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Regina Groves at Her Desk

Date: 02 17 1938
Description: Regina Groves (Mrs. Earl Barnhart), sitting at her desk, operating an interdepartment communication system at the Groves School for Secretaries. Behind her...
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Regina E. Groves

Date: 11 08 1937
Description: Regina E. Groves (Mrs. Earl Barnhart) talking to a man sitting across the table/desk from her at the Groves School for Secretaries, located at 502 State St...
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Around-the-world Telephone Call

Date: 03 18 1931
Description: Norman Clapp, Appleton High School student, sitting in the governor's chair, represents Wisconsin in the around-the-world telephone conversation held in co...
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Central High School Tychoberahn Business Office

Date: 04 16 1929
Description: Central High School Tychoberahn business office with students working at tables.
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Governor Goodland and Little Friends of America School Children

Date: 03 23 1944
Description: Slightly elevated group portrait of Governor Goodland signing a scrapbook prepared by the Little Friends of America, Baraboo children's organization, for t...
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Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries

Date: 03 19 1947
Description: Portrait of Regina E. Groves Barnhart, director of Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries, 502 State Street.
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Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries

Date: 04 22 1947
Description: Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries, 502 State Street. Director, Regina Groves, with a student (?).
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United States Armed Forces Institute

Date: 12 30 1947
Description: Assembling educational materials for servicemen-students all over the world are the employees of the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI), headquar...
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University of Wisconsin Recreation Students

Date: 11 23 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin recreation student Mary Ann Busch, Eagle River, receives a call for a student to lead games at a little girl's club. Glenn Gritzmac...
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Man and Woman at Desk

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Description: A man is reading at a desk, while a woman writes on a pad of paper seated nearby in an office at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Extension Employees Constructing Lecture Charts

Date: 1919
Description: Group of male and female workers assembling International Harvester Agricultural Extension lecture charts.
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Planning High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 04 1957
Description: Madison families offer rooms to teenagers attending the annual State Basketball Tournament. Full-time help takes reservations and information. Mildred Cole...
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Job Interview Tips

Date: 04 10 1957
Description: Virginia Strickland, a senior at East High School, demonstrating making a good first impression at a job interview by smiling warmly, maintaining an alert ...
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Marian W. Engelke

Date: 12 19 1957
Description: Marian Engelke looks forward to a new career as a professional social worker. As part of the course work for her master's degree, she spends 20 hours a wee...
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Governor Lucey Signs Chapter 115

Date: 08 1973
Description: Governor Pat Lucey signing Chapter 115 ensuring public education for children with disabilities as parents, children and others look on. Midge Miller stand...
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Family Record Book Developed by University of Wisconsin Faculty Members

Date: 12 29 1960
Description: University of Wisconsin faculty members Louise A. Young (R) and L. G. Sorden have developed a "Family Record Book" that allows for a complete listing of fa...
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We Saw You . . . Touring Newspaper Plant

Date: 02 09 1961
Description: The 2nd grade class at Hawthorne School tour the Madison Newspaper, Inc. plant as part of a week-long study of newspapers in their Social Studies class. Th...
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We Saw You . . . Touring Newspaper Plant

Date: 02 09 1961
Description: The 2nd grade class at Hawthorne School tour the Madison Newspaper, Inc. plant as part of a week-long study of newspapers in their Social Studies class. Pe...
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Mrs. Margaret C. Browne, UW Extension Home Economics

Date: 02 16 1961
Description: Mrs. Margaret C. Browne is Assistant Director of the University of Wisconsin Co-operative Extension Service and state leaders of the the home economics ext...
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State School for Girls

Date: 1956
Description: A teenage girl is sitting in a chair in the right foreground in front of a desk. A woman is sitting behind the desk facing her. Caption reads: "Oregon, Wis...

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