Auto License Bureau | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Auto License Bureau

Auto License Bureau | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Auto License Bureau Card Typing Department, located at 16-20 East Doty Street. Women government employees are sitting at desks, while a male supervisor and Secretary of State Fred Zimmerman, the government official then responsible for issuing Wisconsin drivers licenses, stand in the background. The state of Wisconsin issued its first drivers license in 1905. The only decoration in this sterile workplace is a license plate with the slogan "America's Dairyland."
DESCRIPTION
Wisconsin Auto License Bureau Card Typing Department, located at 16-20 East Doty Street. Women government employees are sitting at desks, while a male supervisor and Secretary of State Fred Zimmerman, the government official then responsible for issuing Wisconsin drivers licenses, stand in the background. The state of Wisconsin issued its first drivers license in 1905. The only decoration in this sterile workplace is a license plate with the slogan "America's Dairyland."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:14425
Creation Date: 05 17 1939
Creator Name:Waste, Elwin G., 1902-1957
City:Madison
County:Dane
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Photo Copy Service photographs and negatives, 1925-1983
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:negative, original
Original Format Number:PH 6058.6495B
Original Dimensions:10 x 8 inches
SUBJECTS
Clothing and dress
Dresses
Suits (Clothing)
Furniture
Indoor photography
Men
Women
Office equipment and supplies
Typewriters
Clerks
Offices
Signs and signboards
Seating (Furniture)

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