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WSES, Employers' Interview Room

Date: 08 09 1934
Description: Wisconsin State Employment Service, 111 King Street, employers' interview room, table and chairs.
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WSES, Women's Interview Room

Date: 08 09 1934
Description: Wisconsin State Employment Services, 111 King Street, women's interview room, desk, chairs. There is a view of the street below through windows on the righ...
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Mautz Paint & Glass Co. Office

Date: 04 24 1929
Description: Office staff at work in Mautz Paint & Glass Company office, 939 East Washington Avenue. There is a spiral staircase on the left leading up to the next floo...
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Knight Hotel

Date: 1907
Description: This building was named the Knight Block and contained retail on the first floor, business offices on the second floor and the Knight Hotel on the third, f...
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Business Man Watches Construction

Date: 1969
Description: A business man stands in a seafood store with a neon lobster sign. He is watching the construction of the World Trade Center through the window.
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Groves-Barnhart Secretarial School

Date: 12 12 1945
Description: Group of five women in class at the Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries, 502 State Street at Gilman Street. There is a large window in the background, s...
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Construction Worker in Volkswagen

Date: 1969
Description: A construction worker wearing a silver hard hat sits in the driver's seat of a Volkswagen. An American flag sticker is visible on the backseat window.
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Downtown State Office Building

Date: 1955
Description: View of the State Office Building looking up at the open windows.
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Preparing St. Paul Works for Gun Manufacture

Date: 10 19 1941
Description: Workers use an industrial tractor to move factory machinery into place at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Original caption reads: "Medium Caliber...
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Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...
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May Day Rally

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: May Day rally with a crowd of Union members on the steps of a large stone building. Banners read "United Labor 51st May Day: 1886-1937" "German-American W...
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VIew from B. & O. Station

Date: 1925
Description: View from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, established in 1830. The city's dwellings and establishments can be seen on a hillside from the railroa...
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Topeka Railroad Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Topeka Railroad Depot on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. To the left of the station stands the Wells Fargo & Company Express buil...
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Theresa State Bank Employees

Date: 04 1980
Description: "Theresa Bank employees from left are Sal Beck, Suzy Erdman, Gene Koll, and Dick Lux."
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Migrant Barracks

Date: 1969
Description: Clothes hanging and drying on clotheslines in front of migrant workers' barracks. Libby McNeil and Libby Company was a major employer of migrant farm worke...
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African American Man with Horse-Drawn Cart

Date: 10 01 1912
Description: An African American man dressed in work clothes, a long apron, and a hat is standing next to a cart drawn by two horses. The cart is loaded with goods and ...
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The Schlitz

Date: 1905
Description: The Schlitz Saloon on the corner of Doty and King Streets. The saloon was owned by Fred C. Harbort from 1900-1907. There is a man in an apron standing at t...
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Delta Ministry Office

Date: 07 1965
Description: 

Exterior view of the Delta Ministry Office at 722 Mobile Street taken by a civil rights volunteer. Rev. Robert Beech was the director.

"The office was...

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Saving Energy with Insulation

Date: 1979
Description: During an energy tour of his district Congressman Obey visited various sites to observe projects to increase energy efficiency. Here a workman is preparing...
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Breakfast in Heidelberg for American Journalists Menu

Date: 05 05 1928
Description: Front and back sides of a menu (in German) for a breakfast given by the city of Heidelberg to honor American journalists, with a scene of the Heidelberg Ca...

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