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| Date: | 05 23 1945 |
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| Description: | Window display at Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig, 17 South Pinckney Street, with post-war appliances including products by Vollrath, Filter Queen, West Bend, General... |
| Date: | 05 23 1945 |
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| Description: | Display in left window of future post-war products including appliances manufactured by Toastmaster, All America, General Electric, Proctor, Sunbeam, Steam... |
| Date: | 08 16 1944 |
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| Description: | Group of 14 volunteers at the Dane County Gas Ration Board to assist with wartime gas rationing, alternate view. |
| Date: | 09 17 1942 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members of the Health for Victory Club. They are sitting in the Eastwood Theater, 2090 Atwood Avenue. The photograph was taken for the Os... |
| Date: | 09 17 1942 |
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| Description: | Health for Victory stage, set up with posters, stove and refrigerator for Oscar Mayer at the Eastwood Theater. On the stage is a woman pointing to a poster... |
| Date: | 09 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Large group of Red Cross Workers seated at tables, preparing surgical dressings in the assembly room at the American Federation of State, County and Local ... |
| Date: | 08 17 1942 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of female state employees who have signed up to be hostesses to attend parties given for military men when they are on leave. Seated l to r:... |
| Date: | 08 17 1942 |
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| Description: | State female employees making surgical dressings / bandages for the American Red Cross in the Wisconsin State Employees Association building, 448 W. Washin... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | International Harvester dealer Charles Landaal signs a pledge to help collect scrap as part of Governor Julius P. Heil's "MacArthur Week" scrap drive. Milw... |
| Date: | 01 13 1941 |
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| Description: | A group of new female factory workers receiving their first day of training at an International Harvester factory. The factory was responsible for making ... |
| Date: | 01 13 1943 |
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| Description: | A group of recently hired factory female workers receive their first day of training at an International Harvester factory. The factory was responsible for... |
| Date: | 01 13 1943 |
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| Description: | Female workers assembling torpedoes for the U.S. Military at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "This large group of women employe... |
| Date: | 12 20 1945 |
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| Description: | Group of 15 women and six men attending a meeting at USO Service Club. The group is predominantly African Americans. Probably taken in First Unitarian Soc... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Three women work in the Community War Chest office. One of the women is typing and one is about to use the telephone. A sign on the wall behind the women r... |
| Date: | 02 19 1944 |
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| Description: | Red Cross War Fund Drive leaders sitting at a table discussing plans for war fund drive. Left to Right: James R. Law, June B. Wheeler, Louis Hirsig, Alden ... |
| Date: | 06 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Preparing for War Bond Drive at Breese Stevens Field are Manchester's, Inc., employees Charmain Sabanske, Jenny McMahon, Helen Heisman, Jean Stehr, Jeanne ... |
| Date: | 06 28 1944 |
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| Description: | Representatives of Madison Credit Unions turning in bond purchase pledges to Milton B. Findorff, Dane County War Loan chairman. Standing left to right: Lym... |
| Date: | 09 09 1944 |
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| Description: | Lois Wiessinger, Michael Mack, and Harold Stone, state employees, filled 21,600 Christmas packages to be sent by the American Red Cross to hospitalized ser... |
| Date: | 09 24 1944 |
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| Description: | Participating in the Madison Woman's Club annual benefit party by sewing for the Russian War Relief are members of the Shorewood Hills League, left to righ... |
| Date: | 11 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Harry G. Marsh, passenger agent for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, seated at his desk. Mr. Marsh was responsible for troop movements to and from Trua... |
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