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| Date: | 07 11 1967 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire jogging on the mall in front of the U.S. Capitol. Proxmire was a physical fitness advocate, and he was well known for his daily ru... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Daisy Bates shakes hands with President Eisenhower at the Summit Conference. |
| Date: | 04 05 1961 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Wiley, wife of Senator Alexander Wiley (R., Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin), presented with a box of honey by the Wisconsin Honey Queen. Next to her is her... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Members of the National Welfare Rights Organization, some dressed in choir robes, hold candles and a cross as they are confronted by police. This is at the... |
| Date: | 03 12 1917 |
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| Description: | President Wilson leaves the White House in a black car on his way to the Capitol to take oath. |
| Date: | 06 13 1919 |
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| Description: | Former Wisconsin State Senator David G. James, Republican from Richland Center (1908-1912) and the father of suffragist Ada James. The photograph was likel... |
| Date: | 05 07 1969 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 07 22 1971 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 09 1969 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 05 20 1971 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 04 1972 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 04 1969 |
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| Description: | Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin (on the far right) with astronaut James Lovell, a former student at the University of Wisconsin, and his wif... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | James L. Farmer, Jr. of CORE, speaking at a national conference of the United Packinghouse Workers of America. James Leonard Farmer, Jr. was a civil rights... |
| Date: | 03 16 1968 |
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| Description: | Senator Robert F. Kennedy announcing his candidacy for the office of President of the United States. The announcement took place in the Caucus Room of the ... |
| Date: | 04 22 1975 |
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| Description: | Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton signing the documents that restored tribal status to the Menominee Indians. Watching the ceremony are Senator Gaylo... |
| Date: | 03 19 1973 |
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| Description: | This informal portrait of Senator Gaylord Nelson at a Senate hearing must have been been a Nelson favorite, for it was frequently seen in the printed media... |
| Date: | 09 1972 |
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| Description: | An informal moment during a photography session in the office of Senator Gaylord Nelson. Included, left to right, are Senator William Proxmire, Congressman... |
| Date: | 09 1972 |
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| Description: | Congressman Robert Kastenmeier and Senator Gaylord Nelson in Nelson's office. |
| Date: | 09 1972 |
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| Description: | Senator Gaylord Nelson and Congressman Robert Kastenmeier in the reception area of Nelson's office. |
| Date: | 03 30 1921 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of the 36th annual general meeting of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae reception at the White House. There is a crowd of women, most we... |
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