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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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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. Alternate view.
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Woman Modeling Fur Coat

Date: 08 12 1937
Description: Woman modeling full-length fur coat at Simpson's women's clothing store, 23 N. Pinckney Street.
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Woman Peeling Potaoes

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Description: A seated woman peeling potatoes. Two buckets are on the floor in front of her and she is wearing a striped apron.
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Switchboard Operators at the Telephone Exchange Office

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Description: Indoor group portrait of an office space. with two women posing sitting at a telephone switchboard, and another woman posing standing. The woman standing i...
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Dane County Outdoor Relief Office

Date: 09 05 1935
Description: Five men and one woman in the office of the Dane County Outdoor Relief Department, Work Division, 22 W. Doty Street, with maps of projects on the wall.
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Dane County Outdoor Relief Office

Date: 09 05 1935
Description: Group of men and women standing in front of the Work Division Office, Dane County Outdoor Relief Administration, 22 W. Doty Street.
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Dane County Outdoor Relief Office

Date: 09 05 1935
Description: Group of men and women sitting on the steps in front of the Work Division Office, Dane County Outdoor Relief Administration, 22 W. Doty Street.
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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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Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Staged work environment for employees in an industrial setting. In the foreground a man wearing work coveralls is standing at a lathe on a plant floor. Beh...
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Woman Tries to Beat the Heat with Electric Fan

Date: 09 02 1960
Description: An unknown woman sits in front of several electric fans on a hot summer day.
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Dorothy Roshak Zmuda

Date: 12 15 1944
Description: Dorothy Roshak Zmuda at work in the advertising department of Allis-Chalmers.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Telephone Company's main switchboard. Thirty five operators, all women, handle all toll calls.
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Roofers and Visiting Ladies on the Roof

Date: 1922
Description: View along roof of four men in hats and work clothes, and two women in summer dresses posing on the side of the roof. One of the men is holding a hammer. I...
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Blockprinting

Date: 1937
Description: A woman is printing material stretched over a padded table. Another woman is working at a table in the background.
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Singer and Helene Stratman-Thomas

Date: 08 08 1946
Description: Helene Stratman-Thomas and possibly Ernest Joseph Belisle.
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Mrs. Lathrop at Old La Pointe Post Office

Date: 1910
Description: Mrs. Elizabeth Lathrop sitting on steps of La Point Post Office with an unidentified woman.
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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.
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Brillion News Print Shop

Date: 1901
Description: Interior view of the Brillion News Print Shop, where a printer and his assistants, two women, are posing around a press and work tables.
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Comf'y Marcel Beauty Shoppe

Date: 10 27 1930
Description: Beauty operators work on customers in booths while another woman waits in the Comf'y Marcel Beauty Shoppe, 2039 Winnebago Street. Moved to 1917 Winnebago S...

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