Government Meetings Through the Decades

Black-and-white images of various governmental meetings in a historic setting, capturing discussions and presentations from the 1950s to 1970s.

Anefo photo collection. Government by Minister President de Jong in Lower House, v.l.n.r. Polak, Luns, De Jong, Witteveen Bakker, Beernink, behind Haex, Kruisinga,. April 18, 1967

Anefo photo collection. Government statement in the Lower House. The cabinet listens to professor vondeling. July 31, 1963

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives General considerations. De Jong explains statement about health status of Constantijn. Luns, Witteveen and De Jong. October 14, 1969. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Budget debates in the Lower House, government table. September 29, 1959

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives covers disturbances in Amsterdam; Government table. September 2, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives. Premier Dr. J. (Jelle) Zijlstra (Arp) speaks. December 1, 1966. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Hearing in the Lower House about the release of the "three from Breda". One of the delegations speak in the Lower House. February 24, 1972. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Amsterdam in the House of Representatives, government table. June 16, 1966. The Hague

Anefo photo collection. Government by Minister President de Jong in Lower House, v.l.n.r. Polak, Luns, De Jong, Witteveen Bakker, Beernink, behind Haex, Kruisinga,. April 18, 1967

Anefo photo collection. Lower House Mr Van der Kieft of the AR speaks, overview of the House of Representatives. March 18, 1964

Anefo photo collection. Treatment of the rental law in the Lower House. Minister of Finance Vondeling speaks. October 26, 1965. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Second Chamber Government Answer. October 10, 1968

Anefo photo collection. Questions to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance in the Lower House. Nr. 5, 6 Overview, no. 7, 8 Kranenburg. March 14, 1963

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives, Change Police Act (including), v.L.n.R.: Agt Minister, De Gaay Fortman, Professor Polak (Government Commissioner). June 16, 1976

Anefo photo collection. Government statement. Overview while Van Agt (CDA) reads the government statement. November 16, 1981. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Minister Luns during his reason in the Lower House, concerning the EEC issue. January 31, 1963. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. General political considerations in the Lower House in The Hague. Prime Minister Cals during his reason. October 14, 1965. The Hague, South Holland

Meeting with the Joint Committee for the Re-Enactment of Lincolns Inaugural, 12:07PM. President John F. Kennedy receives a gold medallion from the Joint Committee for the Re-enactment of Lincolns Inauguration and the D.C. Centennial Committee in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Unidentified; Senator Vance Hartke of Indiana; unidentified (mostly hidden); Representative Peter F. Mack, Jr. of Illinois; President Kennedy; Representative Fred Schwengel of Iowa; unidentified; Representative William G. Bray of Indiana; Representative Winfield Denton of Indiana; unidentified. Also listed in the President's appointment book: committee members Paul J. Sedgwick, Harry McGill, Ralph E. Becker, Earle Chesney, and Vic Birely.

Anefo photo collection. Second Chamber Treatment dismissal of Hall, Prime Minister De Jong reads government statement. May 22, 1967

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives, Cuckoo wants earlier place back the farmhouse divided into 3 parties, in front of farm party, right cuckoo. November 13, 1968

Anefo photo collection. First and second room declarations made after wedding Princess Irene, overview. April 29, 1964

Anefo photo collection. Pieter van Vollenhoven lets second son, bernhard Lucas Emmanuel registering at Stadhuis in Nijmegen, De Graaf. December 31, 1969. Nijmegen

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives, general considerations, v.l.n.r. Nelissen, Biesheuvel. October 13, 1971

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives, the government table. April 27, 1965

Anefo photo collection. Annual "ribbons" awarded on the town hall. Overview during awarding ribbons. April 29, 1982

Anefo photo collection. Government statement by Minister President de Jong in Lower House, government table. April 18, 1967

Anefo photo collection. The Amsterdam city council meets, left Mr Gruyter and the right cavalier (VVD). December 11, 1962

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives: Answer from government, Biesheuvel to the word, overview. October 14, 1971

Anefo photo collection. Birth declaration Prince Alexander at City Hall in Uttrech number 19 Prince Claus signs. May 2, 1967. Utrecht

Anefo photo collection. Government statement of new cabinet in Lower House, Biesheuvel reads government statement, in addition to him some ministers. August 3, 1971. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives, the broadcaster and TV law. January 17, 1967

