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Dane County Court House "Telephone Girls"

Date: 11 02 1933
Description: Dane County Court House "telephone girls" at the new switchboard. Sitting at the switchboard is Madge Albright, and in the rear is Bernadine Plachy and Mar...
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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, at her desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Camp Randall Stadium Ticket Office

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Interior view of the new University of Wisconsin ticket office in Camp Randall Stadium.
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John C. Moore and Louise Strauss

Date: 1945
Description: John C. Moore and Louise Strauss sitting at a desk at H.W. Moore Co., an International power equipment dealership. Mr. Moore was president of the company a...
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Group of Young Children

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Description: Group portrait of ten young children. Some of the children are posing standing on and around a staircase, and the others are sitting and standing on a sofa...
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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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Madison League of Women Voters Convention

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Four women taking part in a skit at the Madison League of Women Voters convention at the Unitarian Meeting House. Left to right are: Mrs. Mary Newgent, Mrs...
Postcard

The Telephone Exchange

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Description: Color postcard of a female telephone operator at an 1890s era switchboard.
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Woman Working in Insurance Office

Date: 11 19 1927
Description: Young woman sitting at a typewriter, presumably a staff employee, in the office of the Indiana Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
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Switchboard Operators

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Description: Indoor portrait of an office space with two women posing sitting at a telephone switchboard. Above the switchboard is a clock. There is a window on the lef...

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