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| Date: | 06 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Sam Adair of 4380 N Wildwood Av., Shorewood, Wisconsin wearing fan labeled Rheem Personal Portable Air Conditioner around his neck to stay cool. |
| Date: | 01 10 1966 |
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| Description: | Gail Lukas' hair stands on end when she places her hand on a Van de Graalf generator in a demonstration by the Atomic Energy Commission for junior high sch... |
| Date: | 11 08 1961 |
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| Description: | A prototype being tested in the research test lab of the Falk Corporation. Original Falk caption reads, "Temperature lube test, 8RT3 Prototype. Set up of l... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Interior view of lobby area with several people sitting in chairs. Manuscript notations on the mount makes much of the fact that it was photographed at ni... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Close-up detail of scene of historic Wisconsin in a hexagonal structure on a pedestal beneath the clock. The scene depicts an outdoor band concert in Milwa... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Ornamental street lighting system along a street in a local business district. House on corner is near a sign that says "Lot for Sale." |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Ornamental street lighting system in a residential district. Street sign on corner reads "W. Hayes Ave." Newly planted young trees are along the terraces n... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View down road of overhead lighting equipment of the T.M.E.R. and L. Company, which, at the time had a proposal to be replaced by more modern lighting. Th... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Overhead light suspended over a road, hanging from wires. A car is parked at the corner, and billboards are in the distance. Railroad cars and railroad tr... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Electrical overhead street light suspended above road. A truck is parked on the right, and houses and trees line both sides of the road. |
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| Description: | View down road of lighting system using steel poles and modern fixtures on the terrace near sidewalks. Three cars are parked along the road, and houses are... |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a tractor outfitted with a rotating brush device clearing snow from a fenced-in ice rink with overhead lights. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a fishing boat powered by an International PD-40 power unit and owned by Julius Dettloff. A man stands at the boat's wheel. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Frank R. Dengel & Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, dealer in lighting fixtures and sanitary plumbing. On the left is an illustration of a... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of W.E. Goodman of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, dealer in gas and electric lighting fixtures and sanitary plumbing, with a wall-mounted lighting fixtur... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Evinrude Division of Outboard Motors Corporation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the corporation logo and a man racing along in a boat with... |
| Date: | 02 11 2016 |
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| Description: | U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, a Hillary Clinton supporter, is being interviewed in the spin room after the Democratic presidential debate. She i... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Baird Direct Reading Spectrometer." |
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