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Man Sitting at Computer Desk

Date: 1968
Description: Man sitting at computer desk.
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New IBM Machines at North Western Railroad Yard

Date: 08 29 1958
Description: North Western railroad yard employee John Eith is shown with punch cards in hand by a new IBM "accounting apparatus". He is "awaiting information from one ...
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New IBM Machines at North Western Railroad Yard

Date: 08 29 1958
Description: R. E. Gilbert posing behind a desk-sized IBM machine, known as a integrated-data processor. Gilbert holds in his hand a punched paper roll containing up-to...
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IBM 705 Electronic Computer

Date: 1960
Description: Men are standing in a room with computer equipment. Caption reads: "IBM 705 Electronic Computer. Two of these are available to IH engineering & research pe...
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Dane County Bookmobile Interior

Date: 01 30 1995
Description: Cathy Surprise (Chambers) assists a male patron (possibly Rod Clark) in the Dane County Library Service Bookmobile.
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Johnson Public House

Date: 04 25 2015
Description: View across street towards a bicycle and traffic barrel standing on the sidewalk in front of a coffee shop. A sign above the first floor windows reads: "Jo...
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Work Place

Date: 11 10 2014
Description: View of a red chair in front of a desk with built-in shelves. In the center is a Macintosh computer and keyboard. A telephone, lamp, and magnifying lens ar...
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Cafe on the Square

Date: 10 09 2014
Description: Interior view of three young men sitting at a bar facing the window of a cafe, shaded by an outdoor awning. The building across the street has a glass faca...
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Journey of the Magi

Date: 12 2013
Description: James Tissot's "Journey of the Magi" projected on a computer screen.
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Ballad of a Horse

Date: 11 2013
Description: Close-up view of a mac-monitor sitting on a wood desk with a wireless keyboard and mouse. A wooden cupboard is on the wall behind the monitor. A ceramic mu...
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New Vote Tabulating Device

Date: 04 01 2014
Description: A new, controversial, vote tabulating device, ES&S’s DS200 voting machine at City Hall.
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Learning Braille

Date: 03 1990
Description: Theresa Lions Club present Joey Bernhard, who is blind, a device to learn braille.
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Check-in at the Airport

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey (right) at the check-in counter at a Wisconsin airport. This view from behind the counter shows a woman checking his ticket and t...
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Computer Assisted Learning

Date: 05 1998
Description: As part of his support for education, Congressman David Obey visited many schools within his district. Here he observed elementary school students in Wisco...
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Cray Tour

Date: 08 29 1995
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey touring the new Cray Computer facility. Obey had been involved in securing federal funding for the company.
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Clean Suit

Date: 08 29 1995
Description: Congressman David R. Obey putting on protective clothing for a tour of the Cray Computer facility.
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Western Union New Equipment

Date: 12 07 1948
Description: The new Western Union equipment in the Madison office which is connected with an 'electric brain' in Minneapolis, permitting faster transmission of message...
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Man Viewing Computer Program

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Description: An unidentified Falk employee views a technical drawing on a computer screen. Original Falk caption reads, "Person in CAD room looking at CRT screen with m...
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The Answer Machine

Date: 11 13 1963
Description: A question is fed into a "computer" created by the mathematics club at John Marshall Junior High School. This was a project in observance of American Educa...
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Kids with Calculator

Date: 05 19 1989
Description: Two young boys in a grocery store figuring out prices of food with a calculator.

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