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Farmer and Computer

Date: 01 27 1960
Description: A farmer observes the processed results of the workings of an early computer or data machine. The machine was used to process and to organize data on a her...
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Analyzing Composition of Cement

Date: 09 20 1956
Description: Katharine Mather of the Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station checks a computer analysis of the composition of cement.
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Crunching Numbers

Date: 11 10 1963
Description: Male students run data cards through a computer to match couples for a school dance.
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The Answer Machine

Date: 11 13 1963
Description: A question is fed into a "computer" created by the mathematics club at John Marshall Junior High School. This was a project in observance of American Educa...
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Pamela J. Waukau

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Description: Pamela J. Waukau, typesetting the "Menominee Tribal News".
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Legislator Using Computer

Date: 03 18 2000
Description: Legislator working on a computer.
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Western Union New Equipment

Date: 12 07 1948
Description: The new Western Union equipment in the Madison office which is connected with an 'electric brain' in Minneapolis, permitting faster transmission of message...
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Data Processing

Date: 11 10 1960
Description: A student studies key punch operation in a data processing class at Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools. She is seated at a very large computer.
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Inside Project ELF

Date: 12 15 1981
Description: Captain Charles Biele and an unidentified staffer in the Navy facility at Clam Lake known as Project ELF.
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Inside Project ELF (Alternate View)

Date: 12 15 1981
Description: Captain Charles Biele and an unidentified staffer inside the Navy's facility at Clam Lake known as Project ELF.
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Clean Suit

Date: 08 29 1995
Description: Congressman David R. Obey putting on protective clothing for a tour of the Cray Computer facility.
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Cray Tour

Date: 08 29 1995
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey touring the new Cray Computer facility. Obey had been involved in securing federal funding for the company.
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Computer Assisted Learning

Date: 05 1998
Description: As part of his support for education, Congressman David Obey visited many schools within his district. Here he observed elementary school students in Wisco...
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Mary and Katie Temp

Date: 11 24 2011
Description: Mary (Kate) Marcou Temp is sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper while her daughter Kate Temp is kneeling on the floor viewing her electronic reader on T...
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Dungeon Mistress with a Computer

Date: 08 17 1981
Description: View from behind of a young woman wearing a t-shirt with the title Dungeon Mistress printed on the back while she plays an adventure game called Telengard ...
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Check-in at the Airport

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey (right) at the check-in counter at a Wisconsin airport. This view from behind the counter shows a woman checking his ticket and t...
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Learning Braille

Date: 03 1990
Description: Theresa Lions Club present Joey Bernhard, who is blind, a device to learn braille.
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RNC Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View across table with a sign indicating a seat number. In the background, reporters and journalists are sitting at tables with their equipment inside the ...
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Journalist Watching the Debates

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: View from back of room looking towards journalists sitting at long tables in the media filing area in the Panther Arena. They are watching Bobby Jindal, an...
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Young Journalist Watching Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A young journalist is sitting behind a table looking at his Dell computer. A water bottle and smart phone are on the table next to him. Around him other jo...

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