Bill Signing u2013 S.1 Public Law 87-27 Area Redevelopment Act, 11:08AM. Bill Signing u2013 S.1 Public Law 87-27 Area Redevelopment Act. L-R: Congressman Daniel J. Flood (Pennsylvania); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President John F. Kennedy; Senator Paul H. Douglas (Illinois); Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky) and Congressman Frank Chelf (Kentucky), behind Douglas; Congressman Brent Spence (Kentucky); Senator Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Congressman Carl D. Perkins (Kentucky); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. General political considerations in the Lower House in The Hague. The government table, v.l.n.r. The Samkalden Ministers, Cals (Premier), Vondeling, Smallenbroek, Diepenhorst, Bogaers and Den Uyl. October 13, 1965. The Hague, South Holland

Photo collection Government information service. Government of Prime Minister Biesheuvel in the Lower House. August 3, 1971. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Hearing of the Committee on Social Affairs with regard to sickness law. Overview of hearing with O.A. van Veen and Van Eykelenburg. March 18, 1982

Anefo photo collection. General political considerations in the House of Representatives began cheerfulness behind the government table. October 1, 1963. The Hague, South Holland

Bill signing u2013 S. 857 Public Law 87-126, Cape Cod National Seashore Act, 11:47AM. President John F. Kennedy signs S. 857, a bill authorizing the establishment of Cape Cod National Seashore Park. The act was legislated to preserve a portion of the shoreline of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Standing behind President Kennedy are (L-R): Representative Thomas J. Lane of Massachusetts; Representative F. Bradford Morse of Massachusetts (mostly hidden behind Lane); Representative Hastings Keith of Massachusetts; Representative Silvio O. Conte of Massachusetts; Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah; Representative Thomas P. u201cTipu201d O'Neill of Massachusetts (in shadow); Senator Benjamin A. Smith of Massachusetts; Representative John P. Saylor of Pennsylvania; Senator Ernest Gruening of Alaska; Representative Philip J. Philbin of Massachusetts; Representative J. T. Rutherford of Texas (partially hidden); Representative Harold D. Donohue of Massachusetts; Senator Gordon Allott of Colorado (in shadow)

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives, Defense note; State Secretary Stemerdink, Minister Vingeling and State Secretary of Lent. February 13, 1975

Bill signings u2013 S. 1653, S. 1656, S. 1657, Interstate Anti-Crime Acts, 11:00AM. President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1656, S. 1657, and S. 1653 (bills to combat organized crime and racketeering) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina; Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina; Chief of the Organized Crime Section in the Department of Justice, Edwyn Silberling (partially hidden); Senator Kenneth Keating of New York; Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division in the Department of Justice, Harold D. Koffsky; Deputy Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division, Edward T. Joyce; Chief Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jerry Adlerman; Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, Jack Miller; Assist

Anefo photo collection. Abortion debate in the House of Representatives; v.l.n.r. Hendriks, Minister Vorrink and Minister of Agt in the room. November 5, 1974

Anefo photo collection. New Guinea debate (van Houten, Calmeyer, Viner, Luns, Toxope, the Quay and Bot). May 24, 1962. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Press conference at the head office of the police of Goloeb. Goloeb and Mr. De Zaayer. October 11, 1961

Anefo photo collection. First room. General political considerations. Van Agt, Terlouw, Van Thijn and Van Kemenade. February 10, 1982

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives, General Reflections, No. 5 Nelissen, No. 6, 7, 8 v.l.n.r. Udink, Nelissen, Biesheuvel. October 13, 1971

Anefo photo collection. Treatment of the rental law in the Lower House. Minister Bogaers of Housing and Spatial Planning behind the government table. October 26, 1965. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Interpellation in the House of Representatives on television and radio salaries. Scholten and Rolvink, State Secretaries. November 28, 1961

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives meeting on the New Guinea issue. September 7, 1962. New Guinea

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives, General Reflections, Total Overview Cabinet. October 7, 1980

Anefo photo collection. General reflections Lower House, Den Uyl speak, cabinet in background. October 10, 1972

