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| Date: | 09 14 1953 |
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| Description: | Two General Beverage Sales Co. employees. One man is sitting behind a desk, and the other man is looking over his shoulder. |
| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Operator Pat Stephenson (left) receives instruction from Mrs. Vivian Meicher, a supervisor at the Wisconsin Telephone Company, who is wearing a headset. Th... |
| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Charles N. Goulet, Wisconsin Telephone Company manager, discusses operations with assistant manager, Vera Kloppmann. They sit at a broad desk that has a ro... |
| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | A group of people working at desks. One of these operators responds when someone dials for information. Most of their work is to provide telephone numbers ... |
| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin Telephone Company's main switchboard. Thirty five operators, all women, handle all toll calls. |
| Date: | 03 15 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 05 1954 |
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| Description: | 44th Annual Wisconsin Telephone Association convention held at the Hotel Loraine located at 119 West Washington Avenue. Shown are (left to right): T.H. San... |
| Date: | 05 22 1954 |
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| Description: | Madison housing development at the corner of McKenna Boulevard and Gilbert Road in the Orchard Ridge neighborhood. Shows homes, sprawling backyards and tel... |
| Date: | 12 06 1954 |
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| Description: | A bed-ridden man working from home. Laying in a hospital bed set up in his living room, he is using a typewriter that that is sitting on a table between a ... |
| Date: | 12 27 1957 |
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| Description: | The tri-level home of I. Franklin and Arline Houseman, 821 Lakewood Boulevard in Maple Bluff, was redecorated with her choosing the color scheme. The kitch... |
| Date: | 03 25 1958 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 12 11 1958 |
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| Description: | Emil Zentner sells Christmas trees over the telephone from the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps parents group tree lot located at the Midvale Plaza Shop... |
| Date: | 12 31 1958 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Mary Snell who has been the post office telephone operator for almost 19 years. She answers complaints, refers calls, and gives information for hundre... |
| Date: | 11 08 1960 |
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| Description: | The election night staff of the Wisconsin State Journal on works its way Tuesday night through the vote returns. |
| Date: | 11 02 1960 |
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| Description: | The smashed-in front facade of the Time Realty Co. office, 2434 University Avenue, as a result of a car backing up with a stuck accelerator. Seen inside th... |
| Date: | 11 15 1960 |
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| Description: | New third grade teacher Diane Schmitt meets with Sun Prairie principal Bernard M. Dunn. |
| Date: | 09 30 1960 |
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| Description: | While Reynolds Transfer and Storage Co. moved furniture, Russ Gessler, 1250 Elmwood Avenue, Middleton, manager of the mail file, was upstairs waiting in an... |
| Date: | 12 29 1960 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin faculty members Louise A. Young (R) and L. G. Sorden have developed a "Family Record Book" that allows for a complete listing of fa... |
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