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| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Katherine Quilliam (left), chief operator of unit No. 1 at the Madison office of the Wisconsin Telephone Company, interviews Mrs. Viola Cook for a position... |
| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Operator Pat Stephenson (left) receives instruction from Mrs. Vivian Meicher, a supervisor at the Wisconsin Telephone Company, who is wearing a headset. Th... |
| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | A group of people working at desks. One of these operators responds when someone dials for information. Most of their work is to provide telephone numbers ... |
| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin Telephone Company's main switchboard. Thirty five operators, all women, handle all toll calls. |
| Date: | 05 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Annual Wisconsin State Journal correspondents' conference held at the Nob Hill Supper Club. Shown are (left to right): John R. Prindle, assistant state edi... |
| Date: | 05 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Annual Wisconsin State Journal correspondents' conference held at the Nob Hill Supper Club. Shown attending the gathering are (left to right): Mrs. John Ge... |
| Date: | 06 04 1957 |
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| Description: | What do typical Madison female office workers do on their lunch break? Doris Ardelt and Joal Fenn order lunch at a downtown Madison cafeteria. |
| Date: | 01 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Governor Vernon Thomson enjoys a lunch at the Park Hotel after signing a proclamation claiming February 23 to March 1 Food Comes First in Wisconsin Week. T... |
| Date: | 02 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Kitty Daly, a cab dispatcher for the City Car Co. for the past 17 years, has been answering the phone in front of a microphone and an electrical telegraph.... |
| Date: | 04 03 1959 |
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| Description: | Two registration clerks confer behind a welcoming banner for the district Rotarian conference at the Hotel Loraine. They are Gertrude Fenner and Peggy Parr... |
| Date: | 07 01 1960 |
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| Description: | A group of six smiling postal workers are listening as Floyd Switzky, center, reads the news that Congress voted to override President Eisenhower's veto of... |
| Date: | 07 08 1960 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin Artist-in-Residence Aaron Bohrod is shown posing with his family. Shown (L-R) are Aaron Bohrod, Mrs. Ruth Bohrod, Georgi (14), and ... |
| Date: | 12 15 1960 |
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| Description: | Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor celebrates his birthday with his staff at a luncheon at the Hotel Loraine. Proctor turns 69 on December 18, 1960. He has been... |
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