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Carter and Nelson

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Description: President Jimmy Carter and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson in the White House Oval Office.
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Gaylord Nelson Speaking at a Podium

Date: 04 1970
Description: Gaylord Nelson speaking at a podium during Earth Week with an American flag in the foreground, and the Earth Day flag behind it.
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Gaylord Nelson Visiting August Derleth

Date: 1960
Description: Casual portrait of August Derleth sitting behind his typewriter in his office, with Gaylord Nelson sitting on his desk to talk.
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Proxmire and Nelson

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Description: Wisconsin's two Democratic senators, Gaylord Nelson and William Proxmire.
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Gaylord Nelson and Pat Lucey

Date: 10 17 1966
Description: U.S. Senator, Gaylord Nelson, speaking with Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor, Patrick J. Lucey.
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Delegation Lunch

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Description: The Wisconsin Congressional delegation meets during a meal. Left to right they are: John Byrnes, William Proxmire, Gaylord Nelson, Melvin Laird, and Clemen...
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Gaylord Nelson Holding Hearing

Date: 1968
Description: Nelson, as chairman of the Monopoly Subcommittee, holding a hearing regarding the abuses of the pharmaceutical industry. He is sitting at a table behind a ...
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Obey and Nelson

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Description: Congressman David Obey and Senator Gaylord Nelson in a thoughtful moment. On the wall in the background are landscape photographs.
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Hanson and Nelson

Date: 1969
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson (right) with his home secretary and Democratic Party Chairman Louis Hanson (left) at Hotel Wausau event. With them is David R. Obey ...
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Gaylord Nelson and Melvin Laird

Date: 02 18 1976
Description: A close-up of the two politicians sharing a laugh at the Wisconsin State Senate Alumni Reunion, held at the Park Motor Inn.
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Nelson Campaigning for Obey

Date: 03 1969
Description: Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson speaking to an audience in northern Wisconsin in behalf of the congressional campaign of David R. Obey who is seated to Ne...
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Reserve Officers Association Meeting

Date: 11 29 1963
Description: Col. Donovan Carpenter (left); Maj. Russell Mittelstadt (center), and Sen. Gaylord Nelson, attend a chapter meeting of the Reserve Officers Association. Ne...
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Madison German Club Anniversary Celebration

Date: 04 17 1964
Description: United States Senator Gaylord Nelson, left, was a featured speaker at the celebration of the fifty-third anniversary of the Madison German club.
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Nelson and 2nd Earth Day

Date: 04 20 1971
Description: Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who is credited with conceiving of Earth Day, listens while Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey addresses the Wisconsin L...
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German Club Anniversary Party

Date: 04 17 1964
Description: Celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the German Club are left to right, featured speaker, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis); Peter Storch, rural Sun Prair...
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Governor's Budget Hearing

Date: 12 02 1960
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson, with aides and legislators, listens during a governor's budget hearing to a presentation by State Tax Commissioner John A. Gronous...
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Menominee Tribal Restoration

Date: 04 22 1975
Description: Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton signing the documents that restored tribal status to the Menominee Indians. Watching the ceremony are Senator Gaylo...
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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 Nelson Shake Hands

Date: 1962
Description: Congressman David Obey and Senator Gaylord Nelson shake hands as Joan Obey looks on. The occasion was a dinner, and a man and woman sit at a table with foo...
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Earth Day 1970

Date: 04 1970
Description: Acting on the suggestion of his mentor Senator Gaylord Nelson, Wisconsin congressman David R. Obey participated (here at a gym) at the first Earth Day even...

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