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Proxmire and President Carter

Date: 01 18 1978
Description: Senator William Proxmire meeting with President Jimmy Carter in the White House.
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Governor Kohler on Inauguration Day

Date: 01 01 1951
Description: Walter J. Kohler, Jr. is sitting on an oversized sofa in the Governor's office prior to his inauguration ceremony. With him are Wisconsin's other constitut...
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Thomas E. Coleman (1893-1964)

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Description: Portrait of Thomas E. Coleman sitting at a desk. He was the "boss" of the Republican Party in Wisconsin in the 1950s and President of Madison-Kipp Corporat...
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Fred Zimmerman, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Fred Zimmerman, Wisconsin Secretary of State, holding three checks dated January 31, 1944. The checks are payable to First Wisconsin National Bank, Milwau...
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Signing City-County Building Construction Contracts

Date: 11 24 1948
Description: Dane County Board Chairman Paul A. Robinson, left, and Madison City Manager Leonard G. Howell, right, signing contracts which officially join Madison and D...
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Senator Gaylord Nelson and Senator Hubert Humphrey

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Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson and Senator Hubert Humphrey seated at a desk reviewing papers.
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Gov. Kohler Signs Bill

Date: 06 07 1951
Description: Governor Walter Kohler signs into law the bill providing that the governor and the legislature shall review all public expenditures, including money from r...
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Interviewing the Attorney General

Date: 03 12 1965
Description: Recently-appointed Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach answers questions from the press. To his left is George Reedy, press secretary for President Lyndon...
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Important Interview

Date: 1947
Description: John J. McCoy, U.S. Commissioner in Germany being interviewed by Mutual news analyst Cecil Brown. Brown made his reputation during the post-World War II ye...
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Welcome to Appropriations

Date: 02 1970
Description: Congressman George Mahon of Texas, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, welcomes newly-appointed Congressman David R. Obey to the committee and ...
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Obey and Staff

Date: 1980
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.
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Laird's Office

Date: 2008
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...
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First Campaign

Date: 1962
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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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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Meeting with Peres

Date: 08 1975
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David Obey (far right) and Congressmen Edward Koch and Congressman Joseph Early meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, in...
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Daylight Saving Referendum Set

Date: 02 27 1957
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...
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Obey Replies to Reagan

Date: 08 30 1986
Description: Congressman David R. Obey delivering the Democrat's reply to a Labor Day speech by President Ronald Reagan.
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John F. Kennedy Signing the Social Security Amendments

Date: 1961
Description: John F. Kennedy, seated, surrounded by a number of men, including Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, center, standing, and Wilbur Cohen, Assistant Secre...
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Democratic Candidates File Nomination Papers

Date: 07 08 1960
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...
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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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