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World's First Typist

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Description: The World's First Typist, Lillian Sholes, daughter of Christopher Sholes, who invented the first successful typewriter. It was during Mr. Sholes' residence...
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Christopher Latham Sholes

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Description: Portrait of Christopher Latham Sholes posing at a typewriter.
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Employment Office

Date: 1933
Description: Men looking for a job during the Great Depression waiting their turn in the Employment Office waiting room, while another man is sitting with a clerk and f...
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Christopher Latham Sholes

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Description: A portrait of Christopher Latham Sholes, the inventor of the typewriter. Sholes was an editor in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and later continued this work in Milwa...
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Dalton Trumbo

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Description: Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, seated at a typewriter.
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Myles Horton with Typewriter

Date: 1934
Description: Myles Horton sitting, shirtless, typing on a typewriter on his lap while sitting outdoors.
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Sinclair Lewis Typing

Date: 1925
Description: Sinclair Lewis seated at a typewriter with a cigarette in a holder in his mouth.
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Appleton Woolen Mills

Date: 1904
Description: Interior office view showing Frank James Harwood, General Manager of Appleton Woolen Mills. Harwood became general manager in 1882 and served as the compa...
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James Forman

Date: 06 1962
Description: James Forman in a SNCC (Student NonViolent Coordinating Committee) office.
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Gaylord Nelson Visiting August Derleth

Date: 1960
Description: Casual portrait of August Derleth sitting behind his typewriter in his office, with Gaylord Nelson sitting on his desk to talk.
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William Proxmire Using Typewriter

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Description: Senator William Proxmire seated in an office using a typewriter.
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Portrait of E.E. Manuel

Date: 1930
Description: Portrait of E.E. Manuel, Superintendent of the Winnebago County Asylum. Manuel is seated at a desk with his head in profile while looking out the window. H...
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Merriman Smith

Date: 1969
Description: Merriman Smith, who covered the presidents from Roosevelt to Nixon for United Press International, in a characteristic reporter's pose in front of a typewr...
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Sig at the Shack

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Description: Sigurd F. Olson at the "shack" near his Ely home where he did most of his writing.
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Bob Allen in Wisconsin National Guard Uniform

Date: 1922
Description: Journalist Robert S. Allen, center, in military uniform, poses with the staff of the "Wisconsin State Journal". A graduate of the Wisconsin Journalism Scho...
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One-Handed Typewriter

Date: 1946
Description: Colonel Robert S. Allen, a well-known journalist before World War II, lost his arm while on active duty in Europe. He is seated here with Dr Anton Dvorak, ...
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Naval Students in Typing Class

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Description: A Navy student oversees other students in a typing class at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Naval Students Typing in Classroom

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Description: Elevated view of a classroom of Naval students wearing headphones while learning how to type at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Naval Students Learn Typing at Navy School

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Description: A large class of Naval students learn typing at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Naval Student Operating Telegraph

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Description: One Naval student operates a telegraph while another student observes, listening with earphones, at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio). A typewriter is...

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