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| Date: | 08 14 1945 |
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| Description: | Arthur J. Altmeyer, taking the oath of office on reappointment as Chairman of the Social Security Board, Term 1945-51. Mrs. Sarah H. Napier is the Notary P... |
| Date: | 07 15 1946 |
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| Description: | Back row from left to right: William Mitchell, Asst. Executive Director; Leona MacKinnon, Secretary to the Board; Oscar Powell, Executive Director. Front... |
| Date: | 08 13 1948 |
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| Description: | The 13th anniversary of the Social Security Act of August 14, 1935 is observed by its first Executive Director, Frank Bane, (left) now Director of the Coun... |
| Date: | 09 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Robert C. Goodwin, Director of the Bureau of Employment Security, and Arthur J. Altmeyer, Commissioner, Social Security Administration, at the twelfth annu... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | View of group of people standing on stage at the Inter-American Conference on Social Security. Arthur J. Altmeyer stands in the middle. Eva Peron stands se... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Arthur J. Altmeyer, President of the Permanent Inter-American Committee on Social Security, greeting Eva Peron, President of the Inter-American Conference ... |
| Date: | 04 10 1953 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer, seated at his desk holding a pen, gazes into the camera on his last day in office as Commissioner of Social Security. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | William Mitchell, Deputy Commissioner, on the left, with Arthur J. Altmeyer. This was Altmeyer's last day as Commissioner of Social Security. The photograp... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Wilbur J. Cohen, probably during his time as a Professor in Public Welfare Administration, School of Social Work, at the Univers... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | A portrait of William Mitchell, at his desk as Deputy Commissioner of Social Security. The photograph is inscribed,"To Wilbur Cohen: Whose friendship and w... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | John Byrnes, Republican Senator from Wisconsin, puzzles over a chart of data introduced by William Proxmire, Democratic Senator from Wisconsin. The second ... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Caption: "William L Mitchell after being sworn in as Commissioner of Social Security. From left to right: his son, George Bigge, Ellen Woodward, Mitchell, ... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | John F. Kennedy, seated, surrounded by a number of men, including Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, center, standing, and Wilbur Cohen, Assistant Secre... |
| 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: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | President Lyndon Baines Johnson sits at a desk signing the Medicare Act. His wife, Lady Bird Johnson, stands behind him with vice president Hubert Humphrey... |
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| Description: | Wilbur J. Cohen receiving a pen from President Lyndon Johnson at the White House on the signing of the Older Americans Act. This act was established under ... |
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| Description: | President Lyndon B. Johnson stands next to Wilbur J. Cohen who is holding up a copy of the brochure, "Social Security Information for Young Families." |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Robert M. Ball sitting at his desk, as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance. In 1962, President Kennedy appointed B... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Wilbur J. Cohen is speaking from a podium at an outdoor event celebrating the Social Security amendment adding Medicare. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Robert Ball and Wilbur Cohen stand at the lectern during a celebration of the anniversary of Social Security. Robert Ball was Commissioner of Social Securi... |
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