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Madison Playwright, Mary-Kate Lorenz

Date: 01 23 1958
Description: Portrait of Madison playwright Mary-Kate Lorenz. Her play, "Beauty and the Beast", will be performed by the Madison Theater Guild at the Central High Schoo...
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La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman Law Office

Date: 1899
Description: Interior of the La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman law office, Madison, Wis.
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Eldred Garter and Secretary

Date: 12 07 1957
Description: Eldred Garter, Madison Newspapers employee, showing a secretary how to type using a dictaphone.
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Madison Vocational School Typing Class

Date: 04 25 1951
Description: Ferne Stone, Madonna Egan, and Vivian Williams practice typing in the Madison Vocational School commercial department's night school typing class. Eight ot...
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Madison Theatre Guild's Tenth Anniversary

Date: 08 1955
Description: Two women are sitting behind piles of printed bulletins and a typewriter, woring at addressing each one. Jane Gintz (right) was Madison Theatre Guild's box...
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Vocational School Typing Room

Date: 11 22 1954
Description: Madison Vocational and Adult Education School, 211-213 North Carroll Street. Angled view of a typing room #442 from the front of the classroom. There are l...
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Students Publishing High School Newspaper

Date: 10 24 1955
Description: Central High School students, Nancee Meyers, Jean Loy, and Colenthia Hill working on an edition of the school newspaper, "Madison Mirror."
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We Saw You . . . at Lutheran Conference

Date: 01 28 1959
Description: Thousands of Lutherans attend the National Lutheran Evangelism conference in Madison at the Dane County Fairgrounds. Shown are the Rev. Sig. G. Sandrock, M...
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Vocational School Typing Room

Date: 11 22 1954
Description: Madison Vocational and Adult Education School, 211-213 North Carroll Street. View of typing room #442 from the back, featuring IBM typewriters. The ceiling...
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Madison Business College Spring Formal

Date: 05 02 1949
Description: Beverly Hackbart of 2541 Commerical Avenue sitting at her typewriter at the Madison Business College, 215 West Washington Avenue. She will be crowned queen...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Prizes

Date: 07 07 1950
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby racer John Bock of 19 Paget Road, right, is shown prizes to be awarded to the top racers by Jean Behling, staff writer for the "Wisc...
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Western Union New Equipment Operaters

Date: 12 07 1948
Description: Geraldine Sommer, foreground, and Frances Zeier, two operators in the Madison office who have been trained to operate transmitting machines for the new spe...
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Madison Youth to Attend National Teen-Age Press Conference

Date: 09 27 1958
Description: Mark Musolf, a Madison West High school senior, was selected to be the Wisconsin State Journal's representative at the Ford National Teen-Age Press ...
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Senior Girl Scout Conference

Date: 03 12 1951
Description: Two Madison senior girl scouts work on housing arrangements for the upcoming Senior Girl Scout Conference of Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Seat...
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Working the Linotype

Date: 1950
Description: A woman types text into a linotype machine.
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Naval Training Class

Date: 04 1943
Description: Navy personnel sitting at typewriters wearing headphone learning code, probably during World War II. The sailors are in an auditorium or gymnasium, possib...
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Brewington Typewriter Company Truck Decorated for a Parade

Date: 1933
Description: Madison businesses had a parade to encourage customers to shop. This is the Brewington Typewriter Company entry. It says Brewington Typewriter Company on t...
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GA Reporter

Date: 03 21 1961
Description: GA (general assignment?) reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal (?) sitting at a desk.
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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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Beatrice Lampert

Date: 03 13 1931
Description: Beatrice Lampert, assistant city attorney, sitting at her desk with telephone and typewriter.

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