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Tabletop Mixing Machine

Date: 01 1947
Description: Tabletop mixing machine, taken for R.L. Kulzick Advertising Agency, 113 East Main Street.
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Microfilm Users

Date: 05 15 1952
Description: Kenneth Duckett and Alan E. Kent, historians employed by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, using the microfilm reader in the Society's old, first ...
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Deering Works Electricity Lecture

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men sit at desks and listen to J. Newman from Deering Works give a lecture on electricity.
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Electric Lighting Attachment for Farmall Tractor

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Description: Parts for an electric lighting attachment (Robert Bosch "No-Battery" Type) for a Farmall tractor.
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Len Schmitt Senate Campaign

Date: 08 13 1952
Description: Len Schmitt, former Progressive Party legislator from Merrill, led the Republican opposition to Senator Joseph R. McCarthy's bid for re-election. Schmitt a...
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Old State Historical Society Light Fixtures

Date: 1954
Description: Pile of original first floor light fixtures photographed during the remodeling of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building during the summer.
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Joseph Henry, Scientist

Date: 1869
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Joseph Henry (1797-1878), Scottish-American scientist. Widely considered one of the greatest scientists of his genera...
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New Wiring for SHSW Library

Date: 02 08 1955
Description: Electrician feeding cable into the electrical box on the north second floor hallway of th Wisconsin Historical Society. Changes in the library delivery are...
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Shorewood Hills Classroom

Date: 06 1947
Description: Teacher and three students in a classroom at Shorewood Hills School looking at a Weston Photonic Foot-candle Meter that measures light in the room.
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Section of Turbine at Power Dam

Date: 02 28 1914
Description: Sections of turbines inside the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam.
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Erecting Generators in Power House at Power Dam

Date: 08 04 1914
Description: An interior view of the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam, showing assembly of the generators, identified by the manufacturer, the Allis-Chalmers Compa...
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Generators in Power House at Power Dam

Date: 11 03 1914
Description: Interior view of the power house with the Allis-Chalmers generators installed.
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Man Standing by Generators in Power House

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a man standing near the generators inside the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam. The base of the generators is marked with the name of...
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Generators in Power House

Date: 1915
Description: A man is standing on a staircase overlooking an operating generator in the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam.
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Man Running Machinery

Date: 1915
Description: A worker standing at the controls of a generator, most likely in the temporary power house at the Prairie du Sac dam site. The steam driven generator produ...
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Hankscraft Baby Dish

Date: 11 04 1947
Description: Hankscrafts electric baby food dish, heated for serving.
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International Model 63 Truck

Date: 01 23 1926
Description: Two men loading merchandise into the covered bed of an International Model 63 truck operated by the E.B. Latham & Company - "Electrical & Radio Merchandise...
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Conduits for Switchboard in Power House

Date: 07 02 1913
Description: Workers pause while installing a maze of conduit for the switchboard in the power house. The construction camp is to the left.
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International Model S Electric Company Truck

Date: 12 1926
Description: International Model S truck parked on a residential street. The truck was operated by the Sievert Electric Company. Text on the side of the truck reads: "S...
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Test of a Prototype

Date: 11 08 1961
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...

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