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Leon Lamoreux on South Pinckney Street
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Leon Lamoreux walking down the sidewalk on South Pinckney Street, Capitol Square. The building on the right is the First National Bank (now the "glass" bank). There is an information booth and American Exchange Bank in the background. Leon, and his wife Beatrice, later taught typing and telegraphy to Naval students at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) in Madison.
1930
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Three Women at Western Union Office
April 1930
Three women standing at the entrance of the Western Union branch office at 650 State Street. The woman in the middle is Beatrice Lamoreux. She and her husband, Leon, taught typing and telegraphy at...
Man Sits at Desk in Western Union Office
1930
Leon Lamoreux sits at his desk in the Western Union office at 21 West Main Street. (This building no longer exists.) He and his wife, Beatrice, later taught typing and telegraphy at the U.S. Naval ...
Men Stand Outside of Western Union Telegraph Office
1939
Leon Lamoreux (on the right) and an unidentified man stand outside of the Western Union Branch Office doorway, 650 State Street. The date is between 1937 and 1941. The store on the left is the Stat...
Two Instructors Teaching Naval Students Morse Code
Two instructors, Beatrice and Leon Lamoreux, teaching Naval students telegraphy at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
Group Taking Messages at Air Base
1943
Six women and one man take messages at the Truax Field Message Center, during World War II. Beatrice Lamoreux is sitting at the back table on the left side. She, and her husband Leon, taught typing...
Beatrice Orvold, Manager of the Western Union Office
1923
Beatrice Orvold, the manager of the Western Union office. Beatrice later married Leon Lamoreux, and they both taught at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) in Madison, Wisconsin, during the 1940s.
