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Dedication of Wisconsin's First Expressway

Date: 09 04 1958
Description: Dedication of Wisconsin's first expressway, a seven-mile stretch of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Presiding at the ribbon-cutting ...
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Signing Wisconsin Unemployment Law

Date: 01 28 1932
Description: Governor Philip La Follette signing Wisconsin's pioneer unemployment compensation law. From left to right are Henry Ohl, Elizabeth Brandeis, Paul A. Raushe...
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Walter Mondale

Date: 10 24 1984
Description: Walter Mondale campaigns for president in 1984 during his failed run against Ronald Reagan.
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Legislators Signing In

Date: 1951
Description: Newly-elected members of the Wisconsin Assembly signing in. Facing the camera left to right are: E. William Proxmire (D-Madison), Hermann Eisner (D-Cross P...
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Wendell Willkie with Milwaukee Campaign Workers

Date: 02 06 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie dining with campaign workers in Milwaukee in 1944. Left to right: William J.P. Aberg, Madison; Assemblyman Vernon Thomson (R-Richland Cent...
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Earl Warren for Vice-President Campaign

Date: 10 07 1948
Description: Rep. Glenn Davis, Waukesha, left, gets a few tips from veteran campaigner California Governor Earl Warren during the governor's vice-presidential campaign ...
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Dane County Democratic Club Victory Supper

Date: 11 22 1948
Description: Some members at Dane County Democratic Club Victory Supper. Seated from left to right are Mrs. Julia Boegholt, national committeewoman for the state, Geor...
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Memorial Continental Hall

Date: 1921
Description: A general view of the Disarmament Conference in Memorial Continental Hall from the balcony. Politicians sit around tables, and an audience gathers on the m...
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Appropriations Bill Signing

Date: 11 13 1997
Description: President Bill Clinton signing the FY 1998 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriation Bill. Behind the President are Vice President Al Gore and Wisconsin Cong...
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Special Flag

Date: 1990
Description: Federal officials frequently delivered flags flown over the U.S. Capitol to organizations in their district. Here, Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin a...
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Obey and Young at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) and Florida Congressman Young tour the destruction at the World Trade Center with an FBI guide a few days after...
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Recount

Date: 04 12 1960
Description: In a recount that lasted almost four hours, the tide turned in favor of Alderman John Budzien, who apparently had lost last Tuesday's election to Robert A....
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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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Wilbur J. Cohen Swearing-In as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 05 16 1968
Description: Wilbur Cohen raises his left hand as he is sworn in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Social Security was included in his responsibilities as ...
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Wilbur J. Cohen Swearing-In as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 05 16 1968
Description: President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the podium, announces the promotion of Wilbur J. Cohen to Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Among the group are W...
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Birthplace of the Republican Party

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Republican candidates for state office started a week-long campaign at the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, the birthplace of the GOP in 1854. Standing o...
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Kuehn for Governor Campaign

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Secretary of State Robert Zimmerman spoke at the brief program at the Little White Schoolhouse (also known as the Birthplace of the Republican Party) while...
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Democratic Election Rally

Date: 10 12 2012
Description: Vice President Joe Biden addresses the crowd at a 2012 Democratic Election rally held at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He is standing at a podium ...
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Paul Ryan Speaks

Date: 10 30 2012
Description: Congressman Paul Ryan speaks to a group as the Republican Vice Presidential candidate at the La Crosse County Republican Headquarters. Most people are wear...
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Vel Phillips Sworn In

Date: 01 03 1979
Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a grey outfit is standing at a podium holding up her right hand near Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Bruce Beilfuss standing on...

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