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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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Around-the-world Telephone Call

Date: 03 18 1931
Description: Norman Clapp, Appleton High School student, sitting in the governor's chair, represents Wisconsin in the around-the-world telephone conversation held in co...
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Kern Family at the Supper Table

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: The Kern family, Edna, Nancy, Ernest, and Maribeth, at the supper table.
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Vice-Admiral Marc Mitscher

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher sitting at the dining room table waiting for breakfast to be served to him, his wife Frances Smalley Mitscher (left), and mot...
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American Association of University Women Tea

Date: 01 19 1948
Description: Shown at the American Association of University Women tea and dinner, from the left: Dr. Althea Kratz Hottel, national president and dean of women at the U...
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Optimist Week Designation

Date: 11 08 1948
Description: Madison City Manager Leonard G. Howell signing a proclamation designating Nov. 7-13 as Optimist Week in Madison. Looking on, left to right, are: Charles Th...
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff Members

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Louise Marston, Society Editor, with Dorothy French and Barbara Muckler, assistant editors.
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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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Madison Soap Box Derby Officials

Date: 06 17 1949
Description: Group portrait of the officials for the 1949 Soap Box Derby. Left to right, seated: Sgt. Ed Roman, of the Marine recruiting station; Ralph Hult, president ...
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Max Pollack, Robert Bloch, Harold Gauer, and Milt Polland

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Description: Group portrait of the total team working on the election campaign of Carl Zeidler. Max's nickname was "Max the Axe." Milt Polland always wanted to be photo...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Railroad Station Office

Date: 1902
Description: Interior, with four men, of a small office, very likely a railroad station office.
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Switchboard Operators at the Telephone Exchange Office

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Description: Indoor group portrait of an office space. with two women posing sitting at a telephone switchboard, and another woman posing standing. The woman standing i...
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Group Posing in front of the Post Office

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of two men displaying two teams of two horses which are hitched to buggies in front of a post office building. A group of people are...
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James Davidson in an Office

Date: 11 1907
Description: Three men are sitting in an office around a large desk with stacks of books, papers and a telephone. They men are wearing suits, ties and watch fobs, and ...

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