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National Recovery Act Compliance Board

Date: 11 09 1933
Description: National Recovery Act compliance board members, l-r: Mrs. George J. Ritter, Jerome B. White, Ray M. Stroud, George P. Hambrecht, and Roy R. Feeney sitting ...
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C.W.A. Pay Station

Date: 12 09 1933
Description: Hundreds of men are crowded around the newly opened Dane County C.W.A. pay station, at the corner of West Dayton and North Carroll Streets.
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Aranka Martinelli with Two of her Children

Date: 11 28 1933
Description: Aranka Martinelli with two of her eight children. Her husband, Felix, obtained employment through the CWA (Civil Works Administration) program.
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Thanksgiving Baskets

Date: 11 29 1933
Description: A table and chairs are laden with rows of Thanksgiving baskets prepared by the Volunteers of America for distribution to needy families.
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Volunteers of America Giving Out a Thanksgiving Basket

Date: 11 29 1933
Description: Volunteers of America volunteer handing out a Thanksgiving food basket.
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Unemployed Men in Line for Jobs

Date: 11 20 1933
Description: Unemployed men stand in line for CWA (Civil Works Administration) jobs, inside the Public Employment Office, 111 W. Main Street.
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Men Registering for CWA Employment

Date: 11 20 1933
Description: Doris Brobst, clerk for the Public Employment Office, sitting at her desk, 111 W. Main Street, registering a group of men for CWA (Civil Work Administratio...
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Worker at City Water Works

Date: 11 20 1933
Description: John Hines dismantling one of two out-of-date pumps at the Madison Water Works, 311 N. Hancock Street, a job he obtained through the CWA (Civil Works Admin...
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Men in front of Grand Army Hall

Date: 10 13 1933
Description: Six men with a flag in front of Grand Army Hall, 118 Monona Avenue, (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard). Taken as publicity for the motion picture "Forgott...
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Flower Garden at 3F Laundry

Date: 09 21 1933
Description: Flower garden at 3F Laundry, 731 East Dayton Street. Shows fence, arbor, birdhouse, and garden chairs.
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Mayor Law and Chic Sale

Date: 07 20 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law presenting the keys of the city to Chic Sale, former Dane County land owner and character impersonator performing at the Orpheum Theater...
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Madison Welding and Supplies Mural

Date: 08 09 1933
Description: "Madison Welding" NRA (National Recovery Administration) sign painted on the side of a building, possibly on the side of Madison Welding at 9 N. Ingersoll ...
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Goodyear Service Employees and NRA Sign

Date: 08 01 1933
Description: Group portrait of 13 Goodyear Service employees. Includes one woman, and nine men in uniform, posing in front of a store window with an NRA (National Recov...
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Kraft-Phenix Cheese Exhibit

Date: 06 21 1933
Description: Kraft-Phenix cheese exhibit, Loraine Hotel, at first convention of the Wisconsin Restaurant Owners association.
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Governor Schmedeman Signs the Beer Bill

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Governor Albert G. Schmedeman signing the Beer Bill with 14 men observing.
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Mayor Law Buying V.F.W. Poppy

Date: 05 10 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law buying V.F.W. poppy from Miss Jane Elizabeth Ward.
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Delegates to 18th Amendment Repeal Convention

Date: 04 25 1933
Description: Group portrait of delegates to the 18th amendment repeal convention. Text on back of print reads: "Delegation to the Convention for Ratification of the 21s...
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Emma Grahn and Children

Date: 04 05 1933
Description: Mrs. Emma Grahn, 57 Wirth Court, Madison's first woman justice of the peace, with her two children: Lucille, 10, and Warren, 9.
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Women with Governor Schemedeman

Date: 02 23 1933
Description: Governor Albert G. Schemedeman with Frieda Mooney, National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War Auxiliary, and Nina Westbury, Nati...
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Mary O. Kryzack

Date: 02 02 1933
Description: Portrait of Mary O. Kryzsak, Wisconsin's only assembly woman, speaking from her desk in the Assembly.

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