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| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Crowds walking past the Horticulture Building at the Wiconsin State Fair. In a pavilion above the building the Aluminum Goose Manufacturing Co. Band of Ma... |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Edmonia Lewis (1845-1890), African American Sculptor. Lewis, the first famous American sculptor of African descent, had a Chipp... |
| Date: | 02 1932 |
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| Description: | Engraving by Charles Silver to mark the passage of Wisconsin's Unemployment Compensation Law, the first in the nation. |
| Date: | 01 1979 |
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| Description: | Green Thumb was a project sponsored by the National Farmers Union to find jobs for the elderly people who were able to work. During his district tour Congr... |
| Date: | 08 15 1938 |
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| Description: | Banquet celebrating the third anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act. From left to right: David J. Lewis, Congressman from Maryland, and Sen... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 08 14 1968 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer and Wilbur Cohen on the set of the "Today" show, talking about the 33rd anniversary of the Social Security bill. |
| Date: | 08 14 1968 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer stands at the podium speaking about the 33rd anniversary of the Social Security bill. Wilbur Cohen and Robert Ball and an unidentified man ... |
| Date: | 08 14 1968 |
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| Description: | View towards podium of Wilbur Cohen presenting Arthur Altmeyer, the first director of the Social Security Board, with a plaque at the anniversary celebrati... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Wilbur J. Cohen stands at the podium during his swearing-in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Seated on the stage with him are his wife Eloise... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer, standing and speaking from the podium, and Wilbur Cohen beside him, seated, at the 35th anniversary celebration of Social Security bill en... |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Mary Anderson and Ted Cox, members of the Sherman Avenue Methodist Church youth choir, sing Christmas carols at a party for residents of Oakwood Lutheran H... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The cover of a promotional brochure features a drawing of Hull-House, a Chicago social settlement founded in 1889 by Jane Addams. Mrs. W.F. (Alma Schmidt) ... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Jackson County Home. Flags are hanging from the front porch, which has a balcony above. Men are sitting on the side landing on the lef... |
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| Description: | Chicago Child Care Society designed by the architectural firm Keck and Keck as Project #617 in 1963. This building was three stories built on stilts. The C... |
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