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Philip La Follette Reading a Telegram

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: Governor elect Philip La Follette sitting and reading a telegram at La Follette headquarters.
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President Jimmy Carter

Date: 1979
Description: President Jimmy Carter speaks to a small group of well wishers while Congressman David R. Obey looks on. Photographers are in the crowd. The space is decor...
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Testing the Political Waters

Date: 1987
Description: Dick Gephardt testing the support for his presidential candidacy at the Wisconsin Democratic convention. With him is Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin...
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Handing Out the Big Bucks

Date: 08 1995
Description: Congressman David R. Obey presents a big check to representatives of Nicolet College. As chairman or ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee O...
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David Obey and Scott Lilly

Date: 1994
Description: Congressman and Chairperson of the House Appropriations Committee David Obey and Scott Lilly stand on either side of the double doors leading into the offi...
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Newton Minow and Paul Douglas

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Description: Newton Minow and Senator Paul H. Douglas are seated side-by-side at a desk. Behind them is a globe in front of a fake curtained window with a view of the c...
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Newton Minow and Harold Ostertag

Date: 07 30 1961
Description: Newton Minow, chairman of the Federal Communications Comission (FCC), and Harold C. Ostertag, Report From Congress representative are seated together with ...
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Brooks McCormick with Unidentified Man

Date: 1969
Description: Brooks McCormick standing outdoors next to an unidentified man who is holding an International Pay Hauler toy truck in his hands. Behind them a man stands ...
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Brooks McCormck at the Washington Hilton

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Description: Brooks McCormick stands before a microphone at a podium. The seal of the U.S. Department of the Interior is on the front of the podium, underneath a sign t...
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Trump Supporter Dressed as Captain America

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Todd Eiler, dressed as Captain America, holds up a sign reading: "Trump is Our Superhero. Mr. Trump Please Sign My Shield." Attached to that sign is a smal...
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Captain America at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Todd Eiler, dressed as Captain America, kneels and poses on one knee on the ground, next to a small pile of plastic bags. He is holding a sign reading: "Tr...
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The Spin Room

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Reporters and journalists standing in small groups around the spin room at the Republican presidential debates. A man in a red shirt is holding up a sign f...
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Senator Ron Johnson in the Spin Room

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: U.S. Senator Ron Johnson talking to members of the media, as other journalists, reporters, and cameramen are gathered around a number of presidential candi...
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John Kasich in the Spin Room

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: The Governor of Ohio, John Kasich, talking to the press in the spin room of the Republican presidential debates.
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Donald Trump Addressing the Press

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View over people's heads towards Donald Trump as he is talking to a large group of reporters and journalists in the spin room of the Republican presidentia...
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Manpower, Inc. Sales Promotion "Convention"

Date: 10 31 1968
Description: Several people wearing straw boaters are holding signs and posing with a man dressed as Uncle Sam. Signs include such slogans as: "WIN with WINTER, SHINE w...
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Textile Labor Convention

Date: 05 1946
Description: A man stands at a podium, gesturing. A seal on the front of the podium reads: "Atlantic City Audito[rium]." Caption identifies him as William Pollock, gene...

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