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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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Helen Schleck

Date: 09 26 1932
Description: Helen Schleck (Mrs. Mathias H.), standing beside a radio, is a Dane County pioneer celebrating her 86th birthday, 1201 Sherman Avenue.
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Telegraph Operator

Date: 09 27 1956
Description: Miss Nellie Millane sits at the telegraph key at Western Union Telegraph Co. where she worked as a Morse Code operator for 49 years.
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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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Suitcases

Date: 11 12 1967
Description: Women unpack their suitcases at rest home.
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Relaxing in the Barber Chair

Date: 06 1971
Description: Barber Mike Godsell sitting back and relaxing in his shop.
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Edward S. Cooper

Date: 04 24 1945
Description: Edward S. Cooper, 1811 Jefferson Street, holding playing cards. Mr. Cooper, who is 90 years old, enjoys good health, gardening and playing skat with his fr...
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Susan Washburn

Date: 12 28 1909
Description: Studio portrait of Susan Washburn, who is wearing a black dress and a watch on a chain.
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Newly crowned Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, and governor Oscar Rennebohm shown with Highland's oldest resident, 93-year old Chris Blabaum at Highla...
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Hospital Room

Date: 1930
Description: Posed view of a patient room in the recently constructed Methodist Hospital, showing a nurse on the telephone near a bed, and a doctor and elderly patient ...
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Frederick Jackson Turner at Hancock Point

Date: 1927
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner poses with a gun in his hand outdoors at Hancock Point on Frenchman's Bay.
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August F. Klitzman

Date: 01 27 1949
Description: August F. Klitzman, elevator operator at the Dane County Courthouse, at the controls in the elevator.
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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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U.W. Class of 1902 Reunion

Date: 06 20 1952
Description: Fred Leiser (left) is shown presenting a $12,000 scholarships check to University Vice-President Ira Baldwin (right) at the Half Century club luncheon in t...
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Dairy Days Parade

Date: 1950
Description: Bernard Arms holding a firearm poses on a parade float decorated in an autumn theme, including a stuffed bear, fox, and squirrel. The parade was a part of ...
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Round the Clock — Exterior

Date: 05 22 1998
Description: "Round The Clock restaurant is at 111 S. Main Street, West Bend, WI."
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Frank's On The Lake — Exterior

Date: 10 30 1998
Description: "Brenda Willz and her son Logan join us at Frank's On The Lake in Dundee." From left to right; Brenda Wilz, Logan, Shirley Widmer, Ralph Widmer, Rudy Heine...
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Pyramid Supper Club — Exterior

Date: 11 19 1999
Description: "The pyramid Supper Club is on Hwy 33, east of Beaver Dam, WI." From left to right; Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Ralph Widmer, and Shirley Widmer. View at night.
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Polio Survivors Value March of Dimes

Date: 12 27 1954
Description: Mrs. Judith Lokken, a grandmother of three, was diagnosed with polio in August 1954 but is now virtually recovered.
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Senior Center Lunch

Date: 01 1979
Description: Lunch at a Senior Center.

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