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| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Women and men at work inside an office. The women are using typewriters. A large advertisement for International motor trucks is on one wall. |
| Date: | 11 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of interior of the Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street. Margaret Nordholm, on the left, and Emma Bryan on the right are standing... |
| Date: | 05 17 1939 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Auto License Bureau, 16-20 E. Doty Street, Card Typing Department, with women at typewriters and male supervisor. |
| Date: | 05 17 1939 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Auto License Bureau Card Typing Department, located at 16-20 East Doty Street. Women government employees are sitting at desks, while a male supe... |
| Date: | 12 05 1935 |
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| Description: | Three female employees in the CUNA (Credit Union National Association) general office. 142 E. Gilman Street. |
| Date: | 10 30 1935 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Madison Cafeteria, 215 W. Washington Avenue. There are seven servers behind the counter, and two customers are sitting at tables. |
| Date: | 01 15 1931 |
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| Description: | A women dictates to another student practicing for ABC shorthand at the Dickinson Secretarial School, 105 Monona Avenue. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A female receptionist sits at a desk near a Farmall tractor in the entryway of "Harvester House" in Melbourne, Australia. Two large staircases are on the r... |
| Date: | 11 26 1918 |
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| Description: | Offices at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as "Auburn Works"). The offices are empty except for a lone switchboard operator. A sign ha... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Staff of the Joint Distribution Committtee's emigration office; Hamburg, Germany. |
| Date: | 10 04 1949 |
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| Description: | Three women discussing the aims and accomplishments of the Madison Business and Professional Women's Club being broadcast on the WKOW "Woman's World" broad... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Food not gas is now the fuel of choice at Monty's Blue Plate Diner in Madison. This former station once again serves as the lively neighborhood meeting pla... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A man and a woman stand behind two separate counters inside a restaurant at Stone-Tavern. Signs on the walls advertise Coca-Cola, Schweppes, and read "With... |
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| Description: | An undated photograph of a convention of District 1 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America. A sign in the background bears a picture of President Fr... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | John C. Moore (right) standing at the cashier counter in the offices of H.W. Moore Equipment Company, an International Harvester power equipment dealership... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Showroom of the Long Beach branch house featuring International trucks and parts on the showroom floor. There is an enlarged photograph or mural displayed ... |
| Date: | 08 1919 |
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| Description: | Group of several women, probably rural school teachers, assembling wood projects, including benches, while others are learning to tie rope. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Group of women, probably teachers, using tools to assemble various wooden products including nail boxes, benches and cabinetry(?). Three large posters are ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Men and women are working at desks in an International Harvester office as other employees unload packages from what appears to be a mail cart in the backg... |
| Date: | 06 1912 |
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| Description: | Two women seated at desks with typewriters in an office. A calendar on the wall indicates it is June 1912. Another poster advertises speakers in support of... |
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