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Victorian Era Postcard

Date: 11 17 1909
Description: Colorized view depicting men and women office workers taking a break in a celebratory mode. Two of the women are taking a sheet off the calendar on the wal...
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Office Baby

Date: 05 19 1965
Description: Mother brings baby to secretarial job.
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Confined to Bed

Date: 08 28 1960
Description: An insurance executive carries on with work after he was hit by a car, dictating letters to his secretary from his hospital bed, with his leg in traction.
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Edwards Truck Line Owners

Date: 1935
Description: Dorothy Edwards sits at a desk while her husband, H.L. Edwards, stands beside her. The couple were operators of Edwards Truck Line and owned six Internatio...
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Hamburg Branch House Office Interior

Date: 1935
Description: Office workers at desks in International Harvester's Hamburg branch house in Germany.
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Breslau Branch House Office Interior

Date: 1935
Description: Workers at desks in the head office ("hauptburo") of International Harvester's branch house in Breslau, Germany.
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John C. Moore and Louise Strauss

Date: 1945
Description: John C. Moore and Louise Strauss sitting at a desk at H.W. Moore Co., an International power equipment dealership. Mr. Moore was president of the company a...
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Local Resident Pickets at Kroger Store

Date: 1969
Description: Picketers on the sidewalk in front of a Kroger supermarket in Oshkosh demonstrating for and against the grape boycott. Signs read, "Eat Grapes Best Medicin...
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The Mart

Date: 02 18 1978
Description: "The Mart. Mrs. Karl Hoff tends the drugstore in its 'Going Out of Business Sale.'"
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Job Interview Tips

Date: 04 10 1957
Description: Portrait of Jacqueline Miller, seated at a desk typing a job resume.
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Pure Oil Farewell Dinner

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: Mrs. Jack McCarron (left), Mae Boyd, Mrs. Irv Skoyen and Mrs. D.W. Kirner, employees of the Pure Oil Co. Madison office, are leaving the company or being t...
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Irna Phillips Dictacting to Her Secretary

Date: 10 1940
Description: Irna Phillips sits at her desk dictating a letter to her secretary.
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Newest City Map Shown by Chamber

Date: 06 20 1958
Description: Two Madison Chamber of Commerce employees are shown holding the newest map of the city printed by the chamber. The maps sold for ten cents. The two women ...

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