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Receiving First Dial Telephone Call in Mazomanie

Date: 02 06 1946
Description: Charles T. Davies, Mazomanie representative of the Wisconsin Telephone Company, receives the first dial telephone call to be handled through the Wisconsin ...
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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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Manchester's Department Store at Christmas

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Description: Santa Claus talks on a telephone at a Christmas display at Manchester's Department Store.
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: The Advertising Department of the "Wisconsin State Journal" has artists, copy writers, and technical experts to "help you shop."
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 06 1953
Description: Seated at her desk is Lorraine C. Jones, secretary to T.F. Wisniewski, a director at the State Board of Health. She is portraying a "modern" secretary as a...
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500 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 500 block of State Street. Business include: The Towers (student apartments), Pantorium Dry Cleaners, The...
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club Babysitting Project

Date: 03 01 1953
Description: Julia Jose, chairman of the University Dames Club cooperative baby sitting project, talking on the telephone.
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Kroger Supermarket Opening

Date: 11 18 1957
Description: Two women relax in the lounge of Kroger's Midvale Plaza, 525 South Midvale Boulevard, while shopping at the supermarket. The lounge is a special feature of...
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American Optical Company

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Slightly elevated view of three women in the order department at the American Optical Company, located on 429 State Street. Two women are standing at a cou...
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Oscar Mayer Sales Room

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Description: Elevated view of men sitting at a row of cubicles. Some of the men are talking telephones, and other men are writing on legal pads. Oscar Mayer advertiseme...
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The Dollard Home and Harry Wigonitz Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Dollard Home and the Harry Wigonitz Building. The Dollard Home is a Queen Ann-style house with porch and turret. Two p...
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Fred Klein Building and Hubert Schmitz Boarding House

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings. The building on the left is the Fred Klein Building. The upper two floors are apartments. The ground floor ...
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Greyhound Executive Inspection Tour

Date: 07 11 1957
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen (seated) using a mobile phone as Arthur Genet, president of the Greyhound Corp. looks on. They are inside a Greyhound Scenicruiser bus...
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We Saw You . . . Selling Christmas Trees

Date: 12 11 1958
Description: Emil Zentner sells Christmas trees over the telephone from the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps parents group tree lot located at the Midvale Plaza Shop...
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Time Realty Building Accident

Date: 11 02 1960
Description: The smashed-in front facade of the Time Realty Co. office, 2434 University Avenue, as a result of a car backing up with a stuck accelerator. Seen inside th...

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