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Waiting in the Oval Office

Date: 07 22 1971
Description: President Richard Nixon speaking on the telephone in the Oval Office of the White House, while Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird is waiting to report on hi...
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Nixon Cabinet Meeting

Date: 05 20 1971
Description: President Richard Nixon meeting with his cabinet in the White House. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, originally from Marshfield, Wisconsin, is to his l...
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Nixon Meeting

Date: 04 04 1972
Description: President Richard Nixon meeting with Secretary of the Navy John Chafee, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin, and Secretary of State Henry Kissin...
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Robert Kennedy Announces His Candidacy

Date: 03 16 1968
Description: Senator Robert F. Kennedy announcing his candidacy for the office of President of the United States. The announcement took place in the Caucus Room of the ...
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William T. Evjue

Date: 04 26 1950
Description: William T. Evjue, editor and publisher of the Madison "Capital Times," who was well-known for his "crusades" such as his opposition to gambling, Senator Jo...
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Mr. & Mrs. Dreyfus with Pope & President Carter

Date: 10 06 1979
Description: Joyce Dreyfus, Governor Lee Dreyfus, Pope John Paul II and Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter at a papal dinner held at the White House.

Pope John Paul II ...

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Evans & Novak at the White House

Date: 1966
Description: Publicity portrait of journalists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak taken outside the White House. Their long-running newspaper column was entitled Inside ...
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Erwin Knoll

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Description: Journalist Erwin Knoll, wearing a suit and bow tie, posed sitting on a fountain in front of the entrance to the United States Supreme Court building during...
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Kennedy and Labor Leaders

Date: 05 16 1963
Description: President John F. Kennedy meeting with delegates to the Amalgamated Meat Cutter and Butcher Workers Union in the White House rose garden. The labor leader...
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Kennedy Speaks to Labor Leaders

Date: 05 16 1963
Description: President John F. Kennedy greets members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers union who were in the capitol for a COPE conference.
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First AFL-CIO Convention

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view of the first national convention after the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
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Senator Wiley and World's Largest Cheese

Date: 02 10 1956
Description: Senator Wiley and Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of the Vice President, stand on either side of a woman holding a basket and sitting on the world's largest c...
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Obama and Obey

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey and President Barack Obama in the Oval Office in the White House. The photograph is autographed for Obey: "Congratulations for 40...
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Girl Scouts Mailing Photographs on Labor Day

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Description: Girl Scouts of Washington, D.C. celebrate Labor Day by mailing out photographs of the uniform pledge cards of the U.S. Food Administration.
Poster

Nixon's The One!

Date: 1968
Description: Political campaign poster that features a drawing of Richard Nixon surrounded by contemporary celebrities and politicians in the center. He is wearing a bu...
Print

Free Soil Party Candidates

Date: 1848
Description: A campaign poster for Free Soil Party candidates Martin Van Buren and Charles Francis Adams for President and Vice-President. Above is the American eagle, ...
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Frame 65: Shot Inside Congress

Date: 1965
Description: An elevated view of a crowded room. People are in the balcony and also on the main floor, surrounding a group of men on a raised platform in front of a fla...
Print

Complimentary Dinner to Hon. John D. Spooner

Date: 03 05 1891
Description: Front cover and inside of menu for a dinner honoring U.S. Senator John C. Spooner when he was Chairman of the Committee on Claims, with an oval photograph ...
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Demonstrators at a PUSH March

Date: 01 15 1975
Description: Demonstrators at a PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) March walking around the White House to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the birth of Martin L...
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Demonstrators at a PUSH March

Date: 01 15 1975
Description: Demonstrators at a PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) March walking around the White House to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the birth of Martin L...

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