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Fourth of July at Park Falls
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As a boy scout raises the flag, the people in attendance at the Park Falls Fourth of July celebration recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Congressman David R. Obey (in the dark jacket) stands to the left of the flag pole.
July 5, 1994
Obey, David R.
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Park Falls VFW
July 4, 1994
Members of the Park Falls chapter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the community Fourth of July ceremony.
Fourth of July at Park Falls
July 4, 1994
The flag raising during the Fourth of July ceremony, with a group of the local Knights of Columbus on the left. In the foreground on the right is a photographer with a tripod.
Obey and Day
January 1969
Photo shoot of David R. Obey (right) during his first campaign for Congress with farmer-State Legislator Laurence Day.
David R. Obey
1964
Official portrait of David R. Obey from the 1964 Wisconsin Blue Book.
Obey and Knowles
June 1966
Assemblyman David R. Obey (left) and Governor Warren P. Knowles outdoors at an unidentified ceremonial event. The two men are holding the Wisconsin State Flag.
