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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Dr. Edwin Witte, considered the father of Social Security, Executive Director of the Executive Staff to the Committee on Economic Secu... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Wilbur J. Cohen, probably during his time as a Professor in Public Welfare Administration, School of Social Work, at the Univers... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | John F. Kennedy stands with Wilbur J. Cohen, turned away from the camera, right, and two unidentified men. This is may be around the time he signed the 196... |
| Date: | 07 30 1965 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | President Lyndon Baines Johnson sits at a desk signing the Medicare Act. His wife, Lady Bird Johnson, stands behind him with vice president Hubert Humphrey... |
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| Description: | Wilbur J. Cohen receiving a pen from President Lyndon Johnson at the White House on the signing of the Older Americans Act. This act was established under ... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | President Johnson appears to be asking Wilbur Cohen either which pen to sign with or which pen would Wilbur Cohen like to have. What he is signing is unkno... |
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| Description: | Wilbur J. Cohen is with President Lyndon Johnson and two others of the President's economic advisors in the Oval Office of the White House. |
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| Description: | President Lyndon B. Johnson stands next to Wilbur J. Cohen who is holding up a copy of the brochure, "Social Security Information for Young Families." |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Wilbur J. Cohen is speaking from a podium at an outdoor event celebrating the Social Security amendment adding Medicare. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Wilbur Cohen and Robert Ball sit on a stage behind a table listening to a speaker at the podium during a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the social ... |
| Date: | 08 14 1968 |
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| Description: | Arthur Altmeyer stands at the podium speaking about the 33rd anniversary of the Social Security bill. Wilbur Cohen and Robert Ball and an unidentified man ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Group of men posing at a ceremony celebrating the 33rd anniversary of the Social Security bill. From left to right: Commissioner of Social Security, Robert... |
| Date: | 05 16 1968 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 05 16 1968 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 16 1968 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of family and friends at Wilbur Cohen's swearing-in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. From left to right: Bruce Cohen, Wilbur's... |
| Date: | 05 16 1968 |
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| Description: | Wilbur J. Cohen receives comments from a woman in a wheelchair after his swearing-in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Among his responsibilit... |
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| Description: | Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, discussing a poster board about comprehensive health care with an unidentified man. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, talking about inequalities while pointing at a chart. The chart has columns for Income (per ca... |
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| Description: | Wilbur J. Cohen holds an ax over his brother's neck. His brother has put his head on a log stump. The location is Wilbur Cohen's home in Silver Spring, Mar... |
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