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Bank of Wisconsin Tellers

Date: 01 11 1928
Description: Elevated view of teller cages, Bank of Wisconsin, located at 1 West Main Street.
Print

First Ultrafax Transmission

Date: 10 21 1948
Description: A man and a woman stand by an Ultrafax machine as the first-ever transmission is received.
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Beatrice Orvold, Manager of the Western Union Office

Date: 1923
Description: Beatrice Orvold, the manager of the Western Union office. Beatrice later married Leon Lamoreux, and they both taught at the U.S. Naval Training School (Rad...
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New State Bank

Date: 1913
Description: Interior of the newly constructed state bank. Featured is a safe, which is open to display the metal gate which has the words: "State Bank of Fennimore" en...
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House Leaders

Date: 1991
Description: Speaker of the House Dick Gephardt (standing right) during a flight back to Washington after a House leadership tour of the Persian Gulf. With Gephardt are...
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Woman at Desk with Carpeted Wall and Floor

Date: 1970
Description: A woman wearing a red dress, brown shoes, and a beehive or bouffant hairstyle is sitting on a rolling chair with an adjustable back at a desk. She is comp...
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County Clerk's Office

Date: 1910
Description: Elmer S. Hall and his daughter, Olive Hall, in the County Clerk's office.
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Bruce Barton

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Description: Bruce Barton, board chairman of Batton, Barton, Durstine & Osborn (advertising firm) in his office. Behind him is a large illustration of a street scene. T...
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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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The Office

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Description: An unknown woman posing in an office with papers in her hand. In the background on the wall is a print of a Native American and a clock above filing cabine...
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Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson in a Library

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Description: Shirley Abrahamson is standing in a library reaching for a book. A man is sitting in the foreground.
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View of Office Interior

Date: 03 03 1911
Description: View of four people in a large, wood-panelled office with a high ceiling. One woman is sitting on the left behind a large desk in front of a safe built int...

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