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Edgar A. Spees

Date: 07 17 1951
Description: Portrait of Edgar A. Spees, new Director of Dane County Red Cross, sitting at a desk.
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Roundy and Boy

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Roundy Coughlin accepts a dollar from a boy, probably for his Fun Fund.
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 06 1953
Description: Elizabeth Stemp (right), owner of the Stemp Typewriter Company, shows a typewriter to customer Mildred Subey, associated with the Herfurth Insurance Agenc...
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United Steelworkers Convention Resolutions Committee

Date: 08 24 1946
Description: Posed group shot of the United Steelworkers of America District 32 Convention Resolutions Committee. The men wear suits and are all sitting or standing aro...
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Second Annual Convention of The International Brotherhood of Magicians

Date: 06 09 1927
Description: The Second Annual convention, referred to as "The Greatest Gathering of Magicians in the History of the World," of the International Brotherhood of Magicia...
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Women's Service Exchange

Date: 03 02 1954
Description: Sophie Siebecker, Executive Secretary of Family Service, dictates a letter to her secretary Mae Dieden. Dieden received her position through the Women's Se...
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Women's Service Exchange

Date: 03 02 1954
Description: Berta Newel serves a customer, Hazel Van Wagene, at her new job as a clerk in the yard goods department of Yost's-Kessenich's store. Mrs. Newell received e...
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William F. Marsh

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Portrait of William F. Marsh, assistant principal of Central Junior and Senior High Schools. Mr. Marsh is also executive secretary of and the driving force...
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United Givers Campaign Fair Share Plan

Date: 09 08 1954
Description: Nels Anderson of 524 East Washington Avenue tells why he endorses the "fair share" plan of the United Givers Campaign.
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Wisconsin State Journal Publicity Workshop

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: Elenor Shefferman, woman's editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, points to a display of woman's page features to Emily Pokorny of the Century Club ...
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Welcome to Appropriations

Date: 02 1970
Description: Congressman George Mahon of Texas, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, welcomes newly-appointed Congressman David R. Obey to the committee and ...
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Schultz Before the Committee

Date: 03 06 1986
Description: Secretary of State George Schultz during the Reagan Administration (second from the left) testifying before the Foreign Operations Subcommittee. Leaning fo...
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Wisconsin Woman Picketing for Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: A woman wearing a paisley dress is carrying a United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO sign in front of a Kroger store that reads, "Honor Picket Line/ National Cou...
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Homemaker Club

Date: 11 1980
Description: "Theresa Homemakers Club hosted other homemaker clubs at the Theresa Public School. Guest speaker, Ann Kaiser (right), editor of 'Country Women' magazine, ...
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University of Wisconsin Student Wives Who Work

Date: 02 07 1956
Description: Fern Theberath is a typist for the State Industrial Commission. She sets the table for her University Dames neighborhood group to meet in her apartment. He...
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Obey and the Joint Economic Committee

Date: 02 07 1985
Description: David R. Obey of Wisconsin, chair of the Joint Economic Committee. Opposite him, (in the foreground) is Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block, testifying ...
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Charles Heymanns and Jesus Salas at Strike Rally

Date: 1967
Description: The man standing in a suit and dark tie with glasses to the left is Charles Heymanns, international organizer for AFL-CIO. Seated to his right in a light s...
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Salvador Sanchez Addressing Workers

Date: 1967
Description: Standing on the hood of the car in a striped short-sleeved shirt and sunglasses is Salvador Sanchez, an organizer for Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Wi...
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Indian Ambassador to the United States

Date: 06 23 1956
Description: Guest speaker at the Students from India Attending Mid-Western Colleges and Universities convention is G.L Mehta, second from left, India's ambassador to t...
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Jesus Salas at Waushara Courthouse Rally

Date: 1966
Description: Jesus Salas, in a white shirt and standing in front of the microphone with his arm raised, addresses a rally at the top of the steps in front of Waushara C...

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