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Alexander Legge

Date: 12 03 1930
Description: Alexander Legge (1866-1933) sitting with Miss Florence Melchert, an "entertainment" provided by International Harvester for 4-H Club delegates. Miss Melch...
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Quick Set

Date: 04 26 1954
Description: Intern holds letter set and watches Linotype operator at "Mid-County Times" newspaper room.
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 01 14 1954
Description: Nancy Staudenraus, "Wisconsin State Journal" librarian and assistant Spelling Bee director, and Ernest P. Green, day foreman of the press room, looking at ...
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High School Students War Work

Date: 09 21 1944
Description: Eight high school students taking a few minutes off from their duties at Oscar Mayer and Company. From left: Kenneth Morrow, East High; Edward Wingen, East...
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Charence L. Greiber with World War II Veteran

Date: 04 12 1945
Description: Clarence L. Greiber, Director of the Wisconsin State Board of Vocational and Adult Education, with Lester Morrisey, a discharged World War II veteran, show...
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Senior High School

Date: 1897
Description: Workers pose on scaffolding in front of the Senior High School during construction. A child and a man with a bicycle are on the lower left side underneath ...
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Tailoring at Madison Vocational and Adult Education School

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: Helen Johnson, tailoring instructor, and Mrs. Edwin (Gertrude) Johnson, student, at Madison Vocational and Adult Education School, 211-213 North Carroll St...
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Automobile Workers Workshop

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Description: Automobile workers workshop at Highlander; the Regional Director is third from left.
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Automobile Workers Sitting Outside

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Description: A group of Automobile workers sitting outside around a table. Part of a Highlander Folk School workshop.
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United Auto Workers at Highlander

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Description: Groupportrait of members of the United Auto Workers union attending a workshop at Highlander Folk School.
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Smelter Workers

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Description: Smelter Workers posing, singing together at Highlander Folk School. A woman holding a camera is taking a picture of them.
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Smelter Workers

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Description: A group of smelter workers, with their hands raised as if responding to a question, at a Highlander Folk School workshop.
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Hosiery Workers

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Description: A group of hosiery workers sitting on a bench, smoking cigarettes, and drinking coffee.
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Workers Eating at CIO Session

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Description: CIO session over a hedge with workers eating and drinking. Fourth from the left, Cole Danenburg, textile worker.
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Hosiery Workers Skit at Highlander

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Description: Three men are dressed as women, wearing brasseries, and skirts made from newspaper. Part of a hosiery workers workshop skit at Highlander Folk School.
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Hosiery Workers Laughing at Highlander

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Description: A group of four hosiery workers participating in a skit and wearing accessories made from newspaper, as part of a Highlander Folk School workshop. Joie Wil...
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Textile Workers Convention

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Description: Early CIO convention-organizers and union officials at a textile workers [?] convention.
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Ford Automobile Union Meeting

Date: 1944
Description: Group portrait of Ford automobile workers union, Local 903 delegation, at a Highlander Folk School workshop.
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Milwaukee Voactional and Adult School

Date: 03 1953
Description: Elevated view of construction of the new building, at Sixth Street and Highland Avenue. The downtown can be seen in the background, including the Schlitz c...
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T-20 TracTracTor with Killefer Rotary Fresno

Date: 1938
Description: A man operating an International TracTracTor (crawler tractor) at a construction site for a new school. Original captions states: "Board of Education, City...

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