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| Date: | 09 1972 |
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| Description: | Senator Gaylord Nelson and Congressman Robert Kastenmeier in the reception area of Nelson's office. |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin Congressional delegation meets during a meal. Left to right they are: John Byrnes, William Proxmire, Gaylord Nelson, Melvin Laird, and Clemen... |
| Date: | 05 02 1917 |
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| Description: | Panoramic group portrait of the Conference on National Defense, taken on the steps of the White House. |
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| Description: | Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a buffet line in Washington, D.C., with a group of dignitaries behind him. Immediately behind Nixon's right shoulder is ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Eleanor Roosevelt at a foreign policy committee meeting at the Americans for Democratic Action convention. Along with John Kenneith Galbraith, Hubert Humph... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Eleanor Roosevelt and national co-chair Leon Henderson (right) at a dinner sponsored by the Union for Democratic Action (later Americans for Democratic Act... |
| Date: | 04 26 1950 |
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| Description: | William T. Evjue, editor and publisher of the Madison "Capital Times," who was well-known for his "crusades" such as his opposition to gambling, Senator Jo... |
| Date: | 10 10 1953 |
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| Description: | As chairman of the Senate Investigating Committee Senator Joseph R. McCarthy traveled to New York City to hold closed hearings on alleged Communist espiona... |
| Date: | 04 22 1954 |
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| Description: | Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens (left) watches as Senator Joseph R. McCarthy raises a point of order as the Army-McCarthy hearings begin. Also seated... |
| Date: | 04 22 1954 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy writes in a note pad during the testimony of General Miles Reber, the first witness during the Army-McCarthy hearings, what the ... |
| Date: | 05 24 1954 |
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| Description: | During the Army-McCarthy Hearings, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy replies to a Presidential statement that the executive responsibility cannot be usurped by an... |
| Date: | 01 20 1953 |
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| Description: | Joseph R. McCarthy arriving at the inaugural ceremonies for President Dwight D. Eisenhower. It was unusual for McCarthy, who was very casual about his att... |
| Date: | 03 03 1954 |
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| Description: | During the first months of his administration, President Dwight Eisenhower handled Joseph R. McCarthy by publicly ignoring him. However, after the abuse t... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Bill Henshaw, a disabled, wheelchair-bound Vietnam veteran, at a Vietnam Veterans Against the War demonstration during the Nixon Inauguration in 1973. |
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| Description: | Myles Horton dreaming under the National Capitol building during the Poor People's Campaign. |
| Date: | 08 14 1935 |
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| Description: | President Franklin D. Roosevelt about to sign the Social Security Act of 1935. |
| Date: | 1995 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 01 09 1963 |
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| Description: | Nelson is sworn into office by Vice President Lyndon Johnson. |
| Date: | 03 1967 |
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| Description: | Nelson and Bronson La Follette stand next to the Robert M. La Follette statue in the United States Capitol, while a man poses at the base to carve the word... |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire strolls on the Capitol lawn wearing a suit and necktie. |
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