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Dane County Taft Supporters

Date: 03 04 1952
Description: Thirty five chairmen of the Dane County Taft Committee met at Kennedy Manor to map strategy for the Taft presidential campaign. Area leaders shown in this ...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Portrait of Phoebe Hayes, librarian for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and representative from the Madison Feder...
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Chairmen with Harvester War Exhibit

Date: 1944
Description: Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, speaks to W.O. Maxwell of the Consumer Relations Department and chairman of the Exhibitors' Committ...
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United Givers Fund Officers

Date: 07 07 1950
Description: Pictured are three newly-elected officers of the United Givers' Fund. Left to right are: Bernhard Mautz, president; Morgan Manchester, first vice-presiden...
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Robert Taft Campaign Headquarters

Date: 01 02 1952
Description: Harvey Higley, Marinette, poses in front of a giant-sized campaign poster of Robert Taft in the presidential campaign headquarters at 117 South Webster Str...
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Professional Panhellenic Council

Date: 03 14 1952
Description: Group portrait of a Panhellenic Council (representatives of U.W. professional sororities) committee. Front row, left to right: Rita Holzer, Lancaster; Jea...
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Madison Business Women Chapter Committee

Date: 09 12 1953
Description: Members of the Wisconsin chapter of the American Business Women's Association's membership committee meet to plan a tea. Left to right: Marcella Finegan, E...
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United Steelworkers Convention Resolutions Committee

Date: 08 24 1946
Description: Posed group shot of the United Steelworkers of America District 32 Convention Resolutions Committee. The men wear suits and are all sitting or standing aro...
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Madison Central High School Committee

Date: 03 04 1954
Description: Members of the Madison Central High School committee plan the annual Student Council Faculty Tea. Seated are, left to right: Miss Elizabeth Ritzmann, advis...
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Madison Women's Municipal Bowling Club

Date: 03 30 1954
Description: Group portrait of members of the committee planning for the spring luncheon of the Madison Women's Municipal Bowling Club. Left to right, sitting: Dorothy ...
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Maple Bluff Country Club Dinner Dance

Date: 04 31 1954
Description: Maple Bluff Country Club members plan the June 12 Bar MB Roundup dinner dance. Standing are Viola and Charles Fenske. Seated is Bonnie Ferris.
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Theresa Village Board

Date: 02 06 1978
Description: "Theresa Village Board. (l-r) Ray Guelig, Leroy, Gerald Musack, Jim Leisk, Pres. Gordon Neitzel, Clerk-Treas. Ralph Ruecker, Jack Burns, and Harold Adelmey...
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Welcome to Appropriations

Date: 02 1970
Description: Congressman George Mahon of Texas, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, welcomes newly-appointed Congressman David R. Obey to the committee and ...
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Committee Meeting

Date: 1979
Description: Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin leans over to confer with Congressman Tim Wirth during a meeting of the House Budget Committee. Obey's aide Scott Lill...
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Budget Meeting

Date: 1979
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin confers with his aide, Scott Lilly, during a meeting of the House Budget Committee.
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Committee Break

Date: 1979
Description: Congressman David R. Obey talks on the telephone during a break in the deliberation of the House Budget Committee. Standing above Obey is his aide Scott Li...
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Schultz Before the Committee

Date: 03 06 1986
Description: Secretary of State George Schultz during the Reagan Administration (second from the left) testifying before the Foreign Operations Subcommittee. Leaning fo...
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Obey and the Joint Economic Committee

Date: 02 07 1985
Description: David R. Obey of Wisconsin, chair of the Joint Economic Committee. Opposite him, (in the foreground) is Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block, testifying ...
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Wausau Hearing

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Description: Under the chairmanship of David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) the congressional Joint Economic Committee held hearings in Wisconsin. In the background are ...
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Budget Deal

Date: 1990
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin confers with Leon Panetta, Congressman from California and head of the Budget Committee (facing away from the camera...

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