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Woman at Work

Date: 03 24 1969
Description: Young woman at work designing a magazine cover.
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Women Supervisor's Conference

Date: 1943
Description: Female factory supervisors watch a man demonstrating a machine operation at the Women Supervisors' Conference held at International Harvester's West Pullma...
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Betsey Busied by Bossy's Butter

Date: 1905
Description: Woman churning butter.
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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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Work Relief Sewing Project

Date: 01 11 1935
Description: Several women are sitting at sewing machines. Caption reads: "Milwaukee, Wis Jan 11, 1935. Women making new and repairing old clothing for relief families....
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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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Wisconsin State Employment Service Interior

Date: 1919
Description: Interior of the Milwaukee office of the Wisconsin State Employment Service, with applicants for work.
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Amish Amiability

Date: 1975
Description: An Amish man and women conversing while eating in a farm building.
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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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Interior of Wisconsin State Employment Service

Date: 1912
Description: Interior of an office of the Wisconsin State Employment Service, with applicants for work, and officials.
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Production Line Worker

Date: 1935
Description: A woman factory worker sorting parts at Globe Union Manufacturing Company, maker of batteries, radio apparatus, and spark plugs.
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Man and Woman in Drugstore

Date: 1960
Description: A man and woman stand behind the service counter at a drugstore.
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Checking the Oil

Date: 1956
Description: Woman in polka dot dress is looking on as a service station worker checks the oil in her car.
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Library Circulation Desk

Date: 1948
Description: Wisconsin Historical Society Library Circulation Desk and staff.
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Studio of Panorama Artist

Date: 1900
Description: Friedrich Wilhelm Heine at work in his studio. An unidentified woman paints at an easel. Many paintings and sketches surround them. Heine was the Superviso...
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Pea Viner

Date: 1924
Description: A group of farmers, including women and children, pose in front of a pea processing plant.
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Hand Picking Cranberries

Date: 1936
Description: A large crew works in a sectioned field of cranberries in order to hand pick the harvest from a Wisconsin bog.
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Perfume Factory

Date: 07 1945
Description: View from side of women sitting in a row working on an assembly line in a perfume factory.
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University of Wisconsin YWCA

Date: 11 13 1950
Description: Three women work on the financial drive for the University of Wisconsin YWCA. From left are: Mrs. S.M. (Helen) McElvain, a member of the finance committee;...
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Madison Dye Works Party

Date: 12 20 1947
Description: Group portrait of men and women at the Madison Dye Works party. Included in the portrait on the left is an accordion player. One man sitting on the floor ...

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