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| Date: | 05 07 1956 |
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| Description: | As part of a practice drill to prepare for possible disasters, phone calls are made to the crews of Explorer Post 503. Phoning are Gene Tschida (left), Exp... |
| Date: | 08 07 1956 |
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| Description: | Linda Taylor babysits the three Charlton children: Mary Teresa, 4 years old; Brendan, 3 years old; and Delia, two years old. |
| Date: | 08 1926 |
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| Description: | A man works at the front desk at the lobby of the Basswood resort in Long Lake. The room features a table and chairs, stained glass windows, a calendar, an... |
| Date: | 1991 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin was well represented on a congressional leadership trip to the Persian Gulf in 1991. Here Congressman David Obey (in plaid shirt) leans over the ... |
| Date: | 08 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Edward Northrup (seated) and Jan Macdonald are volunteer sky watchers in the Ground Observer Corps. From the top of the Belmont Hotel, they scan the sky an... |
| Date: | 11 26 1956 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Robert I. Perina, deputy district attorney of Dane county, seated at his desk. He assisted the Empty Stocking Club, an organized group dedicate... |
| Date: | 01 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Dorothy Waite, Assistant Director of Wisconsin Division for Children & Youth, Department of Public Welfare. |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a female domestic abuse counselor sitting at a desk holding a bible with a rope-noose around it. |
| Date: | 03 01 1953 |
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| Description: | Julia Jose, chairman of the University Dames Club cooperative baby sitting project, talking on the telephone. |
| Date: | 03 04 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison families offer rooms to teenagers attending the annual State Basketball Tournament. Full-time help takes reservations and information. Mildred Cole... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Helen Gibson stars in one of the "Hazards of Helen" films. She sits at a desk holding the receiver of a candlestick telephone to her ear. |
| Date: | 04 10 1957 |
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| Description: | Virginia Strickland, a senior at East High School, demonstrating making a good first impression at a job interview by smiling warmly, maintaining an alert ... |
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| Description: | Kellogg box telephone, patented November 26, 1901, set on a stool in front of a painted background. |
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| Description: | Group portrait of ten young children. Some of the children are posing standing on and around a staircase, and the others are sitting and standing on a sofa... |
| Date: | 05 24 1957 |
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| Description: | The WIBA automatic telephone system which will give latest baseball scores is tested on first day of operation. Shown testing the phones are Norman Hahn, W... |
| Date: | 05 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Sue Collins jots down scores she hears transmitted by the new recorder machine as radio station WIBA's automatic telephone system is in operation for the f... |
| Date: | 07 01 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Martha Stolz and Gladys Murphy, two volunteer members of the Red Cross blood donor committee, who make calls to request blood donations. |
| Date: | 07 01 1957 |
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| Description: | Florence Gill, a volunteer blood donor for the Red Cross, receiving a call from a volunteer requesting a donation. |
| Date: | 1984 |
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| Description: | Loyal Democrats sit at a table while calling to remind local residents of the upcoming Merrill rally, at which both Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro ap... |
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