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| Date: | 06 1970 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | Dick Gephardt testing the support for his presidential candidacy at the Wisconsin Democratic convention. With him is Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Republican Congressman Alvin O'Konski (left) and Democrat David R. Obey (right) during a break in their campaign debate. Because of redistricting after the... |
| Date: | 09 10 1910 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster promoting Levi H. Bancroft as the Republican candidate for Attorney General. The top two-thirds of the poster is a quarter-length portrait ... |
| Date: | 10 26 1958 |
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| Description: | Four men have a conversation in front of a banner that reads, "Vote Republican." The second man from the left is Warren P. Knowles, Lt. Governor. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting Martin Schreiber for Governor. His portrait appears in the center. Above is "For Governor, Schreiber *78*" and below "Progressive Leadersh... |
| Date: | 01 1969 |
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| Description: | A photo shoot for David R. Obey's first campaign for Congress picturing him as assistant majority leader with Majority Leader Bob Huber (partially obscured... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey speaking on the phone in his office. Taken in 1976 this image was used in his 1980 campaign brochure with the caption: "trying to... |
| Date: | 1994 |
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| Description: | Filming a campaign spot for Congressman David R. Obey (left), probably in the Wausau Family Practice Center. Health care and its associated costs were an i... |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (left) and Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl at a fundraiser for Obey. Jim Chapman is the man between them. |
| Date: | 01 1969 |
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| Description: | David Obey and Bill Bablitch listen as Mrs. Helen N. Van Prooyen speaks. They are drinking cups of coffee or tea. In the background is a brick fireplace, s... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Congressman David Obey (left) and presidential candidate Vice President Hubert Humphrey (4th from left) pose with three other men. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Presidential campaign photo of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. standing up in the back of a convertible automobile with an American flag behind him. Two signs i... |
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| Description: | Philip Fox La Follette speaking into a WTMJ microphone. There are audio speakers behind him. He is wearing a suit and necktie. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Governor Vernon Wallace Thompson, seated in a chair, is reading the newspaper and taking notes in the Republican Headquarters during his re-election campai... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Governor Vernon Thompson (left) has his hand on the trunk of an elephant, the symbol of the Republican Party. The elephant is draped with a banner that rea... |
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