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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: People waiting in line to mail their letters, packages and parcels in the lobby of the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue. A woman is standing at t...
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Annual Christmas Charity Ball

Date: 12 29 1953
Description: The annual Christmas Charity Ball held at the Loraine Hotel. Four members of the decorations committee survey their handiwork. Left to right are: Reed Cole...
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Katherine Quilliam (left), chief operator of unit No. 1 at the Madison office of the Wisconsin Telephone Company, interviews Mrs. Viola Cook for a position...
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 01 07 1954
Description: Red Cross blood drive at the Wisconsin Telephone Company. Nurses are attending to employees, who are volunteering to donate blood.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Operator Pat Stephenson (left) receives instruction from Mrs. Vivian Meicher, a supervisor at the Wisconsin Telephone Company, who is wearing a headset. Th...
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: A group of people working at desks. One of these operators responds when someone dials for information. Most of their work is to provide telephone numbers ...
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Telephone Company's main switchboard. Thirty five operators, all women, handle all toll calls.
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Arthur Murray Dance Studio Instructors

Date: 01 15 1954
Description: Rose Shell and George Theiss demonstrating the motions of the rumba at the Arthur Murray dance studio. Shadows and reflections accompany their instruction ...
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Three Arthur Murray Dance Studio Instructors

Date: 01 15 1954
Description: George Theiss dancing with Rose Shell (left) and Pauline Keyes at the Arthur Murray studio.
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Two Arthur Murray Dance Studio Instructors

Date: 01 15 1954
Description: Pauline Keyes and Nick Theiss demonstrating the rumba at the Arthur Murray dance studio. Shadows and reflections accompany their instruction in the mirrore...
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Two Arthur Murray Dance Studio Instructors

Date: 01 15 1954
Description: Pauline Keyes and Jim Banta demonstrating a Latin dance step at the Arthur Murray dance studio.
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Ceramic Arts Studios

Date: 01 27 1954
Description: Gloria Johnson, Bonnie Kinne, Marie Sachtjen, and Irene Ellestad glazing figures for the kiln at Ceramic Arts Studios, 8 North Blount Street.
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Ceramic Arts Studios

Date: 01 27 1954
Description: Women applying the finishing touches on an assortment of ceramic figures at Ceramic Arts Studios, 8 North Blount Street.
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Ceramic Arts Studios

Date: 01 27 1954
Description: Esther Mathison, Ann Jenson, Genevieve Hendrickson, Grace Wiessinger, Helen Boylan, and May Baer pouring workable clay into molds for a new series of ceram...
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United Commercial Travelers Banquet

Date: 02 06 1954
Description: Members of the Capital City Chapter of the United Commercial Travelers Association attending a banquet at the Park Hotel. Left to right are: Anthony and Ha...
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United Commercial Travelers Banquet

Date: 02 06 1954
Description: Members of the Capital City Chapter of the United Commercial Travelers Association attending a banquet at the Park Hotel. Sitting at the table are: John Gr...
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United Commercial Travelers Banquet

Date: 02 06 1954
Description: Members of the Capital City chapter of the United Commercial Travelers Association attending a banquet at the Park Hotel. Left to right: Muriel Heim, Mrs. ...
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Ad Club Women's Night

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: "Ads & Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, was held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth cent...
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Ad Club Women's Night

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: "Ads and Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth centur...
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Ad Club Women's Night

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: "Ads and Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, was held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth ce...

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