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CUNA Employees at Raiffeisen House

Date: 12 05 1935
Description: Eleven CUNA (Credit Union National Association) employees standing on the porch of their office at Raiffeisen House, 142 East Gilman Street.
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Submitting Petitions for the Progressive Party

Date: 06 18 1934
Description: Two men and a woman are turning in signature petitions to Secretary of State Theodore Damann to form the Progressive Party.
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Unemployed Men in Line for Jobs

Date: 11 20 1933
Description: Unemployed men stand in line for CWA (Civil Works Administration) jobs, inside the Public Employment Office, 111 W. Main Street.
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Judge Patrick T. Stone and Family

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: Group portrait of U.S. District Court Judge Patrick T. Stone, sitting, and behind him standing is, left to right is: daughter Mary Louise Stone, Mrs. Patri...
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Placing Order for First Legal Beer

Date: 03 15 1933
Description: Donald Huseby, office manager of the Fauerbach Brewery, receiving from Herman Lochner, police reporter for the "Capital Times," an order for the first case...
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Women with Governor Schemedeman

Date: 02 23 1933
Description: Governor Albert G. Schemedeman with Frieda Mooney, National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War Auxiliary, and Nina Westbury, Nati...
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Showgirls Sending Telegrams

Date: 05 06 1932
Description: Fanchon & Marco showgirls, dressed in coats and hats, sending telegrams.
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Mayor Schmedeman Getting Theater Pass

Date: 02 27 1931
Description: Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman getting a theater pass from Charles Loewenberg, manager of the Strand Theatre.
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Clothing for "Women Who Work"

Date: 08 12 1954
Description: Manchester window display featuring outdoor clothing for "Women Who Work," with two mannequins, an office desk and a clothing stand with a jacket, hat and ...
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Ruth Harris and "Henry"

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Ruth Harris, acting curator of the Wisconsin Historical Society, is putting a man's coat from 1870 on a mannequin named Henry or Henrietta, if it is dresse...
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Madison War Housing Center Staff

Date: 09 21 1944
Description: Mrs. E.R. Meacham, Director of the Madison War Housing Center, talking with Mrs. Lloyd Miller and Lloyd Miller, Jr.
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Red Cross Worker with Two Clients

Date: 02 12 1945
Description: Volunteer Mrs. F.F. (Louise) Bowman, Jr., sitting at the information desk at Dane County Red Cross Headquarters, 315 North Carroll Street, is assisting Tec...
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Red Cross Liaison Agent Mrs. Kenneth (Rachel) Shiels

Date: 02 12 1945
Description: Mrs. Kenneth (Rachel) Shiels, a Red Cross liaison agent who works with servicemen and their families, is shown with Mrs. Elvin (Edna) Olson, whose husband,...
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Madison Drug Company Robbery

Date: 01 28 1947
Description: Drug salesman Harold Legler, Police Officer Howard Nelson, and clerk Al Hubin (left to right), are shown standing in the storeroom doorway at the Madison D...
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Louis Waldorf and E.C. "Ole" Severson at Burr Oaks Golf Course

Date: 04 17 1947
Description: Pictured left to right are Louis Waldorf, manager, and E.C. "Ole" Severson, owner, of the recently remodeled Burr Oaks public golf course on South Park Str...
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Internal Revenue Service Office

Date: 03 14 1949
Description: Elevated view of workers serving customers at the Internal Revenue Service office as the tax deadline nears.
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Christmas Rush at the Post Office

Date: 12 20 1949
Description: A crowd gathers at the main post office located at 215 Monona Avenue to post their Christmas mail.
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Madison Air Force Enlistees

Date: 01 03 1951
Description: A group of air force enlistees poses for a group portrait before departing from Madison for Milwaukee. They are part of the thirty-three who were accepted ...
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Women Protestors in a Judge's Office

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Six irate women drivers sit in the office of superior court judge Roy H. Proctor's office to protest his dismissal of a traffic charge against a male drive...
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Madison Tax Payers

Date: 01 22 1952
Description: A line of taxpayers queue up to pay their 1951 city taxes at City Hall, 2-4 West Mifflin Street.

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