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Signing Wisconsin Unemployment Law

Date: 01 28 1932
Description: Governor Philip La Follette signing Wisconsin's pioneer unemployment compensation law. From left to right are Henry Ohl, Elizabeth Brandeis, Paul A. Raushe...
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Mrs. Otto and Theodore Dammann

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Description: Secretary of State Theodore Dammann busy at his office desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol clearing correspondence and dictating to his secretary, Mrs. Ott...
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Group Portrait in the Governor's Office

Date: 12 23 1920
Description: Members of the Department of State in the Governor's office at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Seated, in the middle, is Secretary Fred R. Zimmerman.
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Office Environment

Date: 1926
Description: A businessman and his secretary at the desk in his office.
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Group Portrait of New York Life Personnel

Date: 04 12 1945
Description: Group portrait of New York Life Insurance Company office staff and agents, 110 East Main Street.
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Oscar Mayer and Co. Telephone Operator

Date: 01 19 1944
Description: A telephone operator wearing a headset sits in front of a switchboard at the Oscar Mayer Co.
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Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Retirement Party

Date: 01 26 1944
Description: Retiring employees of the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department were honored by 116 employees at a dinner party set up in the office.
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Madison News Agency

Date: 11 10 1943
Description: Office interior of the Madison News Agency, 446 West Gilman Street, taken from entrance. Employees are sitting in the room, and in the background a group o...
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Madison News Agency

Date: 11 10 1943
Description: Madison News Agency, 446 West Gilman Street, office interior with room on left showing a man at a desk, and the room on the right showing two women at a de...
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First National Bank Mail Room

Date: 11 08 1943
Description: Four messenger girls and a man in the First National Bank mail room.
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Selling Defense Savings Bonds

Date: 01 1942
Description: Man and woman consider buying Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps from a clerk at a basement CUNA Credit Union National Association office.
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State Office Building Interior

Date: 03 11 1942
Description: Women office workers in "one of the many extra offices needed to handle the rush for birth certificates" in the Wisconsin State Office Building (Capitol An...
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Microfilm Laboratory, State Office Building

Date: 02 11 1942
Description: Three men are making microfilm copies of birth records in the microfilm department at the Wisconsin State Office Building (Capitol Annex), 1 West Wilson St...
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State Vault Room for Birth Records

Date: 03 11 1942
Description: A group of employees records birth records in the Vault Room in the State Office Building (Capitol Annex), 1 West Wilson Street.
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King Street Arcade Office

Date: 07 29 1941
Description: Office interior on the second floor of the Capital City Bank Building, 111 King Street, also known as the King Street Arcade, with two female office worker...
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Roy F. Bergengren and Female Employee

Date: 06 10 1941
Description: CUNA (Credit Union National Association) Managing Director, Roy F. Bergengren, sitting at desk, talking to female employee.
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CUNA Information Desk

Date: 06 10 1941
Description: Man signing register at the CUNA (Credit Union National Association) information desk, 1342 East Washington Avenue.
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CUNA Office

Date: 12 13 1940
Description: General view of large office area with workers at new office location of CUNA (Credit Union National Association), 1342 East Washington Avenue.
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CUNA Office Workers

Date: 12 13 1940
Description: Five CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office workers seated around a desk at the new office, 1342 East Washington Avenue.
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Auto License Bureau

Date: 05 17 1939
Description: Wisconsin Auto License Bureau, 16-20 E. Doty Street, Card Typing Department, with women at typewriters and male supervisor.

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