
| Date: | 06 1970 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey with his administrative assistant Lyle Stitt walking down a hall in the United States Capitol building. Statues are along the wal... |
| Date: | 1994 |
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| Description: | Filming a campaign spot for Congressman David R. Obey (left), probably in the Wausau Family Practice Center. Health care and its associated costs were an i... |
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| Description: | Kissing babies, a hallmark of political campaigning. The candidate here is Congressman David R. Obey. The baby is unidentified. |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (left) and Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl at a fundraiser for Obey. Jim Chapman is the man between them. |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey, with his back to the camera, chats with two of his constituents at the Clark County Fair. |
| Date: | 12 09 1951 |
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| Description: | Press interview at the Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Identified (left to right) are the United States Senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McC... |
| Date: | 05 01 1959 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant General Lewis B. Hershey (left), national selective service director, confers with his Wisconsin counterpart, Colonel Bentley Courtenay. |
| Date: | 09 1973 |
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| Description: | Part of a poster series celebrating President Salvador Allende after his death. Allende was elected president of Chile in 1970, and promoted the nationaliz... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson, John F. Kennedy, and John Reynolds on the 1963 tour of the Apostle Islands. There is a U.S. Army helicopter in the background. |
| 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: | 03 31 1939 |
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| Description: | The conference concerned the pending bill to improve the Social Security Act. From left to right, all sitting: Senator James F. Byrnes, Chairman of the Sen... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | John F. Kennedy stands with Wilbur J. Cohen, turned away from the camera, right, and two unidentified men. This is may be around the time he signed the 196... |
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| Description: | John F. Kennedy seated next to Doug Witzeling at an event for the Chamber of Commerce. A man stands behind them. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 05 16 1968 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 05 16 1968 |
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| Description: | President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the podium, announces the promotion of Wilbur J. Cohen to Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Among the group are W... |
| Date: | 02 01 1983 |
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| Description: | Governor Tony Earl at the signing of the executive order creating the Wisconsin Women’s Council. At the end of the remarks he invites women from the legisl... |
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