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Making First Dial Telephone Call in Mazomanie

Date: 02 06 1946
Description: Mazomanie Village President Theodore R. King, seated at a roll top desk, dials the first telephone call to be handled through the Wisconsin Telephone Compa...
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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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Hugh Flannery Receives $100 War Bond

Date: 01 29 1945
Description: With a backdrop of celebrity portrait photographs and stacks of coins on his desk, Hugh Flannery, manager of the Orpheum Theatre, is receiving a $100 War B...
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Wendell Willkie and Aaron Martin Brayton

Date: 03 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie visits with Aaron Martin Brayton, retired editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, on his bed in a local hospital room during Willkie'...
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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, at her desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Romance Koopman and Bobby Koopman

Date: 06 24 1944
Description: Romance Koopman and her son, Bobby Koopman. She did freelance writing and radio scripts, and was a winner of five national awards for writing. Her mother w...
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Harry G. Marsh

Date: 11 04 1944
Description: Harry G. Marsh, passenger agent for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, seated at his desk. Mr. Marsh was responsible for troop movements to and from Trua...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Curlee Seals, Jr. discussing plans for his 1949 Soap Box Derby racer with three members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce, Curlee's sponsor for the...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Officials

Date: 06 17 1949
Description: Group portrait of the officials for the 1949 Soap Box Derby. Left to right, seated: Sgt. Ed Roman, of the Marine recruiting station; Ralph Hult, president ...
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Man Sits at Desk in Western Union Office

Date: 1930
Description: Leon Lamoreux sits at his desk in the Western Union office at 21 West Main Street. (This building no longer exists.) He and his wife, Beatrice, later taugh...
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Japanese Home Furnishings

Date: 09 14 1953
Description: The W.H. Wikoff residence, 34C University Houses, contains many Japanese furnishings. Mrs. Catherine (William H.) Wikoff is shown with a Japanese dish and ...
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Carl Stromberg

Date: 10 30 1953
Description: Portrait of Carl Stromberg, a Methodist minister newly appointed to First-University Methodist Church at 203 Wisconsin Avenue. His father, brother, and fou...
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Orchard Ridge Community Club

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Officers of the Orchard Ridge Community Club working on the club's local newspaper. President James Motl, standing, submits an item to Glenn Lyans, vice-pr...
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Hazel Thoreson

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Portrait of Hazel Thoreson, private secretary for Secretary of State Fred. R. Zimmerman.
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Attorney John Lawton

Date: 02 11 1954
Description: Portrait of labor attorney John Lawton seated at his desk.
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Polio Survivors Value March of Dimes

Date: 12 27 1954
Description: Mrs. Judith Lokken, a grandmother of three, was diagnosed with polio in August 1954 but is now virtually recovered.
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Assembly Floor

Date: 1967
Description: Democratic leadership on the Wisconsin Assembly floor: left to right: Robert T. Huber, minority leader; David R. Obey, assistant minority leader, and Norma...
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Professional Women in Madison

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Portrait of Dorothy Waite, Assistant Director of Wisconsin Division for Children & Youth, Department of Public Welfare.
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Job Interview Tips

Date: 04 10 1957
Description: Virginia Strickland, a senior at East High School, demonstrating making a good first impression at a job interview by smiling warmly, maintaining an alert ...
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Certified Professional Secretaries

Date: 11 06 1961
Description: Certified professional secretary Dorothy Ogle, who is secretary to her husband, Sam, the executive director of the Wisconsin Retail Merchants Association.

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