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Get Out the Vote Telephone Drive

Date: 11 05 1958
Description: Women campaign workers call voters to support the Labor Political League and vote for candidates sympathetic to Labor issues.
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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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Roy F. Bergengren in his CUNA Office

Date: 12 05 1935
Description: Roy F. Bergengren, managing director of CUNA (Credit Union National Association), sitting behind his desk in his office at Raiffeisen House, 142 East Gilma...
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New Police Telephone Switchboard

Date: 09 06 1949
Description: Mrs. Rose E. Amoth works at the new police telephone switchboard at the police station, 14 South Webster Street.
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W.V.B. Holloway

Date: 1946
Description: W.V.B. Holloway, Richard Quinney's maternal grandfather, sitting at a a table looking at a large book of maps. A phone is mounted to the wall next to him ...
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Interior of Diner

Date: 1940
Description: An interior view of a diner, showing two semi-circular counters with stools and booths along the walls. There is a jukebox on the right and a root beer bar...
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Room of Harold Fowler McCormick

Date: 07 16 1916
Description: Interior view of Harold Fowler McCormick's room in Zurich, Switzerland. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling and the room is decorated with striped wallpape...
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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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Assembly Floor

Date: 1967
Description: Democratic leadership on the Wisconsin Assembly floor: left to right: Robert T. Huber, minority leader; David R. Obey, assistant minority leader, and Norma...
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Wisconsin Congressmen

Date: 1991
Description: Wisconsin was well represented on a congressional leadership trip to the Persian Gulf in 1991. Here Congressman David Obey (in plaid shirt) leans over the ...
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On Board Air Force Two

Date: 05 26 1995
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, Speaker of the House Tom Foley, and Vice President Al Gore on board Air Force Two.
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Interior of Lumber Mill Office

Date: 1898
Description: Interior of the Knapp, Stout & Co. lumber mill office with posed members of the staff. On the desk in the center of the room is a device with an earpiece h...
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Dining Room in the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the dining room in the McCormick Works Club House. A waiter stands near the door to the kitchen in the background.
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Brooks McCormick

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Description: Brooks McCormick sitting behind a desk resting his cheek on his right hand. His elbow is propped on top of the desk blotter. Another person's hands can be ...
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Philip La Follette at His Desk

Date: 1931
Description: Portrait of Philip La Follette sitting behind his desk during his first term as Wisconsin's governor. He is formally dressed in a three-piece suit with nec...
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Young Journalist Watching Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A young journalist is sitting behind a table looking at his Dell computer. A water bottle and smart phone are on the table next to him. Around him other jo...
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Scott Bauer

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View looking down at reporters and journalists sitting at long tables, typing on their computers or watching the Republican presidential debate. One of the...
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Jessica Arp

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View looking down at journalist Jessica Arp of WISC-TV, who is leaning over a table working on her computer during the Republican presidential debates. Two...
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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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Waiting in the Spin Room

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Two reporters are sitting and waiting on a small stage in the spin room for the nominees to emerge from the Republican presidential debate. They are lookin...

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