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| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) and his staff. The conference table is covered with papers and pencils. Framed maps are on the walls. |
| Date: | 02 07 1985 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Former Wisconsin congressman and defense secretary Melvin Laird seated at the replica of his former offices built by the Marshfield Clinic as part of the L... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Running for his first term in the Wisconsin Assembly, Wausau Democrat Obey met with Governor Gaylord Nelson to take a publicity photograph. |
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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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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Louis Hanson, Senator Gaylord Nelson's home secretary and chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. |
| Date: | 08 1995 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 23 1956 |
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| Description: | Guest speaker at the Students from India Attending Mid-Western Colleges and Universities convention is G.L Mehta, second from left, India's ambassador to t... |
| Date: | 08 1975 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David Obey (far right) and Congressmen Edward Koch and Congressman Joseph Early meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, in... |
| Date: | 02 27 1957 |
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| Description: | The photo caption states in full: "Gov. Vernon W. Thomson had an audience of six daylight saving time advocates when he signed into law the bill setting up... |
| 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: | 1961 |
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| Description: | John F. Kennedy, seated, surrounded by a number of men, including Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, center, standing, and Wilbur Cohen, Assistant Secre... |
| Date: | 07 08 1960 |
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| Description: | Dane County Democrats file nomination papers to run for political offices. The candidates and the office they are running for are, left to right: Joseph We... |
| Date: | 1994 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 03 14 1989 |
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| Description: | Secretary of State James Baker testifying before the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. Wisconsin Congressman David R. ... |
| Date: | 1992 |
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| Description: | Prime Minister of Israel Shimon Peres and Congressman David Obey talk in Obey's office. Papers cover his desk and a large map of Wisconsin is mounted on th... |
| Date: | 04 29 1965 |
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| Description: | An Assembly bill to establish a full-time Equal Opportunity Commission got 5 1/2 hours of pro and con testimony at a public hearing before the Assembly Jud... |
| Date: | 01 12 1955 |
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| Description: | Former State Assemblymen Herman Eisner of Cross Plains (left) and Harry Holmes of Landcaster (right) serving as journal clerks to "keep the books" for the ... |
| Date: | 04 22 1957 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson sits at his desk during a press conference. Newsmen seated around the governor's desk are (from the left): Mack Hoffma... |
| Date: | 04 20 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen signing a proclamation designating April 26 through May 4 as Beautiful Madison Week, when residents are urged to spruce up the... |
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