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First Wisconsin Unemployment Check

Date: 08 17 1936
Description: Front side of the first unemployment check issued in Wisconsin to Neils B. Ruud.
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C.W.A. Pay Station

Date: 12 09 1933
Description: Men crowd around the newly opened Dane County C.W.A. Pay Station at the corner of West Dayton and North Carroll Streets to pick up paychecks.
Photograph

Unemployed Men in Line for Jobs

Date: 11 20 1933
Description: Unemployed men stand in line for CWA (Civil Works Administration) jobs, inside the Public Employment Office, 111 W. Main Street.
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Recession Hearing

Date: 03 15 1961
Description: A man is standing and holding a microphone. Behind him are two cameramen with cameras, and several people sitting or standing. In the foreground are two me...
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Arthur J. Altmeyer

Date: 1936
Description: Portrait of Arthur J. Altmeyer, a key figure in the creation of the United States Social Security system. Altmeyer was a student of John R. Commons at UW-M...

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