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First Unemployment Check in Wisconsin

Date: 08 17 1936
Description: Neils Ruud, 824 E. Dayton Street, receiving the first unemployment compensation check issued in Wisconsin from Voyta Wrabetz, chairman of the state industr...
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Dispersal of Fish

Date: 02 1935
Description: People receiving fish at a relief station in the wintertime.
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Taking the Civil Service Exam

Date: 06 1919
Description: A large group of men and women are sitting at typewriters in a gymnasium to take the state civil service exam.
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Mexican Migrant Workers

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: A Mexican woman and her six children are standing on the porch of the multiple-family housing provided to them by the pea cannery for which their husband a...
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Registering for Unemployment Compensation

Date: 1936
Description: View of the atrium of Milwaukee's City Hall with a crowd of people gathered to register for unemployment compensation.
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Water Supply and Plumbing at Mexican Labor Settlement

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Two outhouses and another building are in a field, with a water pump in the left foreground. Caption reads: "This Press picture shows the water supply and ...
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Recession Hearing

Date: 03 15 1961
Description: A man is standing and holding a microphone. Behind him are two cameramen with cameras, and several people sitting or standing. In the foreground are two me...

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