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Women Sewing for Civil Works Administration Project

Date: 1934
Description: A group of Fond du Lac women sews clothes for a Civil Works Administration project in 1934. The CWA was an emergency program that lasted from November 1933...
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Interior of Pond House

Date: 1920
Description: Interior view of home, perhaps taken through an open window. The sash and sill are in the foreground. A woman is sitting on the piano bench in front of a g...
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Mendota Beach School Classroom

Date: 1922
Description: View from front of classroom of children sitting at desks at the Mendota Beach School.
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Wright's Model For Service Station

Date: 1931
Description: An architectural model of a village-type roadside service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Window to Prescription Department

Date: 08 22 1941
Description: Two pharmacists busy themselves in the Tesiero's Pharmacy's prescription preparation area. Part of the customer waiting area is in the foreground.
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Two Young Women in Bedroom

Date: 1929
Description: Two young women talking in a bedroom. One is packing or unpacking clothes into a travel bag. A copy of Herbert Quick's "Vandemark's Folly" is among the boo...
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Deering Works Drafting Room

Date: 1905
Description: Three draftsmen are working at their desks at International Harvester's Deering Works. The factory was originally built by William Deering for the Deering ...
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Cafeteria

Date: 10 13 1980
Description: Empty cafeteria in state office building.
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Hamilton Twine Mills Employees Eating Lunch

Date: 1930
Description: Male and female workers eating lunch inside the cafeteria at International Harvester's Hamilton Twine Mills, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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The Grill Room

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: A waitress sets restaurant tables in anticipation of evening business.
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Ultimate Hi-Fi System

Date: 08 12 1958
Description: Urbane gentleman shows off his sophisticated high fidelity wall system with reel-to-reel tape deck, reels of tape, and record albums.
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Back Porch Laundry Room

Date: 10 13 1963
Description: A housewife showing off her newly-installed laundry room.
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Women Working in Canvas Department of McCormick Works

Date: 07 22 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of women workers measuring, cutting and sewing sections of canvas for binder back curtains, combine hoods and curtains, burlap bags,...
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Beauty Class

Date: 1927
Description: A beauty culture class in session.
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Female Workers at West Pullman Works

Date: 1930
Description: Female factory workers assembling parts at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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Frenchy's Restaurant Interior

Date: 03 02 1946
Description: Interior view of tables and booths in Frenchy's Restaurant, 3302 University Avenue.
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Madison Public Library

Date: 11 15 1945
Description: Elevated view of interior of the Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street. Margaret Nordholm, on the left, and Emma Bryan on the right are standing...
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Test Kitchen and Laboratory

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of five women workers in an Oscar Mayer Company test kitchen and laboratory. A low wall is separating two women working at desks on ...
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Test Kitchen and Laboratory at Oscar Mayer

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of five women researchers performing various aspects of food research and related activities in a test kitchen and laboratory at the...
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Upstairs Bedroom of House after Explosion

Date: 03 19 1945
Description: Upstairs bedroom of Bane residence damaged by explosion at North Bay, Lake Mendota.

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