Bill signing - S. 2996 Public Law 87-565, Foreign Assistance Act, 10:29AM. President John F. Kennedy signs the Foreign Assistance Act, S. 2996 Public Law 87-565. Looking on (L-R): Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Representative Wayne L. Hays of Ohio (mostly hidden); Representative Walter H. Judd of Minnesota (in back); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Representative Robert B. Chiperfield (Illinois); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Representative Francis E. Walter (Pennsylvania); Representative Thomas E. Morgan (Pennsylvania); Representative Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (New Jersey); Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher (New Jersey); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); former representative from Maine, Frank M. Coffin. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. PressConf. From Kemenade and State Securities Deetman (O & W) on legislation preparatory note integrated secondary education. January 28, 1982

Anefo photo collection. Cabinet information 1981; The group leaders of the 3 large parties to the informer. June 22, 1981

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives: Veringsa Act adopted; The Hague ; Minister Veringa during voting (overview). September 24, 1970. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives, Budget Education, Minister Veringa and State Secretary Grosheide (right) behind government table. December 12, 1967

Bill signings u2013 S. 1653, S. 1656, S. 1657, Interstate Anti-Crime Acts, 11:00AM. President John F. Kennedy signs S. 1656, S. 1657, and S. 1653 (bills to combat organized crime and racketeering) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; unidentified; Senator John L. McClellan of Arkansas; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Senator Olin Johnston of South Carolina; Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina; Senator Kenneth Keating of New York; Chief of the Organized Crime Section in the Department of Justice, Edwyn Silberling (in back); Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Chief of the Legislation and Special Projects Section of the Criminal Division in the Department of Justice, Harold D. Koffsky; Chief Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jerry Adlerman; Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, Jack Miller (in back); Assistant Deputy Atto

Anefo photo collection. Mammoth Act Cals accepted. July 12, 1962

Anefo photo collection. Treatment "City Hall design" in the city council. Alderman den Uyl (PvdA) in conversation with Schulte Fischedick. October 18, 1961. Amsterdam

Anefo photo collection. Pieter van Vollenhoven lets second son, bernhard Lucas Emmanuel registering at Stadhuis in Nijmegen, De Graaf. December 31, 1969. Nijmegen

Anefo photo collection. Letting the government statement in the Lower House by professor de Quay, v.L.n.R. J. M. A. H. Luns, Drs. H. A. Korthals and Professor De Quay. May 26, 1959

Anefo photo collection. Debate Government Declaration of Second Chamber; Boersma interrogates Den Uyl. January 19, 1978

Anefo photo collection. Acquisition of Bijlmermeer in Lower House, Minister Toxopeus. October 27, 1964. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Brake debate in the Senate, Mr De Wilde (VVD) speak. December 1, 1964

Anefo photo collection. Government statement by Minister President de Jong in Lower House, government table. April 18, 1967

Anefo photo collection. considerations House Representatives; Minister De King E.A .. October 7, 1987

Signing ceremony, $6,000,000 agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS), 4:45PM. President John F. Kennedy (seated on left) and Dr. José Mora (seated on right), Secretary General of the Organization of the American States (OAS), sign a $6 million agreement for the OAS. All others unidentified. Dr. Mora's office, Pan American Union building, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. House of Representative G.M.J. Veltkamp Mr. J. van Aartsen. June 12, 1962

Anefo photo collection. The UYL cabinet first time in the House of Representatives for the government, number 5 v.l.n.r. From Agt den Uyl, Vorrink and van Kemenade. May 28, 1973

Bill signing - S. 205 Public Law 87-447, Educational Television Act, 12:00PM. President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Educational Television Act. Standing (L-R): Unidentified; Senator Clifford P. Case (New Jersey); Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Newton Minow; Congressman John E. Moss (California); unidentified; Congressman Oren Harris (Arkansas); Senator Norris Cotton (New Hampshire); Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); attorney, Leonard H. Marks; Senator John O. Pastore of Rhode Island (in front); Congressman William L. Springer of Illinois (in back). Also present: President of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (NAEB), William G. Harley; former President of the Minnesota State Board of Education, John W. Bystrom; counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee, Nicholas Zapple. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

Anefo photo collection. During reading letter rear government table v.l.n.r. Scholten, Biesheuvel, Marijnen, Luns, Toxopeus. 11 February 1964

Anefo photo collection. General political considerations in the Lower House in The Hague. Answer government; Premier Cals during his speech. October 14, 1965. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. General deliberations in the House of Representatives. Overview. October 3, 1961

