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Rev. Edwin O. Kennedy

Date: 09 26 1935
Description: Rev. Edwin O. Kennedy sitting at a desk writing a letter, Christ Presbyterian Church, 124 Wisconsin Avenue. There is a telephone on the desk, and books are...
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Shorthand at Dickinson Secretarial School

Date: 01 15 1931
Description: A women dictates to another student practicing for ABC shorthand at the Dickinson Secretarial School, 105 Monona Avenue.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Thwaites' Office

Date: 1897
Description: Reuben Gold Thwaites, secretary of the State Historical Society, at his desk in the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Thwaites succeeded Lym...
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Writing a Note

Date: 1950
Description: A woman writes a note at a small writing desk in her kitchen.
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Romance Koopman and Bobby Koopman

Date: 06 24 1944
Description: Romance Koopman and her son, Bobby Koopman. She did freelance writing and radio scripts, and was a winner of five national awards for writing. Her mother w...
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University of Wisconsin Home Economics

Date: 12 09 1947
Description: At work in the planning corner of the kitchen of the University of Wisconsin Home Management house, 1430 Linden Drive, are Jean Smith DeKalb, Illinois, sea...
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Nakoma School Class

Date: 04 06 1948
Description: Left-handed students in Mary Kier's fourth grade class at Nakoma Elementary School, 3780 Nakoma Road, show how easy it is to write "just like everyone else...
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Madison Art Association

Date: 04 03 1950
Description: Two members of the Madison Art Association spring banquet committee write out invitations to the banquet. Left, Mrs. Thomas R. (Madeline) Hefty, Edgewater...
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National League of American Pen Women

Date: 07 09 1951
Description: Dr. Eloise Gerry at her desk at the United States Forest Products Laboratory where she is a distinguished wood technologist. Dr. Gerry, whose research arti...
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Auditor

Date: 05 10 1965
Description: Portrait of an auditor sitting at his desk.
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William F. Allen and Son, Will

Date: 1889
Description: Professor William F. Allen seated and writing at a desk in the study of his home at 228 Langdon St. His son Will is seated in a chair and reading. A large ...
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Henry Fauerbach and Friends

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Description: View down slope towards several men posing at the shoreline while taking part in a lakeside gathering. Many of them are sitting on the grass or on boats dr...
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Zona Gale Breese

Date: 1929
Description: Zona Gale Breese (1874-1938) posing outdoors for a full-length portrait in doctoral academic cap and gown on the occasion of receiving an honorary Doctor o...

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