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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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Stamping Hams

Date: 1945
Description: Women are stamping hams with the USDA grade stamp and the Oscar Mayer label as the hams move by on an assembly line.
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Group Harvesting

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Description: Outdoor view of men and women sitting and standing in a field harvesting a crop.
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CUNA Office

Date: 02 04 1947
Description: Man and woman reviewing a document in an office, with three women working in the background at CUNA (Credit Union National Association).
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Lynn Fontanne

Date: 1946
Description: Lynn Fontanne in work clothes and wearing a rhubarb leaf as a hat.
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Woman in front of Union Theater

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: "Back to School." Woman modeling for Manchester's Department store outdoors in front of the Union Theater.
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Nettie Livingston

Date: 06 08 1934
Description: Outdoor portrait of Nettie Livingston, 1205 Vilas Avenue, who works as a maid at Wisconsin General Hospital, hopes to win a vacation at the Bowman House, a...
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Woman Working at Multiple Drill at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory worker Doris Zwieg uses a multiple drill for war production at International Harvester Company's Milwaukee Works. She wears a hat embroidered with ...
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War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Woman typing.
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Buying Snacks

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: View from interior of a man wearing sunglasses, and a woman at the snack counter at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Two women are behind the counter s...
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Edna Wilmington

Date: 06 16 1975
Description: Portrait of Edna Wilmington, demonstrating her work with magnets.
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Edna Wilmington

Date: 06 16 1975
Description: Portrait of Edna Wilmington, demonstrating her work with magnets.
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Plucking Turkeys

Date: 11 1947
Description: Two girls, holding turkey feathers, are watching the production line at Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona, where two women workers are plucking turkeys.
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Two Woman Drawing a Pipette

Date: 10 12 1944
Description: Barbara Baird (left,) and Mary Ellen Sperle are drawing a pipette from molten glass in a University of Wisconsin Laboratory. Traditionally, this work was d...
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Biology Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: A class of male and female students work in a biology laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Two women stand in the middle of the large, open r...
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Woman Rubber Worker

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: Isabel Olson, an employee of the United Rubber Company in Eau Claire, examining fabric for a pocket in a heavy service tire. Although most women who joine...
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Studio Group Portrait of European American Women

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three unidentified women. In the center, one woman is posing standing behind two women posing sitti...
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Studio Portrait of European American Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two unidentified women posing sitting. The woman on the left is leaning in front of the other woman, and is wearing a light-colored plai...
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Governor Goodland's Body in the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 03 14 1947
Description: Women executive office employees filing past the casket containing the body of Governor Walter Goodland in the Wisconsin State Capitol.

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