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| Date: | 09 26 |
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| Description: | Three women, employees of Oscar Mayer Company, hand gifts to co-worker Irene Loveland, who lost her home and personal possessions in a fire. Left to right... |
| Date: | 01 04 1950 |
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| Description: | Alfred Ellickson and Alfred Randall playing violin and guitar, while Adolph, standing at right, is holding a lighter up to a large cigar held in the guitar... |
| Date: | 10 1975 |
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| Description: | Picket line of Madison Local 444 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers union on strike against the Packerland Packing Co. |
| Date: | 09 16 1950 |
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| Description: | George H. Johnson (left), Gisholt Machine Company president, and Stanley Prideaux (center), president of the United Steelworkers of America, congratulate F... |
| Date: | 10 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Pictured is the city of Madison street department's new $4,000 leaf loader during operations in the 12th Ward. The suction unit, which is like a huge "vacu... |
| Date: | 08 31 1955 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Robert P. Garvey, a bus driver for the Madison Bus Company, seated behind the steering wheel. |
| Date: | 03 17 1951 |
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| Description: | Robert "Bob" Mahnke of 1155 Williamson Street admires a special birthday card signed by 127 of his fellow employees at the Gisholt Machine Company, where h... |
| Date: | 11 12 1951 |
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| Description: | Robert Lawrence works as an apprentice mechanic at Royal Typewriter Company after his recovery from tuberculosis. |
| Date: | 11 15 1951 |
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| Description: | New members of the Ray-O-Vac Company's 25 Year Club were initiated during ceremonies at the organization's annual banquet at Hotel Loraine. |
| Date: | 12 13 1951 |
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| Description: | Dane County Highway Department employees line up to donate blood during the annual Red Cross blood bank drive. Left to right: James O'Connell, Russell Roed... |
| Date: | 12 1947 |
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| Description: | A man stands next to an automobile in front of Du Bois Super Service at 1 North Mills Street (at the Corner of Regent Street), owned by Louis A. Du Bois. A... |
| Date: | 02 06 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the recently elected officers of the Madison Truck Driver Local 442 Union. Front row, left to right: Leslie White, business agent and rec... |
| Date: | 02 09 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the officers of the Ray-O-Vac Battery Workers union. Left to right seated are: Evelyn Gotzion, Marion Shaw, Marcia Stich, and Maxine Boyl... |
| Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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| Description: | A zoo keeper is standing beside Winkie, the Vilas Zoo elephant, as she is eating her "birthday cake" to celebrate her birthday and second anniversary at th... |
| Date: | 04 1930 |
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| Description: | Three women standing at the entrance of the Western Union branch office at 650 State Street. The woman in the middle is Beatrice Lamoreux. She and her husb... |
| Date: | 09 01 1952 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Iron Workers Local 383 float in the Labor Day parade on Capitol Square. It won first place for originality. |
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| Description: | Jack Sanders, Lewis Arms's co-worker at Greyhound, sits on a curb on Brearly Street to eat his lunch. |
| Date: | 10 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of seven staff members, possibly including Robert E. Girard, at the Hi-Lo Super Market at 2038 Jenifer Street. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Boilermakers and their helpers pose on and around a horse-drawn wagon that bears a sign that reads "Boiler-makers and Helpers," perhaps for a parade. Man o... |
| Date: | 01 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of William Skaar (known as Bill), the president of the Battery Workers' Federal Union at the Ray-O-Vac Company. |
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