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| Date: | 09 2001 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) touring the World Trade Center Ground Zero site a few days after the 9/11 attack. Obey was there as the senior ... |
| Date: | 09 2001 |
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| Description: | Florida Congressman Bill Young (left) and Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey at the intersection of Vesey Street and the West Side Highway, ground zero fo... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman Melvin R. Laird with four supporters of the re-election campaign of President Dwight Eisenhower and Dick Nixon, dressed in special ca... |
| Date: | 01 20 1969 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of special guests leaving the platform after the inauguration of Richard Nixon. In the center can be seen Wisconsin Congressman Melvin Laird,... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A close-up of Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977), Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) candidate and noted civil rights leader. |
| Date: | 11 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Four attendees of the Dane County Republican club's "Tewsday" party include, from left to right: E.G. Ascher, Stoughton; Constance Holmquist; 2nd district... |
| Date: | 11 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Headliners of the Dane County Republican club's "Tewsday" party include, left to righ:, Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson; Rep. Donald E. Tewes, Waukesh... |
| Date: | 2001 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey posed with a portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., who served as the inspiration for many Wisconsin politicians. |
| Date: | 08 30 1986 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey delivering the Democrat's reply to a Labor Day speech by President Ronald Reagan. |
| Date: | 07 1970 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (facing away from the camera) with Democratic leaders John McCormack and Carl Albert. The photograph was taken for a br... |
| Date: | 05 26 1995 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, Speaker of the House Tom Foley, and Vice President Al Gore on board Air Force Two. |
| Date: | 01 16 1959 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of three Assembly Democratic leaders include, from left to right: Robert T. Huber, West Allis, speaker pro tem; Keith C. Hardie, Taylor, maj... |
| Date: | 06 1966 |
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| Description: | Assemblyman David R. Obey (left) and Governor Warren P. Knowles outdoors at an unidentified ceremonial event. The two men are holding the Wisconsin State F... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Democratic members of the Wisconsin congressional delegation with Morris Udall (center), probably at an event associated with Udall's attempted campaign fo... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | David R. Obey, then a Wisconsin assemblyman, testifying in the Capitol in behalf of the reorganization of state government proposed by the Kellett Commissi... |
| Date: | 03 31 1959 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Henry May, member of the New Zealand Parliament. May was a guest of the U.S. State Department and visited and spoke in several cities and in co... |
| Date: | 08 03 1959 |
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| Description: | Senator Hubert Humphrey appears at a press conference at the Hotel Loraine. Shown (L-R) are Senator Humphrey, (standing) Assemblyman Fred Risser (D-Madison... |
| Date: | 01 14 1960 |
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| Description: | Madison Fire Chief Edward Page, center, presents a plaque from the International Fire Chiefs Association to Maple Bluff's volunteer fire department for ach... |
| Date: | 02 15 1960 |
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| Description: | Two Republican candidates for governor and their wives chat with Roger Radue, dinner chairman, before the annual Dane County GOP Lincoln Day fund-raising d... |
| Date: | 06 02 1939 |
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| Description: | Arthur J. Altmeyer was awarded an honorary LL.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin. Men who received degrees from the University of Wisconsin are, ... |
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