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| Date: | 03 28 1929 |
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| Description: | A crane at work on the First Congregational Church, located at 1609 University Avenue at the corner of North Breese Terrace. |
| Date: | 10 11 1928 |
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| Description: | View looking up Fairchild Street towards the Wisconsin Power and Light building, at 122 W. Washington Avenue, under construction, with a man working near a... |
| Date: | 01 23 1928 |
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| Description: | Schenk's Corners, with the Security State Bank, located at Atwood Avenue and Winnebago Street. On the right hand side of the view is Hausmann Fuel Company,... |
| Date: | 07 08 1946 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Wisconsin Power & Light Company salesmen attending a class in the VFW Hall, 113-115 East Mifflin Street. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The State Street approach to the Wisconsin State Capitol at the turn of the century. Electric poles and street railroad wires are in the foreground. In the... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Squalid, littered alley. Tire tracks run through the mud between wooden buildings. |
| Date: | 04 22 1965 |
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| Description: | A panoramic view of the Mississippi River flooding during the spring, showing the dykes built along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad tracks at Sec... |
| Date: | 10 08 1923 |
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| Description: | Two fire fighters are sitting in an International fire truck on a street. Another man is standing on the back of the truck. On the side of the truck is a p... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Albert Kaepernick Jr.'s McCormick-Deering farm equipment dealership. A poster in the front window reads: "Throw your scrap into the fight!". |
| 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: | 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: | Elevated view across river toward the power plant, along with a bridge, trees, and smokestacks. Caption reads: "Water Power, Fox River, Appleton, Wis." |
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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: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of the dam and power plant over the river, with smokestacks in the background. Caption reads: "The Dam, Beloit, Wis." |
| Date: | 06 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Madison Gas & Electric Company Blount Street electric power plant. View includes power plant, smokestacks, electric-line towers, and cars ... |
| 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: | 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.... |
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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... |
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