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"Highlander Flash" Newspaper

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Description: CIO school in the 1940s. Features two women reviewing the "Highlander Flash," a newsletter produced by the Highlander Folk School.
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Sinclair Lewis Typing

Date: 1925
Description: Sinclair Lewis seated at a typewriter with a cigarette in a holder in his mouth.
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James Forman

Date: 06 1962
Description: James Forman in a SNCC (Student NonViolent Coordinating Committee) office.
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: Elevated view of part of the City Room with staff, "Wisconsin State Journal".
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Portrait of Harold Gauer at Typewriter

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Description: Portrait of Gauer at typewriter in the Brady Street "Lab. A similar one was taken of Bloch, then one was reversed and printed together to show Bloch and Ga...
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Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch in Office

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Description: Political "masterminds" at work during the Zeidler campaign in rented offices.
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Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer

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Description: Spoofing as the "Big Boys" in their rented offices during the Zeidler campaign.
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Merriman Smith

Date: 1969
Description: Merriman Smith, who covered the presidents from Roosevelt to Nixon for United Press International, in a characteristic reporter's pose in front of a typewr...
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Bob Allen in Wisconsin National Guard Uniform

Date: 1922
Description: Journalist Robert S. Allen, center, in military uniform, poses with the staff of the "Wisconsin State Journal". A graduate of the Wisconsin Journalism Scho...
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Bill Duren, Journalist

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Description: William C. Duren of Chippewa Falls, a journalist who worked for "Stars and Stripes" and the "Chippewa Herald Telegram," as well as launching Cygnet Films, ...
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Associated Press Office

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Description: The London office of the Associated Press, with Alvin Steinkopf working at his typewriter, center rear.
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Prague Newspaper Office

Date: 03 1948
Description: Alvin Steinkopf (left) and Abe Goldberg, two members of the Associated Press staff in Prague. Steinkopf began his career in Milwaukee and reported for the ...
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"The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" Movie Still

Date: 1956
Description: Movie still from the Twentieth Century-Fox movie "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit," featuring Gregory Peck (playing Tom Rath). He is smoking a cigarette a...
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Farm Worker Gives Oath

Date: 1967
Description: Jesus Salas, center, is the leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Chicano migrant workers' rights group started in the 1960s for the improvement of ...
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Obreros Unidos Office

Date: 1968
Description: At the center of the photograph, in hat, is Manuel Salas. One is Father Michael Garrigan, dressed in black. Chuck Miller is shown at left, and Father Mich...
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Salas Interpreting for Workers' Compensation

Date: 1967
Description: Jesus Salas, right, is the leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), a Chicano migrant workers' rights group started in the 1960s for the improvement of w...
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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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Railroad Station Office

Date: 1902
Description: Interior, with two men, of a small office, very likely a railroad company office. Maps are on the wall, and rolled up on a shelf near the ceiling.
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Cuban Rebels

Date: 1959
Description: Three Cuban rebels seated at a table. One of the men is using a typewriter.
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Clifford Lord

Date: 11 28 1947
Description: State Historical Society of Wisconsin Director, Cliff Lord, sitting at his desk and smoking a pipe.

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