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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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Lillian Sholes

Date: 1872
Description: Lillian Sholes, demonstrating a prototype typewriter invented by her father, Christopher Latham Sholes.
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Stenographers

Date: 1894
Description: Stenographers at the law firm of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum, & Vilas.
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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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WAVES in a Classroom

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Description: WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in a classroom sitting at typewriters listening to headphones studying code.
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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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"Highlander Flash" Newspaper

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Description: CIO school in the 1940s. Features two women reviewing the "Highlander Flash," a newsletter produced by the Highlander Folk School.
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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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Anne Braden

Date: 10 1962
Description: Anne Braden in the SCEF (Southern Conference Education Fund) office where she edited the organization's newsletter, The Southern Patriot.
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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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Democratic Phone Bank

Date: 11 1960
Description: A volunteer phone bank of member of the United Packinghouse Workers locals 88 and 21: Ruby Espionga, Gayle Hill, Beatrice Holland, and Ann Wilson.
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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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E.E. Manuel Working at His Desk

Date: 1930
Description: Portrait of E.E. Manuel, Superintendent of the Winnebago County Asylum sitting at his desk with a ledger in front of him. In the background is a typewriter...
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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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