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Telephone Switchboard

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Description: Mrs. Thompto and employee Ethel Clemens working at the telephone switchboard.
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W.V.B. Holloway

Date: 1946
Description: W.V.B. Holloway, Richard Quinney's maternal grandfather, sitting at a a table looking at a large book of maps. A phone is mounted to the wall next to him ...
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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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Man and Woman at Desk

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Description: A man is reading at a desk, while a woman writes on a pad of paper seated nearby in an office at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Domestic Abuse Counselor

Date: 1990
Description: Close-up of a female domestic abuse counselor sitting at a desk holding a bible with a rope-noose around it.
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State Senator Michael Ellis

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Description: State Senator Michael Ellis conversing with President H.W. Bush.
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Texting

Date: 2012
Description: Trixie, a young woman texting while standing on the sidewalk on 7th Street. She is wearing eyeglasses, a houndstooth patterned coat with jeans, and sheepsk...
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Election Worker

Date: 10 2012
Description: Mrs. Curt Reithel, a La Crosse County Democratic Headquarters worker, on the phone during the 2012 Election run-up. She is seated at a desk. A brick wall i...
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Chester P. Gross

Date: 1935
Description: Indoor portrait of Chester P. Gross, seated in a chair at a desk. He is writing in a notebook with a pencil. Gross photographed the Wisconsin State Capitol...
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Gene Coffman at His Desk

Date: 1966
Description: Gene Coffman, founder of Gratco Corporation, at his home office desk, 414 Clemons Ave., looking down at a small toy model.
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Gene Coffman at His Desk

Date: 1966
Description: Gene Coffman, founder of Gratco Corporation, looking up from his office desk in his home, 414 Clemons Ave.
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: View looking down at the Save the Mounds demonstration on the ground floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol against Assembly Bill 620. In the center is a dru...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: View looking down at the Save the Mounds demonstration on the ground floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol against Assembly Bill 620. In the center is a dru...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: View looking down at the Save the Mounds demonstration on the ground floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol against Assembly Bill 620. In the center is a dru...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. Two protestors hold a banner that reads: "Yo, WI-GOP-Thugs, Why Not 'Dev...
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College Barber Shop

Date: 09 08 2014
Description: The last week of business at the College Barber Shop. Interior details include prices for haircuts, shaves, and trims, and framed photographs and other ite...
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"Don't Believe the Liberal Media"

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A man and a woman are facing each other and leaning against a metal barricade fence, each holding up signs from the Media Research Center that read: "Don't...
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Security at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: An African-American police officer in the foreground is talking on a phone or walkie-talkie while he is surveying the line of men and women waiting to ent...
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Welcome: The Wall Street Journal

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Two women are standing on either side of a large welcome sign from "The Wall Street Journal." The woman on the left is holding a phone in her hand and is w...
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At the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A man and a woman are standing and facing each other, but looking down at their smart phones. Behind them, lines of people are wait to enter the Milwaukee ...

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