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Women Assembling Light Sockets

Date: 07 06 1942
Description: Four women assembling light sockets.
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Woman Working at Gisholt Plant

Date: 1944
Description: A woman operates a lathe at the Gisholt plant on East Washington Avenue.
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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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Four Lakes Cleaners Interior

Date: 01 28 1947
Description: Interior of Four Lakes Cleaners, 612 South Park Street, with work room showing two women pressing clothes, and racks of clean clothes.
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Memorial Union Kitchen

Date: 10 08 1947
Description: Three unidentified women in the kitchen at the Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Nutrition Lab

Date: 1931
Description: Two students work in the nutrition lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Radio Line

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Women cross soldering on a radio line at Ray-O-Vac Corporation.
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CUNA Bridge Magazine — Clerical Staff

Date: 04 03 1947
Description: CUNA (Credit Union National Association) stenographers and clerical staff. There are five women doing clerical work in an office.
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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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Inland Lakes Boat Works Workshop

Date: 10 03 1946
Description: Inland Lakes Boat Works basement workshop at the Stadium Garage, located at 1501 Monroe Street. The view includes three men and one woman constructing boat...
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Clothing for Women Who Work

Date: 08 12 1954
Description: Manchester window display featuring clothing for "Women Who Work," with two mannequins and an office desk, Window A. 2-12 E. Mifflin Street. Taken for "Cha...
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Clothing for "Women Who Work"

Date: 08 12 1954
Description: Manchester window display featuring outdoor clothing for "Women Who Work," with two mannequins, an office desk and a clothing stand with a jacket, hat and ...
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Home Economics Lab Class

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Description: Laboratory work in a University of Wisconsin home economics class.
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Fashion Models

Date: 03 16 1939
Description: Madison Business College women model fashions from Kessenich's store.
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Working the Linotype

Date: 1950
Description: A woman types text into a linotype machine.
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Women at Cara Nome Meeting

Date: 11 19 1946
Description: Twenty-four women seated in front of individual mirrors on two tables ready for instruction about Cara Nome cosmetics. Sign says: "Knowledge, Work, Persona...
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Three Women Proofreading Documents

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Description: Three women sitting at a table appear to be proofreading documents at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Sausage Making

Date: 1944
Description: Four women operating sausage-making equipment at the Oscar Mayer Company during World War II.
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Two Women Modeling Fur Coats

Date: 08 12 1937
Description: Two women modeling fur coats for Simpson's women's clothing store, 23 N. Pinckney Street.
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Women Working in St. Vincent's Thrift Shop

Date: 09 1974
Description: Elevated view of women sorting out donated clothes in St. Vincent's Thrift Shop.

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