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Publication Information
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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Collection Information
| Source Collection | Joan Phelan collection of Leon and Beatrice Lamoreux photographs, circa 1923-1945 |
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| Call Number | 1007000032 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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Beatrice Orvold, Manager of the Western Union Office
1923
Beatrice Orvold, the manager of the Western Union office. Beatrice later married Leon Lamoreux, and they both taught at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) in Madison, Wisconsin, during the 1940s.
Naval Student Operating Telegraph
One Naval student operates a telegraph while another student observes, listening with earphones, at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio). A typewriter is in the right foreground.
Man Sits at Desk in Western Union Office
1930
Leon Lamoreux sits at his desk in the Western Union office at 21 West Main Street. (This building no longer exists.) He and his wife, Beatrice, later taught typing and telegraphy at the U.S. Naval ...
Man and Woman at Desk
A man is reading at a desk, while a woman writes on a pad of paper seated nearby in an office at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
Group Taking Messages at Air Base
1943
Six women and one man take messages at the Truax Field Message Center, during World War II. Beatrice Lamoreux is sitting at the back table on the left side. She, and her husband Leon, taught typing...
Three Women Proofreading Documents
Three women sitting at a table appear to be proofreading documents at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
