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Title
Businesswoman behind desk at Klose Electric Company
Creator
Morgan, Ward C., 1907-1997, photographer

Institution
Western Michigan University

Subject
Electric lighting -- Equipment and supplies

Subject
Clothing and dress

Subject
Offices

Item Number
LA01g061

Relation
17 photos in event - 4532

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
Business Scenes. Lucille S. Klose, President, Klose Electric Company, 509 Mills Street, seated at her desk in new office, wearing dress with beadwork and an orchid corsage. Includes flower arrangements, desk chairs, wooden desk, wooden trash receptacle, intercom, telephone, glass clock, sterling silver cigarette lighter and cup holding cigarettes, and wooden letters reading ""L. S. KLOSE"" on top of desk. Also visible are striped window curtains and photograph, possibly of Mr. LeRoy Klose, deceased, on window sill. Client: Klose Electric Company, 509 Mills Street, Kalamazoo, MI Photographic Negative)

Businesswoman behind desk at Klose Electric Company

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