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Airline Computer Network

Date: 09 26 1984
Description: A woman uses an early commercial computer network that allows travel agents to book their own flights without the use of a telephone.
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Golf Game

Date: 04 26 1967
Description: Women golfers on the course.
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Confederacy of Dunces

Date: 10 12 1984
Description: Men wearing Ronald Reagan masks and dunce caps make their way through a crowd.
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Proxmire Supporters Celebrate

Date: 08 28 1957
Description: Jubilant Proxmire supporters dance in the streets in Milwaukee after Democrat William Proxmire won the special election to fill the seat left vacant by the...
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Family Style Christmas Dinner

Date: 12 22 1960
Description: Group portrait of several people sitting or standing around a table with a meal displayed on it. All the women, and one man, are folding their hands as if ...
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Chinese Girl in Milwaukee

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Description: A young Chinese girl is standing in front of the open door of an airplane and holding several bags. A woman is leaning down and appears to be talking to he...
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Bella Bellegante and Wayne Beecher

Date: 04 26 1979
Description: A man and a woman are dancing in a school gymnasium, while teenagers are watching from the bleachers. Caption reads: "The Mary D. Bradford Senior High Scho...
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Thanksgiving Dinner in Class

Date: 11 21 1967
Description: A woman is carving a turkey, which is on a table full of many dishes. Several children are sitting and looking on from behind their desks. Caption reads: "...
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Green Thumbs Were Put to Work

Date: 05 22 1962
Description: Three women are standing in a forest. One woman is holding the handle of a tool, and the other two are holding seedlings. Caption reads: "Green thumbs were...
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Camp Sidney Cohen Clean-up

Date: 05 22 1962
Description: Women are walking to and from a parked bus, some of them carrying boxes and bags of books. Caption reads: "Mrs. Theodore L. [Ann] Albert, 404 E. Apple Tree...
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Policing the Grounds

Date: 05 22 1962
Description: View of a woman crouching down and pulling weeds from a flower bed and putting them into a bushel basket. Caption reads: "Policing the grounds was the assi...
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The Linen Closet

Date: 05 22 1962
Description: One woman is handing folded linens to another woman while they are standing in a large closet. Caption reads: "The linen closet received a thorough going o...
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Miss Kay Bossman

Date: 12 01 1967
Description: A woman is pressing a cookie cutter into rolled dough at a kitchen counter. Around her are cookie cutters, a rolling pin, and cookies on a cooling rack. A ...
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Rachel Imsland and Mark Evans at Blue Mound State Park

Date: 06 01 1983
Description: Two people are leaning against a railing overlooking at forest. Caption reads: "Rachel Imsland, 25, and Mark Evans, 28, both of Iowa City, Iowa, viewed the...
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First Woman Meter Maid

Date: 06 11 1970
Description: A uniformed female officer writing in a book, as a uniformed male officer is smiling and looking on over her shoulder. A parking meter is in the foreground...
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Policemen Recovering from Knife Wounds

Date: 12 05 1957
Description: A nun is handing a glass to a man in a bed. Another man — who has numerous stitches along the side of his face — is standing next to the bed. Caption reads...
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Gilmore's Mistake, Wolf River

Date: 1979
Description: Two canoeists navigate the rapids, called Gilmore's Mistake, on the Wolf River. Rocks and foliage can be seen on the shore.

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