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Forest Park Hotel Dining Room

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Description: Interior of a dining room at Forest Park Hotel, purchased by the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union in the early 1900's. Women stand among tables ...
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International Ladies Garment Workers Unity House

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Description: Men and women in a semi-circle holding hands and posing for the camera inside the International Ladies Garment Workers Unity House. The house was rented in...
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Three Women Proofreading Documents

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Description: Three women sitting at a table appear to be proofreading documents at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Barber Using Chair Attached to the Barber Chair

Date: 07 03 1952
Description: Emelius A. Sorenson, a partner in the Sorenson and Gruenberg Barber Shop at 854 Williamson Street, uses a chair that attaches to the barber chair. He says ...
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Barber in Barbershop

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Description: Portrait of male barber, Ken Garves, posing behind his barber chair.
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Aquinas H.S. Archivist

Date: 2008
Description: Aquinas High School archivist, Richard Dungar, sitting in a chair near a painting of "Delta Queen."
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Wish You a Merry Christmas

Date: 1951
Description: The inside of a holiday card. It shows the head of the company, D.C. (Clark) Everest, sitting at his desk. Four green frames across the top show different ...
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Employee Working on a Computer

Date: 08 28 1984
Description: Mary Beaudry, a temporary employee at International Business Machines, works on word-processing and computer equipment.
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Chair and Desk in Office

Date: 1912
Description: A wooden chair on casters sitting in front of a large office desk, possibly at an International Harvester branch house, dealership or factory.
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John Lavine

Date: 12 15 1981
Description: John A. Lavine of Chippewa Falls, head of the Lavine Newspaper Group and publisher of several Wisconsin newspapers.
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Hypnotism Act

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Description: Dr. Morton Greene, a graduate psychologist, performing his hypnotism act.
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Houdini in Chains in "Terror Island"

Date: 1920
Description: Harry Houdini, world famous escape artist who spent his boyhood in Appleton, Wisconsin, sitting in a chair wrapped in chains in a scene from the silent fil...
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Dick DeYoung

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Description: Professional magician Dick DeYoung of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on a stage with three other people. DeYoung had over five decades of experience as a club and s...
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Madison Public Library

Date: 1906
Description: A view of the interior in the new Madison Public Library when it was located in the city hall, West Mifflin Street. Two boys read at a table in the foregro...
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Howard Kimball in his Pine River General store

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Description: Howard Kimball is seated at his desk looking over papers in his Pine River general store. Various products are visible in the background, as well as stacks...
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Sam Davis Company Truck

Date: 1925
Description: Furniture movers from the Sam Davis Company load the back of a Model 53 International motor truck with chairs and boxes. The text on the truck reads: "The ...
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George Post

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: George Post, who will be 84 years old soon, is retiring from his life work as a carpenter.
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Lithographers' Strike Vote

Date: 01 10 1949
Description: Women casting ballots at the Lithographers' Local #7 Strike vote. The ballot box is on a stage at the front of a large crowded room.
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Photographing Signage at Hickory Hill Farm

Date: 1961
Description: A man adjusts a view camera as he prepares to photograph signage at International Harvester's Hickory Hill farm. The farm was located 75 miles southwest of...
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Norman Ebron Band

Date: 02 18 1950
Description: Norman Ebron Band, members of American Federation of Musicians, segregated Local 587, play stand-up bass, coronet, clarinet and piano in front of a white a...

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