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Proxmire Work Day

Date: 06 30 1975
Description: Senator William Proxmire taking a lunch break during a workday spent collecting trash. These events kept Proxmire in touch with his Wisconsin constituents,...
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Obey and Young at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
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...
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Clinton at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Former President Bill Clinton, in the center without a hardhat, touring conditions at Ground Zero a few days after 9/11. In the background is the Verizon b...
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Senator William Proxmire Talks at Postal Wage Rally

Date: 03 13 1960
Description: Senator William Proxmire stands at a podium to address an overflow crowd of about 600 federal employees in the second congressional district at the wage in...
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Obey and Mondale

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Description: Walter (Fritz) Mondale and David Obey have a conversation at the Better Way Club.
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Banquet Tendered to Hon. William H. Taft

Date: 06 10 1907
Description: Elevated view of tables of seated diners at a banquet tendered to Hon. William Howard Taft by the Merchants and Manufacturers Association of Milwaukee at t...
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Indiana's Lieutenant Governor Visits Wisconsin Officials

Date: 04 14 1954
Description: Indiana's Lieutenant Governor having lunch with Wisconsin officials. Left to right are: Arthur Wegner (Governor Walter Kohler's financial secretary), India...
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Democratic Party State Convention

Date: 10 11 1957
Description: State Assemblyman Carl Thompson of Stoughton, and U.S. Senator William Proxmire talk at the Democratic State Convention held at the Hotel Loraine. Thompson...
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Democratic Party State Convention

Date: 10 11 1957
Description: Members of the Rules Committee confer at the Democratic Party State Convention at the Hotel Loraine. Left to right are: Fred Winrich, Eau Claire; Clarence ...
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Henry L. Palmer

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Henry Palmer. Cabinet card, with signature at bottom.

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