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Model T in Winter

Date: 1918
Description: A boy holds the door handle of a circa 1916 Model T Ford with a modified radiator cover. A girl walks up the road toward the car. There is a bridge over a ...
Photograph

Candidate Laird

Date: 11 01 1966
Description: Wisconsin Congressman Melvin Laird distributing his campaign literature outside the Marathon Electric plant gate.
Map or Atlas

Profile, Central Heating Plant Lake Mendota : Showing Location of Proposed Sewer, University of Wisconsin ; Surveyed by J.D. Hurley

Date: 1903
Description: This map is ink on printed paper reading: "standard profile plate." "Surveyed Oct. 15, platted Dec. 15, 1903 ; surveyed May 9, platted Dec. 9."
Postcard

Power Station

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized photographic postcard of an elevated view of the power station next to the river. A bridge is in the background. Caption reads: "Power Station, B...
Photograph

Panorama of Madison

Date: 1930
Description: Panoramic elevated view to the northeast from the Capitol Square.
Photograph

Al. Ringling Home in Winter

Date: 1922
Description: Trees broken and bowed under the weight of a heavy coating of ice stand in front of the Al. Ringling home. Limbs litter the snow-covered ground. Ice is on ...
Photograph

First Congregational Church in Winter

Date: 1922
Description: Downed wires and broken tree limbs mar the scene in front of the First Congregational Church at 131 6th Avenue.
Photograph

Wisconsin Power and Light Stockholders Meeting

Date: 05 27 1964
Description: Seen from the rear, Carl Forsberg, president of Wisconsin Power and Light (WPL) company, is addressing a crowd of about 400 shareholders during a meeting a...
Photograph

On the Way Home

Date: 1920
Description: A National brand automobile is stopped on the side of an unpaved road as a horse-drawn buggy approaches from the rear. The car is pulling a racing yacht on...
Photograph

Steam Pipe Construction in Madison

Date: 06 30 1965
Description: Steam pipe construction along Langdon street east of Park street. The corner of the Wisconsin Historical Society is on the left. Science Hall is in the bac...
Photograph

Fire in the Wisconsin Building

Date: 01 13 1914
Description: Smoke billowing from windows on the State Street (left) and Carroll Street (right) sides of the Wisconsin Building. Fire fighters on ladders are working fr...
Photograph

Fire in the Wisconsin Building

Date: 01 13 1914
Description: A policeman, center, keeping an eye on bystanders as firemen on ladders fight a fire at the Wisconsin Building on State Street. The building housed the Com...
Photograph

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Project

Date: 08 13 1965
Description: H.O. Lord, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District chief engineer, outlining the existing sewerage district on a map. Lord is trying to educate the public c...
Postcard

Griffin's Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards a rustic wooden walking bridge which is reflected in the water of the Montello River. There is a utility pole with wires in the b...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1906
Description: The printed inscription identifies this scene, "Looking South on Main Street, Montello, Wis." A woman is standing on the sidewalk at left near a parked bug...
Map or Atlas

Gas Service in Wisconsin

Date: 1974
Description: This blue line map show gas services and county boundaries. Includes a legend of company names in lower left hand corner.
Map or Atlas

Telephone Exchanges in Wisconsin

Date: 11 1973
Description: This map shows the cities, county boundaries and telephone exchange locations. The map includes a numbered list of telephone companies.
Map or Atlas

Approximate Service Areas, Electric Utilities & Cooperatives in Wisconsin

Date: 06 1975
Description: This map shows electrical utilities and cooperatives throughout the state, as well as cities and county boundaries. The bottom left corner of the map inclu...
Map or Atlas

Existing Land Use 1973, Polk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: This map is 1 of 7 and includes a location map and township diagram in the margins. The map includes a key of land type: Residential (yellow), Commercial (...
Map or Atlas

Existing Land Use 1973, Barron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: This map is 2 of 7 and includes a location map and township diagram in the bottom margin. The map includes a key of land type: Residential (yellow), Commer...

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