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Professional Women in Madison

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Portrait of Dorothy Waite, Assistant Director of Wisconsin Division for Children & Youth, Department of Public Welfare.
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George Watson

Date: 02 1953
Description: George Watson, Superintendent of Public Instruction in Wisconsin, seated at his desk wearing a necktie and holding a pencil.
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Village Clerk

Date: 08 1998
Description: "This is Theresa Village Clerk, Patti Hilker."
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Early Meeting of the Social Security Board

Date: 1939
Description: Arthur Altmeyer, Ellen Woodward and George Bigge in an early meeting of the Social Security Board.
Postcard

Fish Creek

Date: 1924
Description: Street scene with a group of people gathered in front of a store with a public telephone. Caption reads: "Fish Creek, Wis."
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Early Meeting of the Social Security Board

Date: 1939
Description: Arthur Altmeyer, Ellen Woodward and George Bigge in an early meeting of the Social Security Board.
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Waiting in the Oval Office

Date: 07 22 1971
Description: President Richard Nixon speaking on the telephone in the Oval Office of the White House, while Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird is waiting to report on hi...
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Robert M. Ball, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance

Date: 1960
Description: Portrait of Robert M. Ball sitting at his desk, as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance. In 1962, President Kennedy appointed B...
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Patrolman Peterson

Date: 06 08 1930
Description: Patrolman Peterson in uniform, sitting at a telephone table.
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Telephone Survey About Cancer

Date: 03 14 1958
Description: Members of the Dane County Medical Society, the Methodist Hospital Nurses' Alumnae Association, and the Dane County Unit of the American Cancer Society pre...
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Eydie V. Watts

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Description: Photograph of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commssion. Ms. Watts sits at her desk in an office. She is wearing a dress or blou...
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Workmen Installing Telephone Poles

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Description: Workmen erecting a telephone pole with a horse team.
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Julius Kelly, County Treasurer

Date: 01 09 1948
Description: Portrait of Julius Kelly, newly elected County Treasurer by the Dane County Board.
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City Line Department

Date: 12 16 1926
Description: Workmen with the City Line Department use an International Model 63 truck to erect a power line or telephone pole near a bridge.
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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.
Print

Farmers' New Era Telephone Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Farmers' New Era Telephone Company of Hebron, Illinois, with a female switchboard operator wearing headphones sitting near a window with ...
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In the Public Eye

Date: 04 09 1970
Description: Two women on the left are sitting at tables and talking into telephones. On the right are large show windows, and a bus and passers-by are visible through ...
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Alice Ferguson of Madison Gas and Electric Company

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Mrs. Alice Ferguson, director of home service for Madison Gas and Electric Company, will be the judge for the "Wisconsin State Journal's" fourth and final ...
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President Truman Meets the Press

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Description: President Harry Truman meets a packed room full of reporters. Merriman Smith, the "dean of the White House correspondents and the donor of this image," can...
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Men Install Pole with Modified 10-20 Industrial Tractor

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Men working along a road with a modified McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor with attached trailor and post hole digging rig. The men work for Shipp...

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