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Test Kitchen and Laboratory

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of five women workers in an Oscar Mayer Company test kitchen and laboratory. A low wall is separating two women working at desks on ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Curlee Seals, Jr. discussing plans for his 1949 Soap Box Derby racer with three members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce, Curlee's sponsor for the...
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Bob Moses

Date: 1962
Description: SNCC leader Bob Moses. Although this image is not fully captioned, it is believed to be the voter registration office in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Play School

Date: 1946
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with three girls standing and sitting at a table with a play telephone, a kitchen beater, and play dishe...
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Mrs. Thompson and Nephew

Date: 07 1965
Description: A woman and a young boy pose for a civil rights volunteer. "Often one of Mrs. Thompson's nieces or nephews would come[?] to breakfast in order to have som...
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Woman and Two Children

Date: 07 1965
Description: A woman and two children pose for a photograph taken by a civil rights volunteer. "Mrs. Willie Thompson, my warmly gracious hostess for over two weeks. U...
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Adam Davis

Date: 06 28 1967
Description: View across desk towards a man talking on a telephone and writing in a notebook. Caption reads: "Adam Davis, who is an insurance salesman, represents the g...
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Janet Sauk and Paul Arms

Date: 1967
Description: Janet Sauk holding Paul Arms in the home of Lewis Arms at 847 Williamson Street.
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Nancy with Telephone

Date: 1969
Description: A studio portrait of Nancy Arms as a baby playing with a telephone.
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson

Date: 1975
Description: The Reverend Jesse Jackson gesturing while sitting at his desk in the PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) headquarters. In the background, on the wall, ...
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We Saw You . . . at Madison Libraries

Date: 03 05 1958
Description: Dorothy Huston (1433 East Johnson Street), the reference division supervisor at the Madison Free Library's main branch at 201 West Mifflin Street, helps ma...

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