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| Date: | 01 29 1959 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Gaylord Nelson, wife of the governor and honorary chairman of the Dane County mental health campaign, places one of the first telephone calls to recru... |
| Date: | 03 01 1959 |
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| Description: | Six women, three with scripts, rehearse at a table set with a prop telephone. The original caption states: "Members of St. James Players will present a pla... |
| Date: | 03 25 1959 |
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| Description: | Four women taking part in a skit at the Madison League of Women Voters convention at the Unitarian Meeting House. Left to right are: Mrs. Mary Newgent, Mrs... |
| Date: | 05 01 1959 |
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| Description: | Howie Mazur has a telephone conversation with his favorite girl. The photograph was taken as part of a series entitled, "What to Do on a Date." |
| Date: | 10 27 1959 |
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| Description: | The theme "Every Call Counts" at the first United Givers report luncheon will be symbolized by the huge replica of a telephone. Shown with the phone are (l... |
| Date: | 01 25 1960 |
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| Description: | Southwest Wisconsin Council of the Telephone Pioneers of America, as their community service project, present a piano to the Children's Unit of University ... |
| Date: | 02 17 1960 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Youth Council telephone local home owners about providing sleeping rooms for young fans in town for the State Basketball Tournament.... |
| Date: | 03 21 1961 |
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| Description: | GA (general assignment?) reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal (?) sitting at a desk. |
| Date: | 11 06 1961 |
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| Description: | Certified professional secretary Dorothy Ogle, who is secretary to her husband, Sam, the executive director of the Wisconsin Retail Merchants Association. |
| Date: | 07 26 1962 |
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| Description: | With the Telstar model in the foreground and University of Wisconsin President Conrad Elvehjem looking on, Professor Arthur Code made a transatlantic telep... |
| Date: | 07 26 1962 |
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| Description: | Fred Bjorkstem, a Finnish student at U.W., made a transatlantic telephone call to Finland from Sterling Hall via the Telstar communications satellite. Tels... |
| Date: | 01 22 1964 |
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| Description: | Dick Collman, soliciting contributions by telephone, is one of the "Polio Pioneers" celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Salk vaccine trial by helping w... |
| Date: | 03 09 1965 |
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| Description: | Dispatcher Sgt. L.E. Odegaard sitting at a switchboard surrounded by newly installed dispatching equipment. Odegaard is on the second floor of No. 3 statio... |
| Date: | 05 12 1965 |
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| Description: | Officers of the fund drive for victims of multiple sclerosis are busy making final arrangements for the door-to-door canvas. From left are Ellen Schroeder,... |
| Date: | 07 23 1965 |
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| Description: | Adeline Brunke is shown at her desk in the Mayor's office on her last day before retirement. She served as secretary for four Madison mayors in the past se... |
| Date: | 09 30 1965 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Rodney Gallagher, Rt. 2, Fish Hatchery Road, with a phone at her ear and a list at her side. She is sitting at a table with her five children, who are... |
| Date: | 12 22 1953 |
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| Description: | Chief of weather operations, L.A. Joos, is on the telephone, while W.C. Williamson is standing at a slanted desk checking one of several weather maps. They... |
| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Katherine Quilliam (left), chief operator of unit No. 1 at the Madison office of the Wisconsin Telephone Company, interviews Mrs. Viola Cook for a position... |
| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Operator Pat Stephenson (left) receives instruction from Mrs. Vivian Meicher, a supervisor at the Wisconsin Telephone Company, who is wearing a headset. Th... |
| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Charles N. Goulet, Wisconsin Telephone Company manager, discusses operations with assistant manager, Vera Kloppmann. They sit at a broad desk that has a ro... |
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