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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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Laird and Hussein

Date: 04 09 1969
Description: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and King Hussein of Jordan at a diplomatic reception in Washington, D.C. Hussein was on a personal mission to attempt to ...
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Secretary Shalala

Date: 1993
Description: Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala shakes hands with Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin after testifying before the House Appropriati...
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President Nixon and Pope Paul VI

Date: 09 28 1970
Description: Pope Paul VI greets President Richard Nixon at the Vatican. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, second from the right next to Mrs Nixon, accompanied the Pre...
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Mr. & Mrs. Dreyfus with Pope & President Carter

Date: 10 06 1979
Description: Joyce Dreyfus, Governor Lee Dreyfus, Pope John Paul II and Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter at a papal dinner held at the White House.

Pope John Paul II ...

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Kennedy Speaks to Labor Leaders

Date: 05 16 1963
Description: President John F. Kennedy greets members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers union who were in the capitol for a COPE conference.
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Arthur J. Altmeyer as President of the Permanent Inter-American Committee on Social Security

Date: 1951
Description: Arthur J. Altmeyer, President of the Permanent Inter-American Committee on Social Security, greeting Eva Peron, President of the Inter-American Conference ...
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Proxmire Walking Through Wisconsin in Winter

Date: 12 22 1972
Description: Senator William Proxmire walked thousands of miles in Wisconsin to meet constituents. Here he is, in a snowmobile suit, shaking hands with a woman outside ...
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Obey and Gunderson

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Description: Agricultural forum in Chippewa Falls. Speaking is Congressman David R. Obey, and next to him is Congressman Steve Gunderson. Gunderson was the only represe...
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Youth Council Installation

Date: 06 03 1959
Description: Madison City Attorney, Harold E. Hanson, left, congratulates two newly elected officers of the East Side Young Mayor's Council. The officers are, left to r...
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Social Security's 13th Anniversary

Date: 08 13 1948
Description: The 13th anniversary of the Social Security Act of August 14, 1935 is observed by its first Executive Director, Frank Bane, (left) now Director of the Coun...
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AAA Dual Control Training Car

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: The Madison board of education's summer driving program for high school students acquires another American Automobile Association (AAA) dual control car, a...
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President Carter after signing the Social Security Amendments

Date: 12 20 1977
Description: President Carter shakes hands with Senator Russell Long, D-La. after signing the Social Security bill at the White House. Laughing behind the President is ...
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Walter J. Kohler Sr. with the Kohler Junior Band

Date: 07 02 1930
Description: Governor Walter Kohler Sr. shakes the hand of a young boy, Henry Stoehr. They stand next to Henry Winsauer, and are surrounded by members of the Kohler Jun...

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