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Fred Coe

Date: 1956
Description: Candid shot of Fred Coe, producer of "Playwrights '56," sitting at his production board.
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Hearth and Home

Date: 1950
Description: Kitchen and dining room area of a home with a fireplace.
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Hospital Care

Date: 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students care for a patient at the Fort Atkinson Hospital.
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Buying Paint

Date: 1950
Description: A couple waits at the checkout stand with a shopping cart and cans of Mautz paint and other supplies to purchase.
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Rocking Newborns

Date: 1950
Description: Women feed and rock newborn babies in a neonatal hospital unit.
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Canning Soft Drinks

Date: 1950
Description: A woman production line worker boxes cone-top cans of Tip Top soft drinks as they come off the production line.
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Grocery Shopping

Date: 1950
Description: A grocery clerk boxes up purchases as a woman and her young son wait at the checkout counter.
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Cutting the Cheese

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture workers cut large blocks of Swiss cheese.
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Television for Patients

Date: 1950
Description: Hospital or nursing home patients are able to view television in their rooms.
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Making Valentines

Date: 01 30 1958
Description: Schoolgirls showing one another the valentines they are making in class to celebrate the holiday.
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Modern Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: An interior view of a kitchen/dining area/den, from behind the electric range looking into the den.
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Newspaper Print Shop

Date: 1950
Description: Sports editor and sports reporter from the "Wisconsin State Journal" confer with a printer over trays of lead type.
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Stoking the Fire

Date: 1950
Description: A man in work clothes gets ready to shove a log into the fire chamber of a boiler.
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Cheese Wrapping

Date: 1950
Description: Women wearing white smocks or aprons wrap slabs of cheese for distribution.
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Map Gazing

Date: 1950
Description: A man and woman look at wall-size maps as he points to the east coast of the United States.
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Writing a Note

Date: 1950
Description: A woman writes a note at a small writing desk in her kitchen.
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Girls Pray

Date: 1950
Description: Two little girls kneel before an altar that is holding statues and a creche.
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Clothing Enhancement

Date: 1950
Description: A girl draws a design on a blouse worn by a mannequin while a woman observes her progress.
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Reading the Scriptures

Date: 1954
Description: Rabbi Max Lipschitz, and a group of Bar Mitzvah students wearing prayer shawls and yarmulkes, (Jewish skullcaps) gather around the torah on the altar to re...
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MacArthur for President

Date: 1951
Description: Men and women work at the campaign headquarters for the Douglass MacArthur campaign for president.

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