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| Date: | 10 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Jean Larson, at the time one of three women projectionists in the country, operating the movie projector at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Play... |
| Date: | 10 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Virginia Rae Miller, a pinsetter at the Lathrop Hall bowling alley, about to return a bowling ball. Traditionally, this work was done exclusively by men b... |
| Date: | 09 24 1944 |
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| Description: | Participating in the Madison Woman's Club annual benefit party by sewing for the Russian War Relief are members of the Shorewood Hills League, left to righ... |
| Date: | 11 10 1944 |
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| Description: | Three officers' wives at the Madison Army Officers' Wives club meeting held at the Capital Hotel. From left to right: Mrs. Paul Hohf, Mrs. Byron Caldwell, ... |
| Date: | 11 10 1944 |
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| Description: | Five officers' wives at the Madison Army Officers' Wives club meeting held at the Capital Hotel. From left to right: Mrs. Thomas Holstein, acting president... |
| Date: | 11 10 1944 |
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| Description: | Four officers' wives at the Madison Army Officers' Wives club meeting held at the Capital Hotel. From left to right: Mrs. E.F. Bond, Mrs. Stephen Garrett, ... |
| Date: | 12 16 1944 |
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| Description: | Men and women lined up along a sales counter at Manchester's Department Store to buy war bonds, while two clerks behind the counter are ringing up the sale... |
| Date: | 12 12 1944 |
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| Description: | One of a series of portraits of war bond sellers, part of the national retailer's Series E War Loan Campaign, representing Manchesters, Sears, Rennebohms, ... |
| Date: | 12 21 1944 |
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| Description: | Three service wives working at Ray-O-Vac. Left to right: Mrs. Emma Perry, Mrs. Frances Sturdy, and Mrs. Amanda Signer. |
| Date: | 09 21 1944 |
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| Description: | Mrs. E.R. Meacham, Director of the Madison War Housing Center, talking with Mrs. Lloyd Miller and Lloyd Miller, Jr. |
| Date: | 12 21 1944 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Don Wheeler wrapping a package for mailing at the USO Center for Glen Barnes, a V-12 student at the University of Wisconsin Naval Training School. |
| Date: | 01 03 1945 |
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| Description: | An ambulatory trainer which permits blind flying by instrument instruction by the Civil Air Patrol. Capt. E.D. Stanley is giving instructions given by tele... |
| Date: | 01 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Sgt. Lois Burmeister at the controls of an ambulatory trainer which permits blind flying by instrument instruction by the Civil Air Patrol. |
| Date: | 01 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Lorraine Gray being interviewed by Mrs. R.W. Halvorsen at the RMR plant. The RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac) plant, a division of Ray-O-Vac was located in th... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Lorraine Gray and Mrs. Mildred Lewis on the production line at the RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac) plant, a division of Ray-O-Vac located in the 1400 block o... |
| Date: | 01 10 1945 |
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| Description: | Lorraine Gray in the storage room inspecting some of the more than 300,000 batteries made in one day at the RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac) plant, a division... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Lorraine Gray collecting her pay in cash at the paymaster's office at the RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac) plant, a division of Ray-O-Vac located in the 1400 ... |
| Date: | 01 24 1945 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Mrs. F. Chandler Young (Helene Schuette), and her infant son Frank Chandler Jr., who were visiting her parents, Prof. and Mrs. Henry A. Schuett... |
| Date: | 02 12 1945 |
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| Description: | Volunteer Mrs. F.F. (Louise) Bowman, Jr., sitting at the information desk at Dane County Red Cross Headquarters, 315 North Carroll Street, is assisting Tec... |
| Date: | 02 12 1945 |
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| Description: | Red Cross Motor Corps workers, Mrs. John (Marjorie) Haley and Mrs. E.W. (Thelma) Nystrom, loading a large basket of Navy kits into a truck to await distrib... |
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