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International Harvester Branch(?) Office

Date: 1906
Description: Two men and a woman working in a branch(?) office of the International Harvester Company. One man is talking on a telephone. Portraits of William Deering a...
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WIBU Radio Station Advertising Office

Date: 06 21 1944
Description: WIBU Radio Station, 114 North Carroll Street, advertising office, showing two men sitting at desks.
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WIBA Radio Control Room

Date: 12 05 1930
Description: Mr. Hagen sitting at master control in the WIBA control room.
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Ansel Adams in his Home Office

Date: 1968
Description: Photographer Ansel Adams talking on the telephone in his office at his home.
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Ansel Adams in his Home Office

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams, seated, talks on the telephone in his home office.
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Woodrow Wilson Political Cartoon

Date: 10 18 1916
Description: Political cartoon for presidential campaign critical of Woodrow Wilson's cautious approach to the war. Cartoon shows sign which says "He Kept Us Out of War...
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Art Director G.V. Johnson

Date: 12 30 1935
Description: Art Director G.V. Johnson, of International Harvester's Advertising Department in Chicago, sitting at his desk.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Organizers

Date: 07 12 1950
Description: Organizers of the 1950 Madison Soap Box Derby gather around a table while examining papers. Pictured left to right, front row, are: Glenn "Pat" Holmes, Joh...
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IH Dealer Signs Pledge for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: G.M. Ahlschwede, branch manager of Green Bay, watches R.P. Dunham, dealer of Green Bay, sign Governor Heil's pledge of cooperation, which reads, in part: "...
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Manager and Man Reading in Office

Date: 1949
Description: T.R. Moudler, manager of IH San Antonio motor truck district sitting next to "Jess." The men are likely in the office of an International Harvester dealers...
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Empty Stocking Club Fund Raising Team

Date: 12 01 1951
Description: Portrait of part of the crew of fund raisers who helped get pledges from radio listeners in a marathon jamboree on WISC and WISC-FM to benefit the Wisco...
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LBJ and Merriman Smith

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Description: Merriman Smith of UPI, the "dean of the White House correspondents," with President Lyndon Johnson, in the White House. Smith enjoyed a close relationship ...
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The Cast of "Happy Days"

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Description: The cast of the television show "Happy Days" pose in a telephone booth. From top to bottom are Ron Howard, Donny Most, Anson Williams, and Henry Winkler.
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Leonard Schmitt Talkathon

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Volunteer telephone workers take questions phoned in for Leonard F. Schmitt, Merrill attorney, who is challenging U.S. Senator Joseph B. McCarthy for the R...
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Happy Holidays From Chappell's Ad Dept.

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card from Chappell's Ad Dept. The card has seven consecutive panels accordion folded. The front panel shows a bell hanging by a ribbon surrounded b...
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Holiday Card of an African American Family

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Description: Photographic holiday card of an African American family posed over "Merry Christmas" wrapping paper in the background. Holly and bells appear overhead. Eac...
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Wounded Marine on Phone

Date: 1945
Description: A woman with a badge marked "Bell Telephone System" is holding a telephone cradle while handing a wounded marine a telephone receiver. The marine is lying ...
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Lloyd Wright at Ocatilla

Date: 1929
Description: Lloyd Wright playing the piano in one of the structures at Ocatilla, the temporary camp built by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship during thei...
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Sound Booth Operator

Date: 1931
Description: The mixer in a sound booth talks to actor Ramon Novarro and director Jacques Feyder as they record dialogue for the film "Son of India."
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Film Still from "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of a man seated at a roll-top desk in his office.

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