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| Date: | 05 1970 |
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| Description: | The front page of "The Gaylord Nelson Newsletter" announcing Earth Day 1970, with the headline: "Mass Movement Begins." |
| Date: | 03 03 1970 |
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| Description: | The cover design of the magazine "Environmental Action: April 22" featuring a line drawing of multititudes of people clinging to and falling off of the Ear... |
| 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: | 07 1976 |
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| Description: | Diagram showing environmental means by which humans can be exposed to radiation from nuclear power plants. |
| Date: | 04 1970 |
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| Description: | Acting on the suggestion of his mentor Senator Gaylord Nelson, Wisconsin congressman David R. Obey participated (here at a gym) at the first Earth Day even... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Editorial cartoon depicting Rodin's "The Thinker" wearing a gas mask. The figure is surrounded by pollution, with a factory spewing smoke in the background... |
| Date: | 04 1970 |
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| Description: | Fundraising advertisement for the Environmental Teach-In on April 22 in honor of Earth Day. The first sentence reads: "A disease has infected our country."... |
| Date: | 10 1978 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing on the rocky shoreline of the Sheboygan River. One man is holding a shovel in his right hand and a glass jar in his left hand. The oth... |
| Date: | 10 1978 |
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| Description: | Two men are kneeling on the ground. One man is holding a shovel while the other man is scooping dirt from the shovel into a glass jar. They are measuring P... |
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