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Man and International Truck in front of Iowa State Capitol

Date: 06 19 1927
Description: Man posing with an International tour bus in front of the Iowa State Capitol building. The sign painted on the side of the bus reads: "Seeing the US."
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Governor La Follette Signing Extradition Papers

Date: 05 25 1931
Description: Governor Philip La Follette in the governor's office, signing extradition papers for George W.E. Perry aka "Jiggs" "Blue Beard," with Samuel Becker, execut...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Statue Ceremony

Date: 04 25 1929
Description: Ceremony for the unveiling of the statue of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. On the platform, left to right, are Senator R...
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Panoramic Group Portrait of Conference on National Defense

Date: 05 02 1917
Description: Panoramic group portrait of the Conference on National Defense, taken on the steps of the White House.
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1958
Description: Photographic holiday card from Congressman and Mrs. Henry Reuss and family. Front of the card reads: "Christmas Greetings from The Reuss Family: Mike, Marg...
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Performing Dogs

Date: 1910
Description: A well-dressed man with a cane directs seven trained dogs in Capitol Park. The third Wisconsin State Capitol building is in the background.
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Civil Rights Rally at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 06 13 1961
Description: Large group of protesters in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda with many carrying signs in favor of Civil Rights for African-Americans. One man holds a s...
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In La Follette's Shadow

Date: 07 1972
Description: Congressman David R. Obey and Senator Gaylord Nelson posed talking in front of the statue of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. in the National Statuary Hall in th...
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Obey and Proxmire

Date: 06 1970
Description: Congressman David R. Obey and Senator William Proxmire outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The photograph was taken for use in the campaign li...
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Budget Conference

Date: 1979
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...
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Oath of Office

Date: 01 1985
Description: "Dwight York takes the oath of office."
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Inauguration Ceremony

Date: 01 1985
Description: Inauguration ceremony in which Dwight York was sworn into the Assembly.
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...
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Obey and Stitt

Date: 06 1970
Description: Congressman David R. Obey with his administrative assistant Lyle Stitt walking down a hall in the United States Capitol building. Statues are along the wal...
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Government Reorganization

Date: 1968
Description: David R. Obey, then a Wisconsin assemblyman, testifying in the Capitol in behalf of the reorganization of state government proposed by the Kellett Commissi...
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Menu for Captain's Dinner on Board S.S. Pastores

Date: 12 03 1920
Description: Menu for Captain's Dinner on board the S.S. Pastores, of the United Fruit Company Steamship Service, carrying President-Elect Warren G. Harding. On ...
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Wisconsin Savings Bond Drive

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson (right) receives his commission as honorary state chairman of the 1961 Savings Bond Drive from Harold F. Dickens, Milwaukee, who is...
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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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Raising "Wisconsin" to the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 07 20 1914
Description: A group of men and women look on as the statue, "Wisconsin," tipped sideways, is lifted from the scaffold. Only the bottom section of the statue is visible...
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Christmas Tree in Governor's Office

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: Four-year-old John Steigerwaldt is putting a decoration on the top of the Christmas tree in the governor's office. He is being held up by Governor Warren K...

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