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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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Community War Chest Office

Date: 1945
Description: Three women work in the Community War Chest office. One of the women is typing and one is about to use the telephone. A sign on the wall behind the women r...
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A Musical Performance

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Description: A woman with a ukulele in a household setting.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Prizes

Date: 06 14 1950
Description: Hildur Hanson, receptionist in the "Wisconsin State Journal" editorial rooms, looks over the 25-piece tool kit which will be awarded for the best construct...
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Long Beach Branch Interior

Date: 1947
Description: Showroom of the Long Beach branch house featuring International trucks and parts on the showroom floor. There is an enlarged photograph or mural displayed ...
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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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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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Helen Gibson publicity still for the "Hazards of Helen"

Date: 1915
Description: Helen Gibson stars in one of the "Hazards of Helen" films. She sits at a desk holding the receiver of a candlestick telephone to her ear.
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WIBA Sports Telephones

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: Sue Collins jots down scores she hears transmitted by the new recorder machine as radio station WIBA's automatic telephone system is in operation for the f...
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Congressman and his Secretary

Date: 06 1970
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and his secretary in his office in the United States Capitol.
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Catholic Women Rehearse Playlet

Date: 03 01 1959
Description: Six women, three with scripts, rehearse at a table set with a prop telephone. The original caption states: "Members of St. James Players will present a pla...
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Telephone Pioneers Aid Hospital Unit

Date: 01 25 1960
Description: Southwest Wisconsin Council of the Telephone Pioneers of America, as their community service project, present a piano to the Children's Unit of University ...
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Election Worker

Date: 10 2012
Description: Mrs. Curt Reithel, a La Crosse County Democratic Headquarters worker, on the phone during the 2012 Election run-up. She is seated at a desk. A brick wall i...
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Playing Checkers and the Accordion

Date: 03 31 1934
Description: Indoor flashlight portrait of Ernst Bruetzman, Edgar Krueger, Jennie Krueger Bruetzman, and Raymond Fehrmann sitting at the table. Ernst is playing the acc...
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Captain America at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Todd Eiler, dressed as Captain America, kneels and poses on one knee on the ground, next to a small pile of plastic bags. He is holding a sign reading: "Tr...
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Covering the Debates

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View over man's shoulder as he is editing and recording footage of the Republican presidential debates on his computer, with his smart phone and two large ...
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Family Portrait

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Description: A casual, indoor family portrait featuring three generations. The grandmother (seated), holding the child on her lap, is one of the five Oiyotte sisters. I...
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Bernie and Hillary Waving to the Crowd

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: During a commercial break from the television broadcast Democratic presidential debate hosted by PBS News Hour, candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clint...

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