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Naval Training Class

Date: 04 1943
Description: Navy personnel sitting at typewriters wearing headphone learning code, probably during World War II. The sailors are in an auditorium or gymnasium, possib...
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World War II Bond Sale

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Three women buying war bonds at Manchester's Department Store while two clerks ring up the sale. The three women are all wearing fur coats, as it is a spec...
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CUNA Office

Date: 02 04 1947
Description: Man and woman reviewing a document in an office, with three women working in the background at CUNA (Credit Union National Association).
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CUNA Bridge Magazine, Office

Date: 06 04 1947
Description: Credit Union National Association Bridge magazine, 1342 East Washington Avenue. There are seven women typing and working in the office.
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Legal Secretary Jennie Nelson

Date: 1898
Description: Secretary Jennie Nelson seated at her desk in the offices of the La Follette, Harper, Roe, & Zimmerman law partnership. After Robert M. La Follette, Sr., w...
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Farm Bureau Insurance Co. Office

Date: 04 24 1951
Description: Interior view of Farm Bureau Insurance Company (Rural Mutual Insurance Company) office, 18 S. Thornton Avenue.
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Vocational School Typing Room

Date: 11 22 1954
Description: Madison Vocational and Adult Education School, 211-213 North Carroll Street. View of typing room #442 from the back, featuring IBM typewriters. The ceiling...
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Vocational School Typing Room

Date: 11 22 1954
Description: Madison Vocational and Adult Education School, 211-213 North Carroll Street. Angled view of a typing room #442 from the front of the classroom. There are l...
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Christopher Latham Sholes

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Description: A portrait of Christopher Latham Sholes, the inventor of the typewriter. Sholes was an editor in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and later continued this work in Milwa...
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Receptionist at Rennebohm Home Office

Date: 1979
Description: A receptionist is seated at her desk in the Rennebohm home office, 2300 Badger Lane.
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Community War Chest Office

Date: 1945
Description: Three women work in the Community War Chest office. One of the women is typing and one is about to use the telephone. A sign on the wall behind the women r...
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Student using Typewriter

Date: 01 17 1955
Description: Richard Jefferson completing his PhD thesis on a rented typewriter in the Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin.
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Journalist Bertha Rupp at her Desk

Date: 09 12 1952
Description: Bertha Elbel Rupp, assistant society editor, seated behind her desk at the "Wisconsin State Journal."
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Students Publishing High School Newspaper

Date: 10 24 1955
Description: Central High School students, Nancee Meyers, Jean Loy, and Colenthia Hill working on an edition of the school newspaper, "Madison Mirror."
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Man in a Wheelchair

Date: 12 18 1956
Description: Robert Jensen typing while sitting in a wheelchair. He was paralyzed by spinal polio after serving in the United States Army in Korea.
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Sholes-Glidden Typewriter

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Description: The Sholes-Glidden typewriter.
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Editor Marshall F. Browne

Date: 08 04 1944
Description: Marshall F. Browne at his typewriter. He was editor and publisher of the "East Side News" and several other publications.
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O.C. Harris

Date: 08 11 1944
Description: O.C. Harris talking on the telephone in the office of his business, which is the O.C. Harris Company, 1217 East Broadway, Dane County's only twenty-four ho...
Painting

Wisconsin Centennial Mural

Date: 1948
Description: Center panel of the completed mural at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The image depicts wheat farming, one of the state's earliest and largest industrie...
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Ona Sanford

Date: 12 20 1944
Description: Secretary Ona Sanford in her office. Ona handles all of the correspondence for Wittwer and Webster, Inc., insurance agency.

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