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Federal Bureau of Investigation Building

Date: 1950
Description: View of the entrance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation building. Three women are entering the building.
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Farm Bureau Officials

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Two Wisconsin Farm Bureau officials conferring with Mrs. Paul Palmer from Ethlyn, Missouri, principal speaker at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Farm B...
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Madison News Bureau Manager

Date: 09 30 1958
Description: Portrait of John W. "Wally" Wyngaard, manager of the Wisconsin State Journal's Madison News Bureau.
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10th Anniversary of the Signing of the Social Security Act

Date: 08 14 1945
Description: A large group of federal employees celebrating the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act.

Left to right standing: Evelyn S. Selecma...

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Bathing Baby in Tub

Date: 1937
Description: Dr. Hunter of the Wisconsin Board of Health bathes a baby in a tub of water.
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Dr. Cora S. Allen

Date: 1928
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Dr. Cora S. Allen, physician and director of the Bureau of Child Welfare in Wisconsin.
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Director of UW's Bureau of Information and Program Services

Date: 09 17 1956
Description: Portrait of Robert Schacht, the director of the University of Wisconsin's Bureau of Information and Program services. He was the principal speaker at a clu...
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Youth Speakers' Bureau

Date: 09 21 1949
Description: Shown preparing their talks are members of the Youth Speakers' Bureau John Vincent, chairman, Peggy Huiskamp and Dick Cyr. The purpose of the Youth Speaker...
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Robert M. Ball, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance

Date: 1960
Description: Portrait of Robert M. Ball sitting at his desk, as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance. In 1962, President Kennedy appointed B...
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Bureau of Audio Visual Instruction

Date: 11 28 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students watching a "teaching movie" at the Bureau of Audio Visual Instruction preview theater, 1312 West Johnson Street.
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Farm Bureau Group

Date: 05 11 1945
Description: Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance group of sixteen men sitting at a luncheon table in the Wingra Room of the Park Hotel, 22 South Carroll Street.
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Child Welfare Special Vehicle

Date: 1937
Description: Wisconsin State Board of Health's vehicle the "Child Welfare Special".
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Ojibwa Herbalist

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Description: An Ojibwa herbalist prepares medicine and treats a patient. From the "Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology J.W. Powell Director 1885-1886" page 159.
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Legislative Reference Bureau Library

Date: 11 23 1947
Description: Mrs. Ann Johnson, senior clerk typist, filing clippings in the stacks of the Legislative Reference Bureau stacks.
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Frieda S. Miller

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Frieda S. Miller. Ms. Miller was the director of the U.S. Department of Labor — Women's Bureau, from 1944-1953. She later wo...
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G. Aubrey Young

Date: 1965
Description: Portrait of G. Aubrey Young, who was director of the Bureau of Affirmative Action and Education, Equal Rights Division, in the 1960s. Young had previosuly ...
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Director of the State Bureau of Personnel

Date: 08 26 1957
Description: Governor Vernon Thomson (left) is handing a letter of appointment to Francis J. Walsh to be the acting director of the State Bureau of Personnel. In the ce...
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Produce Market

Date: 1935
Description: Downtown outdoor market place.
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Carl Schurz

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Description: Steel engraving of Carl Schurz.
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Portrait in a Mirror

Date: 1900
Description: A woman photographer catches reflections of herself, a young girl and a woman in a bedroom bureau mirror.

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