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Daisy Bates with President Eisenhower

Date: 1958
Description: Daisy Bates shakes hands with President Eisenhower at the Summit Conference.
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Laird and Hussein

Date: 04 09 1969
Description: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and King Hussein of Jordan at a diplomatic reception in Washington, D.C. Hussein was on a personal mission to attempt to ...
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Mr. & Mrs. Dreyfus with Pope & President Carter

Date: 10 06 1979
Description: Joyce Dreyfus, Governor Lee Dreyfus, Pope John Paul II and Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter at a papal dinner held at the White House.

Pope John Paul II ...

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Gaylord Nelson Receives the Presidential Freedom Award

Date: 1995
Description: President Bill Clinton shakes hands with Nelson during the award ceremony. Clinton added a message and his signature at the bottom of the photograph.
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Evans-Novak Political Forum

Date: 04 1990
Description: Subscribers to the newsletter issued by journalists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, the Evans-Novak Political Report, were able to attend regular forums at...
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Kennedy Speaks to Labor Leaders

Date: 05 16 1963
Description: President John F. Kennedy greets members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers union who were in the capitol for a COPE conference.
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Senator Wiley and President Eisenhower

Date: 02 04 1954
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley and President Eisenhower.
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Senator Wiley and Madame Chiang Kai-shek

Date: 07 21 1958
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley shaking hands with Madame Chiang Kai-shek.
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Tufty Friends

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Description: Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, a nationally prominent journalist, whose papers are part of the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society, chatting with Pr...
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Welcome to Appropriations

Date: 02 1970
Description: Congressman George Mahon of Texas, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, welcomes newly-appointed Congressman David R. Obey to the committee and ...
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Gorbachev and Obey

Date: 1992
Description: Congressman David R. Obey (standing) of Wisconsin shakes hands with former Soviet President Mikhal Gorbachev at a diplomatic luncheon in Washington. Also w...
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Secretary Shalala

Date: 1993
Description: Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala shakes hands with Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin after testifying before the House Appropriati...
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Social Security's 13th Anniversary

Date: 08 13 1948
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...
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Medicare Act Signing

Date: 07 30 1965
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...
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President Carter after signing the Social Security Amendments

Date: 12 20 1977
Description: President Carter shakes hands with Senator Russell Long, D-La. after signing the Social Security bill at the White House. Laughing behind the President is ...
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Gridiron Club 60th Anniversary Menu

Date: 12 15 1945
Description: Menu from the sixtieth anniversary dinner of the Gridiron Club, with a half-length cartoon view (by Clifford K. Berryman?) of club president Lyle C. Wilson...

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