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Happy Birthday Medicare

Date: 07 29 1995
Description: At a celebration for the 30th anniversary of Medicare, Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and guests blow out the candles on a cake.
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Six O'Clock Club Ninth Dinner Menu

Date: 01 21 1901
Description: Back and front covers of the ninth dinner of the Six O'Clock Club, an organization that met several times a season to hear speakers on various civic issues...
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Centennial Reception of the Wisconsin Legislature

Date: 02 14 1876
Description: Menu for the Centennial Reception of the Wisconsin Legislature in the Agricultural Rooms of the State Capitol, printed in a range of typefaces.
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Banquet Celebrating the Third Anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act

Date: 08 15 1938
Description: Banquet celebrating the third anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act. From left to right: David J. Lewis, Congressman from Maryland, and Sen...
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Medicare Act Signing

Date: 07 30 1965
Description: Wilbur Cohen receives a pen from President Lyndon Johnson at the formal signing of the Medicare Act part of the Social Security Amendments Act. Lady Bird J...
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30th Anniversary of Social Security

Date: 1965
Description: Wilbur Cohen and Robert Ball sit on a stage behind a table listening to a speaker at the podium during a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the social ...
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Social Security Anniversary

Date: 08 14 1968
Description: Arthur Altmeyer stands at the podium speaking about the 33rd anniversary of the Social Security bill. Wilbur Cohen and Robert Ball and an unidentified man ...
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Social Security Anniversary

Date: 08 14 1968
Description: View towards podium of Wilbur Cohen presenting Arthur Altmeyer, the first director of the Social Security Board, with a plaque at the anniversary celebrati...
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Social Security Bill 33rd Anniversary

Date: 1968
Description: Group of men posing at a ceremony celebrating the 33rd anniversary of the Social Security bill. From left to right: Commissioner of Social Security, Robert...
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Wilbur J. Cohen Swearing-In as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 05 16 1968
Description: President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the podium, announces the promotion of Wilbur J. Cohen to Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. Among the group are W...
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Cohen and Altmeyer at the 35th Anniversary of the Social Security Bill

Date: 1970
Description: Wilbur Cohen and Arthur Altmeyer sit across the dinner table from John J. Corwin. All three men worked in U.S. Social Security Administration at different ...
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Governor Schrieber Gives Rick Phelps a Signing Pen

Date: 05 02 1978
Description: Governor Martin Schreiber is shaking hands with Rick Phelps of the Youth Policy and Law Center as he is handing Phelps a pen used to sign AB 874, the Child...

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