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Wrecked Safe

Date: 04 30 1933
Description: Sinaiko Brothers Oil Co. filling station, at 702 Regent Street, showing wrecked safe damaged by thieves in robbery.
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Dean House Dining Room

Date: 04 18 1932
Description: Dining room in the Joseph and Minnie Dean house, 636 E. Gorham Street.
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"Boots" Cut Out Contest Entries

Date: 01 08 1932
Description: Display of some of the 5,000 entries that came into the "Capital Times" office for the first "Cut Out Puzzle" contest of the "Boots" character from the "Bo...
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Grace Putnam

Date: 12 26 1931
Description: Grace Putnam, executive secretary of the Madison Woman's Club, in the Woman's Building, 240 W. Gilman street.
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Jesse Smith at the Police Desk

Date: 10 12 1931
Description: Jesse Smith is on the job as desk sergeant at the Madison Police Department.
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Around-the-world Telephone Call

Date: 03 18 1931
Description: Norman Clapp, Appleton High School student, sitting in the governor's chair, represents Wisconsin in the around-the-world telephone conversation held in co...
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WIBA Radio Control Room

Date: 12 05 1930
Description: Mr. Hagen sitting at master control in the WIBA control room.
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Governor Philip F. La Follette

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: Governor-elect Philip F. La Follette reading a telegram at the La Follette campaign headquarters.
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Patrolman Peterson

Date: 06 08 1930
Description: Patrolman Peterson in uniform, sitting at a telephone table.
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Floralo Incense Company

Date: 09 18 1929
Description: Women working in the packaging and shipping department of the Floralo Incense Company, located at 1212 Regent Street.
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Hotel Loraine Lobby

Date: 09 21 1928
Description: Loraine Hotel lobby with local business directory next to registration desk, male customer at registration counter and two clerks in front of Western Union...
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Hinman House Interior

Date: 09 28 1928
Description: Albert Hinman Residence, 1 Vista Road. View from living room into dining room through arch, showing wall telephone on the left.
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Hinman House, Stairway Landing

Date: 09 01 1928
Description: Albert Hinman Residence, 1 Vista Road, showing the stairway landing.
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Telephone Switchboard

Date: 08 13 1946
Description: Telephone switchboard being rebuilt at the Madison Exchange of the Wisconsin Telephone Company.
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Men Making Telephone Switchboard Cables

Date: 08 14 1946
Description: Eleven male workers and one supervisor making telephone switchboard cables in the basement of the Wisconsin Telephone Company building.
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Telephone Toll Switchboard

Date: 08 14 1946
Description: Seven workers (two peeking through from behind the switchboard) and one supervisor rebuilding the telephone toll switchboard at the Wisconsin Telephone Com...
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Telephone Exchange

Date: 1910
Description: A female telephone operator posing sitting at the switchboard.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Office of SHSW Librarian

Date: 05 1896
Description: The office of Historical Society Librarian Isaac Bradley in the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Bradley, who joined the Society staff in 1...
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Rural Telephone Operator

Date: 11 1954
Description: Henry Anderson runs a switchboard on his 90th birthday, with his smoking paraphernalia and a photograph of him at the switchboard on a table nearby.
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Writing a Note

Date: 1950
Description: A woman writes a note at a small writing desk in her kitchen.

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