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Employee Working on a Computer

Date: 08 28 1984
Description: Mary Beaudry, a temporary employee at International Business Machines, works on word-processing and computer equipment.
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General Motors Employees

Date: 1987
Description: Employees of the General Motors plant in head to work.
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Sun Dip

Date: 07 08 1988
Description: Two women lifeguards sun themselves at the edge of Horeb Park pool during a rotation break.
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Nurses Picketing at UW Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 07 06 1981
Description: Men and women picketing outside UW Hospital.
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A Sheer Winner

Date: 03 22 1989
Description: A woman posing in a coat with matching pants and holding a domino mask over her face. Behind her is another woman posing, also with a domino mask. Caption ...
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Horseradish Processing Line

Date: 10 12 1981
Description: Elevated view of women sitting along both sides of a trough, with containers of roots next to them. Caption reads: "The horseradish crop moved along a proc...
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Winter Mail Delivery

Date: 02 15 1987
Description: A woman mail carrier pushes her cart with a full mailbag along a sidewalk edged by snowy lawns.
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Cranberry Processing

Date: 1983
Description: Harvested cranberries being unloaded from a truck for cleaning and processing. A woman stands over the cranberries with a rake while adjusting the flow of ...
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Banner Event

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: A woman overlooks the Labor-at-the-Lakefront festival next to a banner that reads "Buy Union," "Buy Made in USA," and "Keep the Heart of America Beating."
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Chana Bebczuk Comins at Bev's Cafe

Date: 02 19 1980
Description: Chana Bebczuk Comins cooking at Bev's Cafe.
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Work Day

Date: 05 18 1989
Description: Two boys are sitting and standing next to a four-wheel utility vehicle that is hauling a cart of hay. They are facing a woman standing on the right who is ...
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Crazy Mary

Date: 1982
Description: Close-up of a woman working on a strap of leather in a shop.
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Homemaker Club

Date: 11 1980
Description: "Theresa Homemakers Club hosted other homemaker clubs at the Theresa Public School. Guest speaker, Ann Kaiser (right), editor of 'Country Women' magazine, ...
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Chana Bebczuk Comins at Bev's Cafe

Date: 02 19 1980
Description: Chana Bebczuk Comins cooking at Bev's Cafe.
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Chana Bebczuk Comins Working at Bev's Cafe

Date: 02 19 1980
Description: Chana Bebczuk Comins cooking at Bev's Cafe.
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Chana Bebczuk Comins and Coworker

Date: 02 19 1980
Description: Portrait of Chana Bebczuk Comins and coworker at Bev's Cafe.
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Self-Portrait

Date: 05 1987
Description: "Karen Schmidt poses next to a self-portrait."
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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European Americans

Date: 1985
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of four men and five women.
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Pam Johnson

Date: 1982
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Pam Johnson, who in 1981 became the publisher for the "Ithaca Journal." This made her the first black woman to become publis...
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Nurses Picketing at UW Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 07 06 1981
Description: Men and women picketing outside a hospital, likely UW Hospital. Some of signs they are carrying read: "Poor Staffing is Dangerous to Your Health", "Citizen...

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