Anefo photo collection. First room. General political debate started. Overview. December 9, 1969

Anefo photo collection. Congress Arp in Hoogeveen; De Boer gets a president. December 13, 1975. Hoogeveen

Anefo photo collection. Cabinet information 1981; v.l.n.r. From Agt (portrait), the king, uyl and lubbers. July 8, 1981

Anefo photo collection. Second Chamber, Debates Government Declaration, Mr Geertsema (VVD) spoke 75 minutes, occasionally a sip of water. April 28, 1965

Anefo photo collection. General considerations of the House of Representatives, Nelissen in conversation with Berger and Drees. October 10, 1972

Anefo photo collection. General considerations of the House of Representatives, v.l.n.r. Duisenber den Uyl and Boersma. October 10, 1973

Anefo photo collection. Prime Minister Biesheuvel explains in a second room about government crisis, Minister Boersma reads bale letter. August 17, 1972. The Hague, South Holland

$Anefo photo collection. Cabinet formation, the KVP fraction, in Central Schmelzer. March 16, 1967$

Anefo photo collection. Texpress Brussels assignment. October 19, 1960. Brussels

Anefo photo collection. Treatment of the national budget for foreign affairs in the Lower House, chairman Kortenhorst. February 21, 1961

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives: debates about government attitude to the US raid in Cambodia; Links Minister Luns and Prime Minister De Jong in a downside. 13 May 1970. Cambodia

Anefo photo collection. considerations; Prime Minister Lubbers answer. October 16, 1985

Anefo photo collection. A delegation of 5 papuages at Schiphol v.l.n.r. Jauwe Kasiepo and Womsiwar (press conference). April 17, 1962

Anefo photo collection. Guardian (BP) in the Lower House. December 15, 1966

Anefo photo collection. Interpellation Law Policy House of Representatives. March 13, 1962. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Treatment of dismissal of the mill in Lower House, MP Geerstema (VVD) during his interrumptions. 30 June 1966

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives, Vice Chamber President Kleisterlee. May 20, 1976

Anefo photo collection. Mayor of Hall holds press conference on IJ tunnel building in the town hall, mayor of Hall during the press conference. January 12, 1961

Anefo photo collection. Council Minister Council meeting Lubbers II cabinet Trevezaal Hague; Nr. 18: KAB. Lubbers II table Trevezaal, st. ADJ. Secr. v.d .. July 15, 1986. Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Government of the Lubbers cabinet. Overview of the House of Representatives. November 22, 1982. The Hague, South Holland

Bill signing - H.R. 12 Public Law 88-129, Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1963, 9:40AM. President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks at the signing of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1963. Standing: Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Senator Jacob K. Javits (New York); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Ivan A. Nestingen; Representative Claude Pepper (Florida); Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew Biemiller; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Ralph Yarborough (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Lister Hill (Alabama); Senator Harrison A. Williams (New Jersey); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Representative Seymour Halpern (New York); Representative Paul G. Rogers (Florida); Representative Oren Harris (Arkansas); Special Assistant to the Secre

Evatt Addresses Rules Committee -- Dr. Herbert Evatt, chief of Australian delegation, waves his army as he speaks before the August session of the Peace Conference Rules Committee in Luxembourg Palace, Paris.Dr. Evatt said he thought that the Council of Foreign Minister had made every provision to bring all opinions to the Paris Conference. He asked permission to withdraw an Australian amendment and would accept the Council of Foreign Ministers' proposal regarding voting procedure in the Commissions. June 1, 1953. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. House of Representative G.M.J. Veltkamp Mr. J. van Aartsen. June 12, 1962

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives: general considerations; Bodes deposit the motions on the government table on paper. October 9, 1984

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives handles salary increase from TV personnel State Secretary Scholten. November 21, 1961

Anefo photo collection. General considerations of the second room, the entire cabinet. October 8, 1973

$Anefo photo collection. Second Chamber fraction Arp together, v.l.n.r. Biesheuvel, noise, Boersma and Miss van Leeuwen. November 30, 1972$

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives ; agglomeration Eindhoven; Minister De Gaay Fortman and State Secretary Polak. March 24, 1976. Eindhoven

Anefo photo collection. Questions in the House of Representatives about Kernexplosions. Minister Luns speak. October 26, 1961

Anefo photo collection. House of Representatives ; General considerations. October 13, 1970

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