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| Date: | 12 13 1958 |
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| Description: | Three guests at the luncheon given by the Democratic women of Dane county to honor the wife of governor-elect Gaylord Nelson, Carrie. Standing are: Pat Cor... |
| Date: | 07 19 1962 |
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| Description: | Migrant school children receive a visit from Gaylord Nelson who is looking at artwork made by one of the students. |
| Date: | 10 17 1961 |
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| Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson with local civic leaders at the dedication of a portion of Interstate Highway I-90. Congressman Robert Kastenmeier is standing at t... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Students sitting in a classroom in the Clear Lake School. Gaylord Nelson, later governor of Wisconsin and a United States senator, is sitting at the front ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Senator Gaylord Nelson, William Hansen, and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point president Lee Dreyfus converse at the Water Quality Lab that is to be bui... |
| Date: | 10 23 1960 |
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| Description: | Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy at the Madison airport with state Democratic leaders. To Kennedy's left are Governor Gaylord Nelson and state Democr... |
| Date: | 01 29 1959 |
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| Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson is shown, wearing the traditional pressman's hat, as he pushes the button to start the Wisconsin State Journal press to celebrate t... |
| Date: | 10 11 1968 |
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| Description: | A woman is sitting and holding a cup of coffee on a plate, facing an unidentified person in the foreground. She is wearing a name tag that reads: "Carrie L... |
| Date: | 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson signing the bill which created Menominee County as the state's 72nd county. The new county consisted of those portions of Shawano a... |
| Date: | 04 20 1971 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson acknowledges the applause of the Wisconsin Legislature at an event held in the Wisconsin State Capitol to mark the second ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Senator Gaylord Nelson (right) with his home secretary and Democratic Party Chairman Louis Hanson (left) at Hotel Wausau event. With them is David R. Obey ... |
| Date: | 02 18 1976 |
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| Description: | A close-up of the two politicians sharing a laugh at the Wisconsin State Senate Alumni Reunion, held at the Park Motor Inn. |
| Date: | 10 1980 |
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| Description: | Vice-president Walter Mondale campaigning for reelection in Wisconsin. To Mondale's right, and partially obscured, is Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Running for his first term in the Wisconsin Assembly, Wausau Democrat Obey met with Governor Gaylord Nelson to take a publicity photograph. |
| Date: | 04 27 1959 |
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| Description: | Barber Larry Brilliott (standing and reflected in mirror) and Governor Gaylord Nelson, who is sitting in a barber chair in the Park Hotel barber shop. Bril... |
| Date: | 04 11 1960 |
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| Description: | William D. Byrne, 4031 Monona Drive, was appointed Dane County District Attorney by Governor Gaylord Nelson, for the unexpired term of Joseph W. Bloodgood. |
| Date: | 08 01 1991 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's seven living past governors posing with Gov. Tommy Thompson. (Front, from left): Warren Knowles, Gaylord Nelson: (Back row, from left) Lee Drey... |
| Date: | 01 02 1961 |
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| Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson delivering his inaugural address in the State Capitol rotunda. |
| Date: | 05 12 1960 |
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| Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson purchases the first red poppy to start the annual joint veterans organizations poppy sales days. Shown, left to right, are: Gov. Ne... |
| Founder of Earth Day |
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| This Wisconsin Senator, best known as the founder of Earth Day, championed the preservation of the environment and natural resources. |
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