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Wisconsin Power & Light Co. — Linemen and Polemen

Date: 04 12 1946
Description: Group portrait of linemen and polemen, Wisconsin Power & Light Company, at the Park Hotel.
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Madison Gas & Electric Co. Interior

Date: 02 22 1946
Description: Interior view of the Madison Gas & Electric Company, showing metal floor and stairway, windows and beam arrangement, 115 South Blount Street.
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Madison Gas & Electric Co.

Date: 02 22 1946
Description: Madison Gas & Electric Company. View from above of machinery to be removed, top floor of the generating plant, 115 South Blount Street.
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Madison Gas & Electric Co. Interior

Date: 02 22 1946
Description: Madison Gas & Electric Company plant, showing stairway, ceiling beams and machinery, at 115 South Blount Street.
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Chart of Industrial Expansion of Southern States

Date: 09 24 1945
Description: Man pointing to a chart of Tennessee's industrial expansion compared with eight other southern states for 1938 and 1939. The photograph was taken for Wisco...
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Wisconsin Power and Light Co.

Date: 06 15 1945
Description: Group portrait of C.L. Turner, traffic supervisor for Wisconsin Power & Light Company, and six female employees of Wisconsin Power & Light Company, 122 Wes...
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REA Convention at Loraine Hotel

Date: 03 28 1944
Description: View from back towards the stage of Wisconsin Electric Cooperative delegates, from REA (Rural Electrification Administration) member cooperatives, attendin...
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United States Army Safety Program

Date: 01 03 1944
Description: United States Army safety award banner presented to the Wisconsin Power and Light Company. Employees are grouped around it.
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Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Delegates

Date: 03 23 1943
Description: Group of people at the Wisconsin Electric Cooperative meeting. They are delegates, from REA (Rural Electrification Administration) member cooperatives, att...
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Three Men with $5000 Check

Date: 03 30 1936
Description: Three men displaying $5000 check issued by U.S. Treasury Dept. to Richland Cooperative Electric Association for Rural Electrification Program.
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Wisconsin Power and Light Co. Sales Class

Date: 07 08 1946
Description: Group portrait of Wisconsin Power & Light Company salesmen attending a class in the VFW Hall, 113-115 East Mifflin Street.
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Adequate Wiring Bureau Meeting

Date: 04 10 1948
Description: Group portrait of men attending an informational meeting of the Wisconsin Power & Light Company, Central Wisconsin Adequate Wiring Bureau at the Loraine Ho...
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Norwec Transmitter

Date: 11 13 1952
Description: Close-up view of open Norwec Transmitter. A telephone equipment photograph, taken for an REA calendar, published by Wisconsin Electric Cooperative, alterna...
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Longfellow School Third and Fourth Graders

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Third and fourth graders from Longfellow school putting on a "quiz show" about electricity and lights that they have been studying. Joanne Tewalt (left) is...
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Wisconsin Electric Cooperative

Date: 03 22 1949
Description: The annual meeting of the Wisconsin Electric Cooperative had members of 29 electric cooperatives in the state attending its annual meeting. Jerry Voorhis, ...
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Gas and Electric Utility Display

Date: 06 1936
Description: The Gas and Electric Utility display at the Wisconsin Centennial Industrial Exposition held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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State Capitol Building Electrical System

Date: 10 30 1959
Description: Frank E. Nordeen, a state engineering employee, pointing to the main electric switchboard in the State Capitol building basement, while standing next to an...
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State Capitol Building Electrical System

Date: 10 30 1959
Description: View of the main copper lines that bring power into the State Capitol building through a tunnel from the state power plant. Four connecting points are visi...
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State Capitol Building Electrical System

Date: 10 30 1959
Description: Leon A. Hendrickson, supervisor of services, pointing to a blower which is used to send air into the tunnel carrying power lines from the state power plant...
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Miss Wisconsin Rural Electrification

Date: 03 31 1964
Description: Janice Clawson, New Lisbon, second from left, was crowned Miss Wisconsin Rural Electrification at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Rural Electric Cooper...

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