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| Date: | 01 01 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 07 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 22 1927 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh meeting local dignitaries, with the crowd of admirers behind him seated in the stadium. Partly obscured to his right is Governor Schmedem... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Robert Kennedy, then attorney general, surrounded by young people during a visit to Hong Kong. Kennedy was traveling in Southeast Asia, and the tall white-... |
| Date: | 10 02 1934 |
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| Description: | George A. Nelson, the Socialist candidate for governor of Wisconsin in the 1934 election, is seated with Anna Mae Davis, a Madison attorney and a local lea... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | An emergency budget cutting session, under the watchful eye of the press. Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey is at the far right of the table. Opposite hi... |
| Date: | 02 1970 |
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| Description: | Congressman George Mahon of Texas, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, welcomes newly-appointed Congressman David R. Obey to the committee and ... |
| 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: | 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. |
| 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: | 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, ... |
| 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: | 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... |
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