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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A billboard displays events at the foot of Bascom Hill from the bottom east side on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Bascom Hall with dome (form... |
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| Description: | Panoramic group portrait of workers, who are building the Penisular Power Company, located on the Brule River. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Building housing the very first central electric light station for distribution of incandescent lighting. The sign on the building reads: "Vulcan St." |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | "Hearthstone," a house built in 1880-1882 by paper mill owner Henry J. Rogers, was the first residence electrified from a centrally located hydroelectric p... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Appleton Wisconsin Electric Light and Power Plant, 1922. Switchboard equipment of the plant, which began operating in September of 1822, is at the State Hi... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Stone Street. A car is parked in front of an auto repair store. Electric power lines run down the street, and a water tower is in ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the Stanley Hotel on a corner, with large electricity poles on the sidewalk in front. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A car is parked in front of Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn, with trees, a street sign and power lines. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Charcoal kiln in ruins in a field beyond a fence, with electric power lines in the background. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View from road of the Buena Vista House. There is a utility pole in front with many wires attached. This Greek revival inn was erected in 1843 by Samuel R.... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View of the Buena Vista House with electric power lines. This Greek revival inn was erected in 1843 by Samuel R. Bradley of Milwaukee, who is said to have ... |
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| Description: | Waterwheel for generating electric power, with men sitting on the log support. It may be the largest in the nation. The waterwheel was built in 1924 by a c... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of Main Street when it was a dirt road. A church is in the background, and telephone poles are along the left side of the road. A streetlight is hangi... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | The Kilbourn Hydroelectric Plant of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Burkhardt Milling and Electric Power Co., built in 1914. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Burkhardt Milling and Electric Power Co., built in 1914. |
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| Description: | View of the levee with bales of cotton on the wharf. Caption reads: "On The Levee." |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the French market. A cart transporting bales of cotton is in the street on the left. Railroad tracks are in the street. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of cattle stockyards. Cattle can be seen in many different pens. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. |
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