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Varsity Hand Laundry Employees

Date: 05 17 1934
Description: Interior of the Varsity Hand Laundry, located at 527 State Street. There are four women ironing, and several workers are standing behind them. A sign in th...
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Cardinal Hand Laundry

Date: 04 18 1934
Description: Interior of the Cardinal Hand Laundry, 619 State Street. Two women are ironing, while another woman is folding clothes while under the attention of their m...
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Laundress at Madison General Hospital

Date: 02 06 1934
Description: Older woman laundry worker folding items at a table in front of industrial laundry equipment, in the laundry at Madison General Hospital.
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Eight Capitol Scrubwomen

Date: 06 09 1933
Description: Group portrait of eight Wisconsin State Capitol scrubwomen. Left to right: Mrs. Mary DeRenzo, Mrs. Elizabeth Weddig, Miss Mary McCloskey, Mrs. Ingeborg Sid...
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Mrs. Mary DeRenzo

Date: 06 09 1933
Description: Mrs. Mary DeRenzo, "Dean of the scrub women's crew" at the Wisconsin State Capitol, holding the mop she used for thirty years.
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3F Steam Laundry Curb Service

Date: 07 07 1931
Description: 3F Steam Laundry curb service, 731 University Avenue. Showing employee taking laundry from an automobile. A sign posted on the tree on the right reads: "Cu...
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Fleet of 3-F Laundry Trucks

Date: 07 11 1929
Description: Fleet of 19 3-F Steam Laundry trucks and one automobile with drivers sitting at the steering wheels in front of the office and plant at 731 - 747 E. Dayton...
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Fleet of 3-F Laundry Trucks

Date: 07 11 1929
Description: Fleet of 19 3-F Steam Laundry trucks and one automobile with drivers in the driver's seats at the steering wheel. They are parked in front of office and pl...
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Fleet of 3-F Laundry Trucks

Date: 07 11 1929
Description: Fleet of 19 3-F Steam Laundry trucks and one automobile with drivers standing beside the vehicles in front of office and plant at 731-747 E. Dayton Street.
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Fleet of 3-F Laundry Trucks

Date: 07 11 1929
Description: Fleet of 19 3-F Steam Laundry trucks and one automobile, with drivers standing beside their vehicles in front of office and plant at 731-747 East Dayton St...
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Charles H. Seals

Date: 04 03 1929
Description: Portrait of Charles H. Seals, janitor at the Security State Bank, 1965 Atwood Avenue. He is standing next to a rubber tree plant and is cleaning the table.
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Men Greasing Cars

Date: 07 01 1927
Description: Men greasing cars in the Klean Rite Auto Laundry, located at 739 East Mifflin Street.

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