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WAVES in a Classroom

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Description: WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in a classroom sitting at typewriters listening to headphones studying code.
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Naval Training Class

Date: 04 1943
Description: Navy personnel sitting at typewriters wearing headphone learning code, probably during World War II. The sailors are in an auditorium or gymnasium, possib...
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Fluoroscope

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Description: The shoe fitting fluoroscope was a common fixture in shoe stores during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. A typical unit, like the machine shown here, consisted ...
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Western Hunting Trip

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Description: Dr. James Jackson (left), and his brother Joseph W. Jackson (right), on a western hunting trip. The individual in the center is unidentified.
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Portrait of Robert Bloch: Laborer

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Description: Bloch dressed as a "laborer," worried about what he would do for a living if he couldn't write. The photograph was taken for the "History" scrapbook.
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Portrait of Harold Gauer at Typewriter

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Description: Portrait of Gauer at typewriter in the Brady Street "Lab. A similar one was taken of Bloch, then one was reversed and printed together to show Bloch and Ga...
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Milt Polland on Phone

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Description: A record photograph of Polland when Gauer was working for him during the war.
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Portrait of Myron Gordon

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Description: Portrait of Gordon was taken for campaign literature during his race for judge with Hedding. Gordon won. Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer represented Gordon a...
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Tom Amlie at Typewriter

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Description: Photograph of Amlie working at a desk. The photograph was taken for his race with Smith in the Racine district.
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Tom Amlie

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Description: Campaign photograph for Tom Amlie at typewriter.
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An Awkward Fix

Date: 07 1892
Description: Engraved illustration depicting Frank Lenz sitting on the edge of a railroad bridge holding his safety bicycle in front of him and his box camera on his ba...
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Listening to the Radio

Date: 08 23 1922
Description: A man, possibly Henry A. Rumsey, is showing his radio to a group of family and friends.

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