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| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | As part of a Wisconsin unemployment project, workmen dig a sewer trench by hand for the city of Spooner. |
| Date: | 02 1932 |
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| Description: | Engraving by Charles Silver to mark the passage of Wisconsin's Unemployment Compensation Law, the first in the nation. |
| Date: | 01 1935 |
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| Description: | Sewing project for Milwaukee County women to make and repair clothing for relief families. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Civil Conservation Camp (CCC), tentatively identified as the Bloomington camp. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Civil Conservation Corps (CCC) camp at Scott Lake. |
| Date: | 04 26 1975 |
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| Description: | Speakers platform for the Jobs Now Rally called by the AFL-CIO at R.F. Kennedy Stadium. The rally was called to draw attention to the problems caused by th... |
| Date: | 04 26 1975 |
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| Description: | Banner displayed by Milwaukee's Amalgamated Meatcutters locals at the Jobs Now Rally sponsored by the AFL-CIO in R.F. Kennedy Stadium. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Children of unemployed members of the Amalgamated Clothing workers picket with their parents to protest low-wage clothing imports. They carry signs that re... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View of the atrium of Milwaukee's City Hall with a crowd of people gathered to register for unemployment compensation. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | National Youth Administration workers cutting stone in the quarry near the Grignon House. A sign behind the group of boys says: USA Work Program." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from behind the counter of men lined up in the Second Office of the State Employment Agency. Three people in the foreground are providing assistance, ... |
| Discover the effects that the Panic of 1857 had on La Crosse. |
| Hard Times in Wisconsin |
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| Discover the role Wisconsin played in ending the Great Depression |
| Read about the Works Progress Administration and efforts to create jobs and stimulate the economy in Wisconsin during the Great Depression. |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
| Date: | 06 01 1965 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Chapter of Women in Community Service, Inc. gathered around a long table. They will be conducting screening interviews of applicants... |
| Date: | 09 2013 |
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| Description: | The bronze and plaster sculpture by George Segal depiciting five men waiting in a bread line at a door. The sculpture is on the rooftop garden of the Madis... |
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| Description: | A political poster with text reads: "I Did Not Vote For Inflation, Recession, Unemployment, High Taxes Or Hypocrites. How about Using Your Tax Dollar On Yo... |
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| Description: | Satirical drawing of a man pushing a wheelbarrow to carry his oversized belly that reads: "Information Needed: $10,000.00 Reward for any Politician or Bura... |
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| Description: | Black on white caricature of President Jimmy Carter with wide grin, and the word "WHAT" in red letters. Question marks surround his head. The text reads: "... |
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