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La Follette's Labor Day Address

Date: 1924
Description: Independent presidential candidate Robert M. La Follette, Sr., standing behind a radio microphone delivering a Labor Day address.
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Harry S. Truman and George C. Marshall

Date: 1947
Description: President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State George C. Marshall. After World War II President Truman appointed Marshall as his special emissary to Chi...
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Woodrow Wilson

Date: 1913
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Woodrow Wilson taken early in his first term as president.
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William F. Vilas

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of William Freeman Vilas, attorney, Regent of the University of Wisconsin, member of the State Assembly of Wisconsin 1885, U.S. Senator fro...
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Jimmy Carter and Mother

Date: 1980
Description: Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, enjoys a moment with his mother, "Miss Lillian" Carter at the White House.
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Laird and Ann Margaret

Date: 05 07 1969
Description: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin, speaking at a Savings Bond rally at the Pentagon. On the platform is actress Ann Margaret wearing a short ...
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Waiting in the Oval Office

Date: 07 22 1971
Description: President Richard Nixon speaking on the telephone in the Oval Office of the White House, while Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird is waiting to report on hi...
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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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Nixon Cabinet Meeting

Date: 05 20 1971
Description: President Richard Nixon meeting with his cabinet in the White House. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, originally from Marshfield, Wisconsin, is to his l...
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Nixon Meeting

Date: 04 04 1972
Description: President Richard Nixon meeting with Secretary of the Navy John Chafee, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin, and Secretary of State Henry Kissin...
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Menominee Tribal Restoration

Date: 04 22 1975
Description: Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton signing the documents that restored tribal status to the Menominee Indians. Watching the ceremony are Senator Gaylo...
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Tommy as Secretary of HHS

Date: 02 2003
Description: Tommy G. Thompson, former governor of Wisconsin, standing in his office as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services with journalist Robert ...
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Budget Conference

Date: 1979
Description: An emergency budget cutting session, under the watchful eye of the press. Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey is at the far right of the table. Opposite hi...
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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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Arthur J. Altmeyer Taking the Oath as Assistant Secretary of Labor

Date: 06 08 1934
Description: Arthur J. Altmeyer taking the oath as Assistant Secretary of Labor. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins stands on the left, and Samuel Gompers on the right,...
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In the U.S. Supreme Court Room

Date: 05 1937
Description: In the U.S. Supreme Court Room, after hearing the Court hand down its decisions upholding the constitutionality of the old age insurance and unemployment i...
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First Meeting of the Social Security Board

Date: 09 14 1935
Description: From left to right: Arthur J. Altmeyer, John G. Winant, and Vincent M. Miles at the first meeting of the Social Security Board.
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Social Security Board Chairman Testifies

Date: 02 24 1939
Description: Arthur J. Altmeyer (center), Chairman of the Social Security Board, pictured as he appeared before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee. Altmeyer e...
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Conference Concerning the Pending Bill to Improve the Social Security Act

Date: 03 31 1939
Description: The conference concerned the pending bill to improve the Social Security Act. From left to right, all sitting: Senator James F. Byrnes, Chairman of the Sen...
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Social Security Conference with President Roosevelt

Date: 03 20 1939
Description: Leaving the White House after their Social Security conference with President Roosevelt are (left to right): John Hanes, Undersecretary of the Treasury; Ar...

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