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Telephone Switchboard

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Description: Mrs. Thompto and employee Ethel Clemens working at the telephone switchboard.
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Layman W. Fleming Honored

Date: 04 29 1961
Description: Layman W. Fleming, second from right, retired after 18 years as district manager of the Western Union Telegraph Co., and after 42 years in the telegraph bu...
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Fred H. Harrington Inaugurated as University of Wisconsin President

Date: 10 20 1962
Description: The Inaugural Banquet for the newly inaugurated President of the University of Wisconsin, Fred H. Harrington, was held at the Field House. Operating with s...
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Newton Minow with Staff

Date: 10 1962
Description: Newton Minow (far right) is seated at a table with members of his staff at the Communications Research Center. There is a large map on the wall on the righ...
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Minow and Staff Member in Office

Date: 1962
Description: Newton Minow and a woman on his staff are facing each other, having a discussion. There is a portrait of John F. Kennedy hanging on the wall behind them.
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We Saw You . . . at the Telephone Convention

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: 44th Annual Wisconsin Telephone Association convention held at the Hotel Loraine located at 119 West Washington Avenue. Watching a telephone demonstration ...
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We Saw You . . . at the Telephone Convention

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: 44th Annual Wisconsin Telephone Association convention held at the Hotel Loraine located at 119 W. Washington Avenue. Presenting at one of the panel discus...
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Kitty Daly

Date: 02 21 1958
Description: Kitty Daly, a cab dispatcher for the City Car Co. for the past 17 years, has been answering the phone in front of a microphone and an electrical telegraph....

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