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Removal of High-Voltage Towers

Date: 04 05 1961
Description: One of the high-voltage towers that intersected Sherman Avenue between Roth Street and Aberg Avenue that was removed to make way for expansion of the North...
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Digging Out Train Tracks

Date: 02 15 1936
Description: Slightly elevated winter scene with men shoveling out a Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul train about 3.5 miles north of Ripon. The locomotive is in the backg...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 12 11 1925
Description: Rear view of a man using a horse to pull mower along a roadside. He is holding onto the brim of his hat. There is a wooden fence on the left, and three uti...
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Hough HE Payloader

Date: 1949
Description: View from the driver's side of a man operating a Hough model HE payloader. He is unloading gravel into a truck. There are buildings and automobiles in the ...
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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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Jacee Candidates of the Same Name

Date: 04 01 1964
Description: Two men of the same name met at the annual convention of the Wisconsin Electric Cooperatives in Madison. It turned out that both are running for the presid...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view of a man using a horse-drawn binder. In the background are power lines, a fence, and trees.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 10 08 1907
Description: View across field towards a man using a horse-drawn manure spreader. There is a road running along in the background with power line poles.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 10 08 1907
Description: View across field towards a man using a horse-drawn manure spreader. There is a road running along in the background with power line poles.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 10 08 1907
Description: View across field towards a man using a horse-drawn manure spreader. There is a road running along in the background lined with power line poles.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 10 08 1907
Description: View across field towards a man using a horse-drawn manure spreader. There is a road running along in the background with power line poles.
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Man Using Tractor to Plow in Field

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear of a man using a tractor to plow a field. A line of power poles are in the background on the left.
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Man Using Tractor to Plow in Field

Date: 1910
Description: Right side view of a man using a tractor to plow in a field. In the background is a line of power poles.
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Telephone Linemen

Date: 1928
Description: Group portrait of four telephone linemen. Three of the men are posed on the pole, and another man is standing on the ground. Three automobiles are parked a...
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Three Men Posing with Parked Truck

Date: 1922
Description: View across dirt road towards three linemen posing in front of a truck that is parked along the side of the road. A power pole is attached horizontally in ...
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Fauerbach Brewing Company

Date: 07 23 1946
Description: View across the street towards the Fauerbach Brewing Company, located at 651-653 Williamson Street. Automobiles are parked along the curb. On the left a tr...
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Judging Horses

Date: 1925
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men gathered around four teams of horses hitched to sleighs in a snow covered lot. There is a dog at the center of the...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Rural Electrification Historic Marker

Date: 08 02 1967
Description: Mrs. A.V. Miller and James R. Sullivan unveiling the Rural Electrification historical marker together at the dedication ceremony outside of Richland Center...
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Telephone Linemen

Date: 1928
Description: Group portrait of four telephone linemen standing together, three of them wearing pole climbing spikes (or spurs). The man leaning on the pole is Carl Pete...
Postcard

Rush River Dam, Ellsworth Electric Light Co.

Date: 1907
Description: View upriver towards the Rush River Dam. A man is standing on a rock in the middle of the river just below the dam; another man is sitting next to the powe...

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