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One-Armed International Harvester Factory Worker

Date: 10 12 1910
Description: One-armed factory worker in a suit and bowler hat posing against a brick wall. The man likely worked at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
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Delivery Truck

Date: 03 05 1930
Description: Mitchell Sales Co. delivery truck, with two men making a delivery to the rear of a store, Pyrofax agent.
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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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John Welton Fisher

Date: 02 17 1937
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Welton Fisher, Milwaukee medical director.
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Walgreen Employee Honored

Date: 11 15 1949
Description: Robert A. Knoll (left) receives a gold watch in honor of his 25 years of service with Walgreen Drug Stores. It is being presented by E.A. Rintelmann. Mr. K...
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Teen Summer Jobs

Date: 08 09 1950
Description: Charlene Schaefer, East High School 1950 graduate, is shown operating the telephone switch board at Lake View Sanatorium.
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Teen Summer Jobs

Date: 08 09 1950
Description: Peggy Huiskamp, soon to be a Wisconsin High School senior, holds a tray of cookies at her summer job at Langdon's Home Bakery and Delicatessen on State Str...
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Teen Summer Jobs

Date: 08 09 1950
Description: Sherwyn Woods, 1950 Wisconsin High School graduate, is shown spending his third consecutive summer as an employee of the Rennebohm Drug Company.
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Portrait of E.E. Manuel

Date: 1930
Description: Portrait of E.E. Manuel, Superintendent of the Winnebago County Asylum. Manuel is seated at a desk with his head in profile while looking out the window. H...
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E.E. Manuel Working at His Desk

Date: 1930
Description: Portrait of E.E. Manuel, Superintendent of the Winnebago County Asylum sitting at his desk with a ledger in front of him. In the background is a typewriter...
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Union Women

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Ruby Allman (right), secretary of Local 538 Amalgamated Meat Cutter and Butcher Workmen of North America at Oscar Mayer and Company, signs up Dorothy Braun...
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New Members of Visiting Nurse Staff

Date: 07 17 1958
Description: Two recent additions to the visiting nurse staff of the Madison health department include, from left to right: Charlotte Sneyd, physical therapist; and Pat...
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University Hospital Employees Recognition

Date: 09 18 1959
Description: Lloyd Hughes, hospital superintendent, and Alma C. Olson of Belleville attend a recognition ceremony for non-academic employees of University Hospital who ...
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Celebrating National Hospital Week

Date: 05 09 1960
Description: University Hospitals Superintendent Lloyd Hughes presents a recognition pin to Ruth Vivian during National Hospital Week. Vivian has worked at the hospital...
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Portrait of Male Employee Standing Outdoors

Date: 12 26 1922
Description: Full-length portrait of a man wearing a suit standing on a sidewalk alongside a factory wall.
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Eleanor Blankenship

Date: 08 15 1960
Description: Eleanor Blankinship, age 66, is shown at her desk at the University hospital allergy clinic where she started working in 1943. She shares a house with her ...
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Man Wearing Business Suit at McCormick Works

Date: 05 01 1913
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing on a metal grate in front of a brick wall. A window on the right has a metal grate protecting it.
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Man Wearing Business Suit at McCormick Works

Date: 06 04 1913
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing on a loading dock in front of a brick wall.
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Portrait of Man

Date: 02 14 1918
Description: A man (employee?) is sitting in a chair in a room. There is a piano on the right.
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Portrait of Man Posing in Chair

Date: 06 10 1911
Description: Portrait of a man sitting in a chair on a sidewalk near a building. In the background are trees in a lawn, and another building.

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