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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Stenographers

Date: 1894
Description: Stenographers at the law firm of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum, & Vilas.
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Office Baby

Date: 05 19 1965
Description: Mother brings baby to secretarial job.
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Telegraph Operator

Date: 09 27 1956
Description: Miss Nellie Millane sits at the telegraph key at Western Union Telegraph Co. where she worked as a Morse Code operator for 49 years.
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Evening Wisconsin Newspaper Staff

Date: 1916
Description: Staff of the "Evening Wisconsin" newspaper. Left to right: 1) Alvin Steinkopf, 2) Jessica Knowles, 3) John R. Wolf, and 4) Arthur Dering.
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Milwaukee Women's Suffrage Office

Date: 06 1912
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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