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Telephone Strike

Date: 03 07 1947
Description: Telephone workers picket at the telephone exchange on Capitol Square, near the corner of Main and Carroll Streets. Seven hundred Madison telephone employee...
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Isora Wilson and Turnip Dolls

Date: 03 07 1947
Description: Isora Wilson, 432 N. Murray Street, has a collection of turnip dolls that she has made to resemble Charles Dickens' characters Pickwick and Scrooge.
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Gustav Bohstedt

Date: 03 07 1947
Description: Prof. Gustav Bohstedt, University of Wisconsin Animal Husbandry professor, seated in his automobile. He was chosen as a courteous driver in the AAA campai...
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Coin Operated Hotel Radio

Date: 03 07 1947
Description: Coin operated hotel radio operated by a woman.
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Wisconsin Players Rehearsal

Date: 03 07 1947
Description: Wisconsin Players rehearsing for "My Sister Eileen". The director was John Dietrich (left), with Lois Gilling (center), and Lorelei Bird (right).
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Shorewood Hills Clothing Collection

Date: 03 07 1947
Description: Members of the Shorewood Hills Community League sorting clothing collected for the Quaker Relief Organization. From left are: Mrs. Harold R. (Hjordis) Wolf...

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