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Milo Milton Quaife

Date: 1953
Description: Portrait of Milo Milton Quaife (1880-1959), serving as director and editor from 1914 to 1920.
Photograph

Fauerbach Brewery Tavern

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Slightly elevated view of crowd in the Fauerbach Brewery tavern at 651 Williamson Street, with men and women drinking and toasting and celebrating the end ...
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Announcer Del Viney Inside WVLR Studio

Date: 1965
Description: Radio announcer Del Viney on the air inside Wisconsin's Very Live Radio (WVLR) station during the dinner music show. Caption reads: "Dinner Music Show is a...
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Female Worker Inspects Parts at West Pullman Works

Date: 1944
Description: Female worker inspecting small plastic and metal parts at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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Female Employees Operating Machines at IHC's Chatham Works

Date: 1944
Description: Slightly elevated view of female workers operating machines at International Harvester's Chatham Works in Ontario, Canada. The factory was originally owned...
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Hawkins Mine Employee

Date: 1945
Description: Worker at a Hawkins Mine machine shop checking a measurement on a large casting under a trouble light. Hawkins Mine was a subsidiary of International Harve...
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Picketing Gimbel's

Date: 03 15 1955
Description: Women from Pittsburgh AFL Retail Clerks' Union Local 1365 picket at the Milwaukee store.
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International Truck Dealers Pose with Truck Driver

Date: 1976
Description: View of two International truck dealers posing with truck driver and International Transtar II in front of dealership. Truck was owned by Carstensen Freigh...
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Alfred C. Clas

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of Alfred C. Clas (1859-1942), Milwaukee architect whose firm designed the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters building. The architectural f...
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Old Grocer in his Office

Date: 06 21 1960
Description: William Behnke goes over bills in his office at the rear of his store, which was in business since July 12, 1899.
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Orpheum Theatre Projector Operators

Date: 02 25 1939
Description: Group portrait of 10 male projection operators of Orpheum Theater, 216 State Street.
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Regina Groves at Her Desk

Date: 02 17 1938
Description: Regina Groves (Mrs. Earl Barnhart), sitting at her desk, operating an interdepartment communication system at the Groves School for Secretaries. Behind her...
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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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Philip La Follette Reading a Telegram

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: Governor elect Philip La Follette sitting and reading a telegram at La Follette headquarters.
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Man Weighing Chickens

Date: 07 30 1929
Description: Man weighing chickens on a Toledo scale at the Southern Wisconsin Produce Company, located at 638-40 West Main Street.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Thwaites' Office

Date: 1897
Description: Reuben Gold Thwaites, secretary of the State Historical Society, at his desk in the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Thwaites succeeded Lym...
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Harry Dyer and Robert Draves

Date: 08 06 1941
Description: Singer Harry Dyer (b.1864), right, and sound engineer Robert Draves.
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Daisy Bates and L.C. Bates

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Description: Daisy Bates and L.C. Bates, apparently wearing press badges, standing outdoors talking with an unidentified man. L.C. Bates, who is wearing a camera, is ap...
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Walt Kelly & Pogo on Book Tour

Date: 09 26 1952
Description: Cartoonist Walt Kelly at Central High School with a person dressed as one of his characters, Pogo. He is showing a drawing to a group of students.
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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, at her desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol.

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