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Groves-Barnhart Secretarial School

Date: 12 12 1945
Description: Group of five women in class at the Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries, 502 State Street at Gilman Street. There is a large window in the background, s...
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Madison Police Department Civilian Staff

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Civilian employees in the Madison police department records center. Staff are sitting at their desks in an open office space with different filing cabinets...
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Mrs Hazel Otto, Wisconsin Secretary of State Official Greeter

Date: 01 30 1959
Description: Mrs. Hazel Otto is the "official greeter" in the office of Wisconsin Secretary of State Robert C. Zimmerman.
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General Laboratories Mailing and Filing Room

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: Women work at various work stations in the General Laboratories mailing and filing room, located at 124 South Dickinson Street.
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Union Office Staff

Date: 10 05 1946
Description: View through a reception window of the three women union office staff of UAW local 75 (Seaman Body Plant) looking at files and cards. They are Audrey Wergi...
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Vecto Store Interior

Date: 06 28 1928
Description: Interior of Vecto Store, located at 422 West Gilman Street. Included in the view are American Radiator Company furnaces, hot water heaters, and a woman sit...
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Office Environment

Date: 1926
Description: A businessman and his secretary at the desk in his office.
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Hildur Hanson

Date: 08 1948
Description: Hildur Hanson, secretary to Wisconsin State Journal Editor Roy Matson, standing in front of the door to his office.
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Eleanore Oimoen, Secretary

Date: 09 03 1951
Description: Eleanore Oimoen of 445 West Gilman Street answers a phone call in an office. She is a secretary for Edwin B. Fred, University of Wisconsin president.
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Lola Bradford, Secretary

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Lola Bradford, of 933 Waban Hill, standing at a desk in an office. She is secretary and administrative assistant for Edwin B. Fred, University of Wisconsin...
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Congressman and his Secretary

Date: 06 1970
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and his secretary in his office in the United States Capitol.
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Four Lakes Secretary's Association

Date: 12 17 1957
Description: Four Lakes Secretary's Association officers attend a holiday dinner party. The women include Caryl Oakey, secretary; Laura Weinand, treasurer; Irma Kopan, ...
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Arlene Weidenkopf

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Portrait of Arlene Weidenkopf, private secretary to Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon W. Thomson.
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St. Joseph's Computer

Date: 12 14 1967
Description: A secretary in the pathology department at St. Joseph's Hospital working at a new computer.
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Women's Service Exchange

Date: 03 02 1954
Description: Portrait of Mary Stewart, a woman who recently applied for a job through the Women's Service Exchange and is now employed as a secretary to the director of...
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Certified Professional Secretaries

Date: 11 06 1961
Description: Certified professional secretary Mary Rubado, who is a personnel assistant at the Wisconsin State Headquarters of the Selective Service System.
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Doris Porter, Secretary

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Doris Porter, of 1224 Jennifer Street, sits behind a desk in an office. She is the private secretary to Governor Walter J. Kohler.
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Bernadette Bowers Lighting Candle

Date: 01 1956
Description: Caption reads: "Bernadette Bowers, museum office secretary, lighting candle in a candle jack displayed in the museum of the State Historical Society."
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Wisconsin National Secretaries Association

Date: 05 16 1960
Description: Wisconsin National Secretaries Association annual spring meeting is held at the Ivy Inn in Madison. Officers of the Association shown (left to right) are: ...
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Ona Sanford

Date: 12 20 1944
Description: Secretary Ona Sanford in her office. Ona handles all of the correspondence for Wittwer and Webster, Inc., insurance agency.

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