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Superintendents of State Welfare Institutions

Date: 10 23 1944
Description: Group portrait of 13 superintendents of state welfare institutions with A.W. Bayley (extreme right, standing), director of the Wisconsin Deptartment of Pub...
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Madison United States Mail Carriers

Date: 12 07 1944
Description: Fifteen Madison U.S. Mail carriers standing on the front steps of the Madison U.S. Post Office. Lower row left to right: Martin T. Digney, Thomas M. Carey,...
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Meat Inspector at Oscar Mayer Company

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: I.R. Bruley, government meat inspector, is shown applying the circular federal inspection stamp to a side of beef at Oscar Mayer Company.
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Meat Inspector at Oscar Mayer

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: Meat inspector inspecting meat at the Oscar Mayer plant.
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Mailman George A. Perkins

Date: 03 10 1949
Description: Mailman George A. Perkins receiving a purse containing 25 silver dollars from Marshall Browne, publisher of the East Side News, on the 25th anniversary of ...
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Camp Pendleton Groundskeeping with International A

Date: 1944
Description: A woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and overalls uses an International Model A tractor to maintain an area of brush at the Camp Pendleton airfield. Tents ar...
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League of Women Voters

Date: 02 20 1950
Description: Mrs. Robert J. (Joan) Francis of 833 Miami Pass, member of League of Women Voters, listens to City Clerk A.W. Bareis as he explains how to use a voting mac...
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Man Seated on P&O Planter

Date: 1919
Description: Portrait of a man seated on a P&O planter.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 17 1953
Description: Four members of the Madison Parks Department building the ramp on Midvale Avenue for the upcoming Madison Soap Box derby. Left to right: Vie Cramer, Don Ke...
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Foster Parents

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Portrait of Marvel Albright and Cathrine Greer, both social workers with the Dane County Probation and Child Welfare Department.
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Foster Parents

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Dr. Hertha Tarrasch, center, psychiatrist, spoke to the foster parents, telling them about emotional problems of children. Dr. Tarrasch, who is consulting ...
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Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Banquet

Date: 02 13 1958
Description: Commissioner Melvin Larson presents honorary certificates for service to Catherine Griffith (five years) and Malitta Siebel (21 years).
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Civil Works Administration Project No. 14

Date: 1934
Description: Public building improvement under the state Civil Works Administration, project number 14. Carpenter and painter at work.
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Postal Loading Dock Inside Tent

Date: 12 07 1965
Description: Two postal workers arranging mail carts full of "yule mail" inside of a large canvas tent. The men working are George DeVoe, left, a superintendent enginee...
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Fish Car

Date: 1935
Description: Two men are standing in front of a railroad car on railroad tracks. A blanket is hanging over a line tied to the railing of the car. On the reverse of the ...
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Deer Check Station

Date: 11 1976
Description: At a Department of Natural Resources deer check station, a man is inspecting a buck tied to the top of a trailer. The other man is standing by the truck wa...
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Flambeau River Rapids

Date: 09 1930
Description: View across river towards three men in a canoe negotiating the Cedar Rapids of the Flambeau. Large boulders are along the far shoreline. On the reverse of ...
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Emil Kramer

Date: 09 1940
Description: Conservation Warden Emil Kramer is standing on a float in the American Legion National Convention parade in Boston, Massachusetts. He is wearing waders and...
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Voters

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: A steady line of voters kept election clerks busy at the Fourth Ward in the City-County Building.

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