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| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) holding a press conference about federal funding for education with students at Ellis School. A few journal... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Vocational students at James Williams Junior High School work on a silkscreen project. The screens are laying on the work bench. More students, tables and ... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Business and Office Skills Class at Tomahawk High School. Nine students work at their typewriters. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Students at Wausau West High School involved in an innovative science project that studied energy consumption and pollution of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 04 1985 |
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| Description: | Members of a special House Appropriations Committee mission to the Middle East at the airport in Jerusalem. The committee was headed by Congressman David R... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | The driver helps a senior citizen board the bus after a lunch at the Medford Senior Center. |
| Date: | 01 1979 |
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| Description: | Lunchtime at a senior center in central Wisconsin. Congressman David R. Obey can be seen talking in the background. Although the location has not been iden... |
| Date: | 01 1979 |
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| Description: | Bus operated by the Portage County Commission on Aging and its driver. The bus took senior citizens to lunch at the Senior Center and provided other servic... |
| Date: | 06 1987 |
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| Description: | Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin biking with the Wausau Wheelers. |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Dick Gephardt testing the support for his presidential candidacy at the Wisconsin Democratic convention. With him is Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 06 1987 |
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| Description: | Governor Bill Clinton looking for support for his presidential ambitions at the 1987 Wisconsin Democratic convention. With him is Congressman David R. Obey... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 1990 |
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| Description: | Grilling burgers and corn on the cob, all washed down with beer... a typical menu for a Wisconsin political fundraiser. This event was for State Senator Ru... |
| Date: | 06 1990 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey from Wausau and State Senator David Helbach from Stevens Point serving scrambled eggs at Marshfield Dairy Days. |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Former Governor Anthony Earl and Assemblyman Thomas Loftus chat at a gathering of statewide Democratic leaders that honored Marlin Schneider. President Cli... |
| Date: | 1992 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey (right) hits the pavement in Marathon with aide Tom Springer. Hack's Diner, run by Alfred Hack, was a popular local hangout. |
| Date: | 10 1992 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin campaigning in a cafe on Highway 29. With Obey is State Representative, Tom Springer. |
| Date: | 04 1992 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey speaking at the podium at the dedication of the new Naval Reserve building. Three naval officers, a man in a suit, and three sail... |
| Date: | 06 1992 |
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| Description: | During the 1990s Congressman David R. Obey, a leading proponent of health care reform, held numerous forums on the subject in his northern Wisconsin distri... |
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