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Businessman at his Desk

Date: 1918
Description: Unidentified business or professional man seated in a chair in front of a roll-top desk. He is wearing round eyeglasses, and there is a typewriter on the d...
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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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Theta Sigma Alumnae Host High School Journalism Day for Girls

Date: 10 31 1959
Description: Three members of East High School newspaper's staff, the Tower Times, pose near a typewriter. They are Roberta Ruggles, Diane Stitgen and Karen Ande...
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The Last Day in Camp

Date: 1930
Description: A woman is working on a Remington typewriter, set on a table with a patterned tablecloth, on the last day in camp. One man is standing in the center, and t...
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Recording the Contents of Each Box

Date: 06 1930
Description: A woman is recording the contents of each box on a Remington typewriter, set on a table with a patterned tablecloth, on the last day in camp. Three men are...
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Stencil List Department

Date: 1928
Description: The stencil list department of The W.S. Ponton Company.
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Woman Working in Insurance Office

Date: 11 19 1927
Description: Young woman sitting at a typewriter, presumably a staff employee, in the office of the Indiana Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
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La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman Law Office

Date: 1899
Description: Interior of the La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman law office, Madison, Wis.
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La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman Law Office

Date: 1899
Description: Two views of the interior of the La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman law office. Mr. Zimmerman is sitting in his inner office; the lady in the foreground ...
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Office Staff

Date: 1900
Description: Unidentified office interior, with members of the male staff. In the foreground on the left is an open safe. The inside of the door reads: "Hall's Patent."
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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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Five Girls at Desk

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Five girls at desk at Edgewood College.
Historical Object

Antique Typewriter Keyboard

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Description: The keyboard of the first practical typewriter, developed by Christopher Latham Sholes of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and marketed in 1874.
Postcard

William Fiebelkorn Home

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Description: William Fiebelkorn's family sit together in a sitting room. The two children pose with toys. There is a stuffed animal near William's feet. Anna Fiebelkorn...
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GA Reporter

Date: 03 21 1961
Description: GA (general assignment?) reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal (?) sitting at a desk.
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Wisconsin National Guard Wives

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Wisconsin National Guard Second Lieutenant John R. Lonergan's wife Diane sitting behind a desk at what appears to be a bank. Lt. Lonergan was called up for...
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Certified Professional Secretaries

Date: 11 06 1961
Description: Certified professional secretary Molly Foye sitting at her desk at the Wisconsin State Headquarters of the Selective Service System. She is the secretary t...
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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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Ada James at her Desk

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Description: Suffragist Ada James sitting at her desk.

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