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Lillian Sholes

Date: 1872
Description: Lillian Sholes, demonstrating a prototype typewriter invented by her father, Christopher Latham Sholes.
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Stenographers

Date: 1894
Description: Stenographers at the law firm of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum, & Vilas.
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St. Xavier's Academy

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Description: A view of the Office of the Directress at St. Xavier's Academy. A roll top desk sits by the window and a small table holding a typewriter stands to the rig...
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Putnam Catholic Academy

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Description: View across desks with typewriters in a classroom. A windowed partition separates it from a classroom with desks facing a blackboard on the other side.
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Office Skills Class

Date: 1978
Description: Business and Office Skills Class at Tomahawk High School. Nine students work at their typewriters.
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Frame 72: People Testifying at Depositions

Date: 1964
Description: An African-American woman is seated behind a small table while speaking. On the left a stenographer types, and on the right a group of people sit and liste...
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Robert Doyle in London

Date: 05 31 1944
Description: Robert Doyle in his room in London, England, at the Mount Royal Hotel. He is working at his typewriter in front of the window.
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Robert Doyle at His Typewriter

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Robert Doyle (shirtles), works at the typewriter in his quarters in the BOQ (Bachelor Officer Quarters) #5, room 110, at CINCPAC (Commander in Chief, Pacif...
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Headquarters Office

Date: 1918
Description: A group portrait of four soldiers in uniform sitting at their desks at the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps headquarters office. The soldier on the ...
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War Correspondent at His Typewriter

Date: 07 1943
Description: Robert Doyle types stories about the Red Arrow Division in his tent while seated on his cot. The tent sides are tied open. A crate serves as a typewriter s...
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Editorial Staff of the Milwaukee Journal

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Description: Two men sitting at desks in the editorial room of the Milwaukee Journal. The room was decorated by a newspaper staff artist. At left, the balcony sc...
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A Ghost Visiting Harry E. Hill

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Description: Harry E. Hill, seated at a desk, with a shrouded skull image to his left. The skull is exposed to look translucent, as is common in spirit photography.
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Stencil List Department

Date: 1928
Description: The stencil list department of The W.S. Ponton Company.
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Ada James at her Desk

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Description: Suffragist Ada James sitting at her desk.
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Louise Leighton

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Description: Louise Leighton poses sitting at her typewriter. She is wearing a dress, necklace, ring and an embroidered handkerchief in her pocket. The typewriter sits ...
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Interior of Gisholt Main Office

Date: 04 1908
Description: Interior of office with wooden rolling chair, filing cabinets, calendars (for April 1908), Smith Premier No. 2 typewriter, and rubber hand stamps. On the w...
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Christmas, 1917

Date: 12 1917
Description: A night-time view of Herbert and Margaret Brumdber's living room decorated for Christmas. The live tree is decorated with electric lights, glass ornaments,...
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Arville Schaleben Using Typewriter

Date: 05 23 1935
Description: Arville Schaleben using a typewriter in a tent. Caption with negative reads: "One-second exposure of myself inside out [sic] sleeping quarters and office."
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Staff of Chicago Daily Socialist

Date: 1909
Description: Staff of Chicago Daily Socialist working at desks in a large, open room. Caption reads: "Staff of Chicago Daily Socialist. L to R.: A.M. Simons, W. Beyer(?...
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Esther Van Wagoner Tufty

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Description: Portrait of Esther Van Wagoner Tufty sitting at a desk.

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