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Helen Hall, Youth Hostel Secretary

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: Helen Hall, secretary at the Youth Hostel headquarters on the Samuel Post farm on Middleton Road, near Shorewood Hills.
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Ona Sanford

Date: 12 20 1944
Description: Secretary Ona Sanford in her office. Ona handles all of the correspondence for Wittwer and Webster, Inc., insurance agency.
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Katrine Nickel

Date: 03 02 1945
Description: Portrait of Katrine Nickel, executive secretary of the Madison Girl Scout Council.
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Groves-Barnhart Secretarial School

Date: 12 12 1945
Description: Group of five women in class at the Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries, 502 State Street at Gilman Street. There is a large window in the background, s...
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Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries

Date: 04 22 1947
Description: Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries, 502 State Street. Director, Regina Groves, with a student (?).
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Hildur Hanson

Date: 08 1948
Description: Hildur Hanson, secretary to Wisconsin State Journal Editor Roy Matson, standing in front of the door to his office.
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Legal Aid Society Staff

Date: 12 21 1948
Description: Mrs. Ken H. (Virginia) Taylor, secretary of the Madison Legal Aid Society, arranging a case file for William, Oshkosh, (seated) a University of Wisconsin l...
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Roundy Coughlin and Bernard Gill

Date: 01 14 1949
Description: Roundy Coughlin, right, turning over to Bernard Gill, secretary of Roundy's Fun Fund, a check for $4,000.25. This money is used for the handicapped childre...
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff Members

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Roundy Coughlin, columnist and reporter, and Edith Goodman, his secretary, at her desk.
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 04 1949
Description: The Madison Business and Professional Women's club celebrates National Business Women's Week by honoring some of its members. Pictured is Mrs. Florence H. ...
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Joyce Bergmann, Secretary

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Joyce Bergmann, Waunakee, opens a file drawer in an office. She is the private secretary for Adolph C. Bolz, vice-president and plant manager of Oscar Maye...
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Doris Porter, Secretary

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Doris Porter, of 1224 Jennifer Street, sits behind a desk in an office. She is the private secretary to Governor Walter J. Kohler.
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Edith Kramer, Secretary

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Edith Kramer, of 325 West Main Street, sits at a desk in the office. She is the private secretary to Madison Mayor George Forster.
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Eleanore Oimoen, Secretary

Date: 09 03 1951
Description: Eleanore Oimoen of 445 West Gilman Street answers a phone call in an office. She is a secretary for Edwin B. Fred, University of Wisconsin president.
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Lola Bradford, Secretary

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Lola Bradford, of 933 Waban Hill, standing at a desk in an office. She is secretary and administrative assistant for Edwin B. Fred, University of Wisconsin...
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Doris Turner, Secretary

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Doris Turner of 929 East Johnson Street sits at a desk while typing. She is the private secretary for Thomas E. Coleman and Joseph A. Coleman, president an...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 06 1953
Description: Ardis Kirkpatrick, a private secretary to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Grover Broadfoot, is wearing the costume of an 1800's typist while using a Sholes...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 06 1953
Description: Elizabeth Stemp (right), owner of the Stemp Typewriter Company, shows a typewriter to customer Mildred Subey, associated with the Herfurth Insurance Agenc...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 06 1953
Description: Seated at her desk is Lorraine C. Jones, secretary to T.F. Wisniewski, a director at the State Board of Health. She is portraying a "modern" secretary as a...
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Hazel Thoreson

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Portrait of Hazel Thoreson, private secretary for Secretary of State Fred. R. Zimmerman.

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