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Telephone Strike
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Telephone workers picket at the telephone exchange on Capitol Square, near the corner of Main and Carroll Streets. Seven hundred Madison telephone employees participated in the country's first nationwide telephone strike. Picket signs include "We'll walk day and nite until MA BELL is not so tight".
March 7, 1947
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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National Telephone Strike
1947
National telephone strike, showing one operator in the left half of east switchboard room of Wisconsin Telephone Company, 16 South Carroll Street.
National Telephone Strike
April 7, 1947
During the national telephone strike, strikers picket in front of the Wisconsin Telephone Company, 16 South Carroll Street.
National Telephone Strike
April 7, 1947
During the national telephone strike, one operator is present in the east switchboard room at Wisconsin Telephone Company, 16 South Carroll Street.
Western Electric Pickets in Madison
November 14, 1950
A group of Western Electric workers picket the Wisconsin Telephone Exchange at 122 West Main Street off the Capitol Square in Madison. The Park Hotel sign can be seen on the far corner.
Children and Snowman
December 1947
Winter scene with two children leaning against a snowman.
Christmas Shopping
December 1947
Two children, a boy and a girl, look at display of toys in a store window.
