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Woman Working at Gisholt Plant

Date: 1944
Description: A woman operates a lathe at the Gisholt plant on East Washington Avenue.
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 01 14 1954
Description: Nancy Staudenraus, "Wisconsin State Journal" librarian and assistant Spelling Bee director, and Ernest P. Green, day foreman of the press room, looking at ...
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Woman and Hemp Stalk Crusher

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: A woman is feeding hemp stalks into a crusher for rope production during World War II.
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Women Processing Hemp Fibers

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Two women processing hemp fibers at the DeForest hemp mill during World War II.
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Women Combing Hemp Fibers

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Lula Lawrence, lsft, and Esther Gunderson combing hemp fibers. In the background two women are sorting hemp fiber bundles for rope and cordage during Worl...
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Sausage Making

Date: 1944
Description: Four women operating sausage-making equipment at the Oscar Mayer Company during World War II.
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Ethel Anderson, Linotype Operator

Date: 08 31 1955
Description: Ethel Anderson at the linotype machine in the composing room of Madison Newspapers Incorporated.
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How to Use Voting Machine

Date: 03 08 1948
Description: First Step: The voter (Mrs. Thelma Hauser) receives her first instructions from the election official (Arvid Johnson) on a small working model. She must o...
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How to use Voting Machine

Date: 03 08 1948
Description: Step 5: The voter must leave the pointers down when she completes her choice, or her vote will not be recorded.
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University of Wisconsin Textile Testing

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: Margaret Cooper, Associate Professor of Home Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and director of the textile laboratory, testing the bursting...
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University of Wisconsin Textile Testing

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: Arliss Otto, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from Menominee Falls, testing a sample of fabric for fading at a laboratory fadeometer.
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Blessed Martin House

Date: 04 22 1948
Description: Four women sewing a 'sleeping garment' at the Blessed Martin House, 746 West Washington Avenue, an interracial and interfaith center sponsored by Madison C...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: Four ladies observing a woman demonstrating on a sewing machine at the University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week.
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff Member

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Carol Patterson compiles the mercantile and stock market sections of the "Wisconsin State Journal".
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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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League of Women's Voters

Date: 02 20 1950
Description: League of Women Voters member Mrs. Frederick (Priscilla) Greeky interviews Leon A. Smith, superintendent of Madison's Water Department, as part of the leag...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club

Date: 11 29 1950
Description: Mrs. George Linn and Mrs. C.L. Dillahunty run off copies of the "Damely News," a monthly newsletter for the Dames Club, a club for wives of University of W...
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Christmas Customs

Date: 12 14 1953
Description: Walter Maas of 4029 Council Crest making hand-made Christmas gifts for wife, Cecelia, and children, Twig and Robin.
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 01 14 1954
Description: Nancy Staudenraus, State Journal librarian and assistant Spelling Bee director, looks over 1954 Spelling Bee pamphlets as they come off the press. Ernest P...
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Union Women

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Clara L. Anderson of McFarland operates a machine that puts labels on small batteries. She works at Ray-O-Vac and is a leader in Local 19587, Battery Worke...

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