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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, who formed a bluegrass band known as the Capital Offenses, played the harmonica in the State Capital rotunda at the me... |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (center), playing the harmonica with Speaker of the House Jim Wright (right), and Congressman Jake Pickle (left). |
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| Description: | Girl Scouts of Washington, D.C. celebrate Labor Day by mailing out photographs of the uniform pledge cards of the U.S. Food Administration. |
| Date: | 02 21 2012 |
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| Description: | Snapshot of "New York Times" columnist David Brooks, holding a cup of coffee, at the National Press Club Building. |
| Date: | 02 22 2012 |
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| Description: | A homeless man is sitting on Saint Patrick's Catholic Church's steps as a woman on the sidewalk is walking past. |
| Date: | 04 2011 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind standing at the entrance of his Washington office. |
| Date: | 04 2011 |
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| Description: | Senator Herbert Kohl standing by an American flag in his Washington, D.C. office. |
| Date: | 01 20 1969 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of special guests leaving the platform after the inauguration of Richard Nixon. In the center can be seen Wisconsin Congressman Melvin Laird,... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Political campaign poster that features a drawing of Richard Nixon surrounded by contemporary celebrities and politicians in the center. He is wearing a bu... |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | A campaign poster for Free Soil Party candidates Martin Van Buren and Charles Francis Adams for President and Vice-President. Above is the American eagle, ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | A simple campaign poster for Hubert Humphrey. The top has "Humphrey" in white on a blue field. The center is a black and white photograph of Humphrey. The ... |
| Date: | 03 25 1862 |
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| Description: | Brief letter from President Abraham Lincoln to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton asking to see the files for Carl Schurz of Wisconsin and Milo Smith Haskell (... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | A group of people is led by Annie Devine wearing a hat and eyeglasses in the foreground, along with several men in the background. Behind them is a vehicle... |
| Date: | 01 04 1965 |
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| Description: | A group of people approach the US Capitol on Congress' opening day. This is part of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) challenge that the Nov... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of a crowded room. People are in the balcony and also on the main floor, surrounding a group of men on a raised platform in front of a fla... |
| Date: | 01 04 1965 |
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| Description: | Four people walking past the U.S. Capitol building likely protesting Congress' opening day. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | A domed building with columns likely the U.S. Capitol building. Trees and a lamppost are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 11 1969 |
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| Description: | The front page of The Gaylord Nelson Newsletter published in November of 1969. The featured story is "Environmental Teach-In Planned." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Robert R. Nathan, an American economist. In the 1950s, Nathan was briefly chair of the Americans for Democratic Action. |
| Date: | 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Edward D. Hollander, national director of Americans for Democratic Action, refers to a chart with the title, "Doom and Gloom — Look who's talking". |
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