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L.C. and Daisy Bates Watching Television

Date: 09 1957
Description: L.C. and Daisy Bates watching television with Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus on the screen.
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International Harvester Office Workers

Date: 1914
Description: Women and men at work inside an office. The women are using typewriters. A large advertisement for International motor trucks is on one wall.
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Three Women with Formal Dress

Date: 12 26 1945
Description: Shown left to right are: Judith Tormey, Florence Crowley, and holding a formal dress, Kathleen Kellogg. They are students at Rosary College.
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Stay-At-Home Mothers

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Mary Heine wraps a bandage around the leg of her daughter Sally, age 8. The photograph was taken as part of a Mother's Day article featuring the many roles...
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Breaking Ground for Christ Presbyterian Church

Date: 05 14 1961
Description: Breaking ground for the new Christ Presbyterian Church are John Wimberly, son of the pastor, and Miss Minnie Winifred Hastings, 420 S. Brooks Street, a lon...
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Mayor Soglin as Honorary Host

Date: 06 27 1990
Description: Mayor Soglin standing at the microphone as Honorary Host of Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra's Concerts on the Square.
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Interviewing Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: Greg Neuman of WKOW-TV sitting in a folding chair interviewing Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz who is sitting next to him...
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Hillary Clinton Greeting the Moderators

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: Hillary Clinton greeting Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, two anchors of the PBS NewsHour and the moderators for the Democratic presidential debate, held in t...
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Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 1988
Description: A postcard with George H.W. Bush's face superimposed over the face of a woman standing next to a typewriter, desk and chair. The text reads: "GEORGE BUSH I...
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Drawing Class Taught by Television

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Description: View from back of classroom towards a group of students sitting in desks watching a television and drawing.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Operator Pat Stephenson (left) receives instruction from Mrs. Vivian Meicher, a supervisor at the Wisconsin Telephone Company, who is wearing a headset. Th...
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American Optical Company

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Slightly elevated view of three women in the order department at the American Optical Company, located on 429 State Street. Two women are standing at a cou...
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Glynis Johns with Mermaid Tail

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Description: Two women are arranging a mermaid tail over actress Glynis Johns. The latter is in a special bed that is hiding her legs. They are preparing to shoot a sce...
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Harvesting Grapes

Date: 1909
Description: A group of women and children are standing in front of the porch at Island Lodge. From left to right: Jeannette Holt smiling and holding a bundle of vines ...
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University of Wisconsin Eagle Heights Apartments for Married Graduate Students

Date: 03 25 1958
Description: Mrs. R.W. Doskotch serves lunch to her baby daughter Donna Leisa at their unit in the U.W. Eagle Heights graduate students apartments. Mr. Doskotch earned ...
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Playing Flinch

Date: 02 08 1912
Description: Group of people playing the card game called Flinch. There is an electric lamp in the background. Caption reads: "Cousin Carolyn, foster mother during abse...
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Lounge for Women Employees

Date: 10 15 1914
Description: A group of women are in a lounge for women employees.
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Lounge for Women Employees

Date: 10 15 1914
Description: A group of women are sitting and standing in the lounge. A Victrola is against the wall on the right.
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Lucy Rumsey Holt with Camera

Date: 01 1913
Description: Amateur photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt is holding a folding camera. Her daughter Jeannette Holt is standing beside her outside on the porch at the Evergreen...
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Practice Job Interview

Date: 03 13 1968
Description: A woman and a man are sitting at a table. The woman is speaking into a microphone. A tape deck in the foreground is connected to a television. Caption read...

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