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Senator Proxmire with Mail

Date: 11 19 1975
Description: Wisconsin Senator, William Proxmire, sitting at his desk with a large stack of mail.
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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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Richard Flintrop Defending Children's Code

Date: 03 02 1978
Description: Dick Flintrop in the Wisconsin Legislature defending passage of and arguing against amendments to AB874, or the Children's Code, a law regulating the treat...
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Harry S. Truman

Date: 09 1947
Description: President Harry S. Truman, standing at the rear of a railroad car.
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Gaylord Nelson Signing Autographs

Date: 1974
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson signs an autograph for an admiring voter at an agricultural conference.
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Gaylord Nelson With Farmers

Date: 1963
Description: Nelson casually talks with two farmers outdoors in front of a cow pen.
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Diplomatic Mission

Date: 1980
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (center) studying briefing materials for a diplomatic visit to Pakistan.
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Senator Walter Chilsen and Milwaukee Congressman Alvin O'Konski

Date: 03 1969
Description: Wisconsin State Senator Walter Chilsen discussing U.S. Army missile technology with Wisconsin Congressman Alvin O'Konski. Chilsen was a Republican state se...
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Wisconsin State Legislature

Date: 01 11 1951
Description: The Wisconsin State Legislature listens to a speech by Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. The senators are seated in the first row, with Warren Knowles seated ...
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Wisconsin Cheese Makers Legislative Dinner

Date: 04 30 1947
Description: State Senator Rudolph Schlabach (R - La Crosse) with another man at a legislative dinner sponsored by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 01 13 1949
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm addressing a joint meeting of the Wisconsin legislature as it convened for it's 69th legislative session.
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Obey at O'Mally's Manufacturing

Date: 1978
Description: David Obey (2nd from right) and Harvey Dueholm (left) visit O'Mally's Manufacturing.
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Harland E. Everson

Date: 1974
Description: Harland E. Everson, the state assembly representative from the 38th Assembly District, elected in 1970. Quarter-length portrait in partial profile.
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Senator Nelson and Colleagues

Date: 1968
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson, William Hansen, and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point president Lee Dreyfus converse at the Water Quality Lab that is to be bui...
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Political Conversation

Date: 1968
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson, William Hansen, and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point president Lee Dreyfus discuss at the Water Quality Lab that is to be buil...
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Republican State Convention

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: Representative Glenn Davis, Waukesha, convention chairman for the Wisconsin Republican State Convention, and Harvey Higley, Marinette, State GOP Chairman.
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Wisconsin State Legislature Session Begins

Date: 01 12 1955
Description: Elevated view of sworn in and seated members of the 1955 Wisconsin State Legislature Assembly listening to Assemblyman Robert Maratz (standing) nominate Ma...
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Wisconsin State Legislature Session Begins

Date: 01 12 1955
Description: Elevated view of members of the 1955 Wisconsin State Legislature Senate listening as Chief Clerk Lawrence Larsen (standing)is reading the next order of bus...
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John Byrnes Puzzles Over Proxmire Data

Date: 1958
Description: John Byrnes, Republican Senator from Wisconsin, puzzles over a chart of data introduced by William Proxmire, Democratic Senator from Wisconsin. The second ...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1932
Description: Portrait of Robert Marion La Follette, Sr., a founder of the Progressive movement, governor of Wisconsin, and United States congressman and senator.

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