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Niles Trammell

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Description: Studio head and shoulders portrait of Niles Trammell.
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Chet Huntley with Equipment

Date: 1956
Description: Chet Huntley, manning a portable television unit, for coverage of 1956 political conventions.
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Mother and Children with Typewriter

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Description: A woman and two small boys are sitting at a typewriter in the kitchen.
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Radiophone

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Description: A woman takes down menus and recipes that she hears on her radiophone.
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St. Joseph's Computer

Date: 12 14 1967
Description: A secretary in the pathology department at St. Joseph's Hospital working at a new computer.
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Enjoying the Sound System

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Description: A little girl stands at the built-in home entertainment system consisting of a phonograph turntable, radio, and single speaker.
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Rural Telephone Operator

Date: 11 1954
Description: Henry Anderson runs a switchboard on his 90th birthday, with his smoking paraphernalia and a photograph of him at the switchboard on a table nearby.
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Working the Linotype

Date: 1950
Description: A woman types text into a linotype machine.
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Printed Circuit Board

Date: 1950
Description: Jean Hoffman looks over a printed circuit board in the foreground, with a map of Madison, Wisconsin on the wall behind her.
Drawing

Lamp or Exploring Coil

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Description: Rendering of a Thordarson Electical Manufacturing Company product. Chester Thordarson was a Chicago inventor and manufacturer of electical apparatus, famo...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Elevator

Date: 1900
Description: The elevator in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin photographed shortly after the completion of the building in 1900. The elevator is stopped on the...
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J.C. Iversen & Co.

Date: 1900
Description: Four-level building with shorter buildings flanking it on either side. On the road in front two carriages are visible, drawn by horses. A group of men ar...
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City Ice Company Truck

Date: 1946
Description: A man removes a bag from the back of an International truck owned by City Ice Company. The truck is parked on a street in front of a coffee shop which adve...
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Catherine Orb Seipp

Date: 1910
Description: A seated portrait of Catherine Orb Seipp sitting near a window, knitting. Her upholstered chair has carved wood accents.
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Shirley Clarke and Mal Waldron

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Description: Shirley Clarke standing next to Mal Waldron, who is sitting. There is a television monitor behind them. They are working on the film "The Cool World."
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Elaine May and Mike Nichols

Date: 1965
Description: Elaine May and Mike Nichols sitting on stools and performing during an appearance on the Jack Paar Program on NBC.

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