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Harry S. Truman

Date: 1947
Description: Harry S. Truman in the oval office standing behind his desk.
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Nixon and Draft Bill

Date: 09 28 1971
Description: President Nixon signs a draft bill in the Oval Office of the White House while Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird (second from the left) and others watch. ...
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Creating Menominee County

Date: 07 1959
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson signing the bill which created Menominee County as the state's 72nd county. The new county consisted of those portions of Shawano a...
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Declaration of Optimist Week

Date: 11 02 1949
Description: Madison City Manager Howell (right) signs a proclamation declaring the following week to be Optimist Week. Looking on, from the Madison Optimist Chapter, (...
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Edward R. Murrow at OPC

Date: 12 27 1957
Description: Edward R. Murrow, standing near the banner, speaks to a special Overseas Press Club luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria honoring CBS correspondents. Immediatel...
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International Civil Defense Directors

Date: 09 13 1954
Description: Wisconsin's civil defense director, Major General Ralph Olson (seated), hosts four European civil defense directors on a tour of civil defense units in the...
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Steve Gunderson and Newt Gingrich

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Description: Steve Gunderson, Newt Gingrich (center) and three other men pose together in an office.
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Wautoma WERC Hearing

Date: 1967
Description: Migrant farm workers testify at the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) hearing after a strike in Bancroft. Seated on the left is Obreros Unid...
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Wisconsin Democrats

Date: 1984
Description: The audience at the Lincoln County fairgrounds who gathered to hear Democratic candidates Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro, with the national media cov...
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Handing Out the Big Bucks

Date: 08 1995
Description: Congressman David R. Obey presents a big check to representatives of Nicolet College. As chairman or ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee O...
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Panorama of Labor Union 802 of Madison, Wisconsin

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Description: Local Unions 154, 182 and 802 posed in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Includes Madison Locals of Brewery Workmen, Carpenters & Joiners, Cigar Makers...
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Director of the State Bureau of Personnel

Date: 08 26 1957
Description: Governor Vernon Thomson (left) is handing a letter of appointment to Francis J. Walsh to be the acting director of the State Bureau of Personnel. In the ce...
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Recount

Date: 04 12 1960
Description: In a recount that lasted almost four hours, the tide turned in favor of Alderman John Budzien, who apparently had lost last Tuesday's election to Robert A....
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Obey and Audrey Hepburn

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Description: Actress Audrey Hepburn, then a representative of UNICEF, visiting Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey in his office. She was in Washington to testify on b...
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Acting Postmaster John Whitmore Gets Certificate

Date: 12 04 1959
Description: Acting Postmaster for Madison, John F. Whitmore (right), receives a certificate of appointment from Adolph Knudson (left), postal department field services...
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Mayville Insurance Agency

Date: 07 1998
Description: Mayville Insurance Agency. (L-R) Brad Steinbach, Amanda Rose, Joyce Schuett, and Cindy Steinbach.
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John F. Kennedy Signing the Social Security Amendments

Date: 1961
Description: John F. Kennedy, seated, surrounded by a number of men, including Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, center, standing, and Wilbur Cohen, Assistant Secre...
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Wilbur Cohen with President Johnson in the Oval Office

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Description: Wilbur J. Cohen is with President Lyndon Johnson and two others of the President's economic advisors in the Oval Office of the White House.
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Wilbur Cohen and President Lyndon Johnson

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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."
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Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 1968
Description: Portrait of Wilbur J. Cohen sitting at his desk as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Social Security Administration was his responsibility.

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