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Bicyclist on Monona Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: A woman crosses Monona Avenue as a man on a bicycle rides by. The large, Second Empire style Avenue Hotel, with two-story porch, is on the left; the GAR ha...
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Sheriff's Residence

Date: 1905
Description: The Dane County sheriff's residence, with the county jail behind. A corner of the Dane County Court House is seen on the far left.
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Municipal Light and Power Plant

Date: 1924
Description: The Municipal Light and Power Plant and water tower seen from across a pond.
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Dam and Power House

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view across reservoir of dam and power plant.
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Theresa Waste Disposal System

Date: 02 24 1978
Description: "Theresa Waste Disposal System. Village man, Jim Zillmer, checks out sprinkler system."
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International Truck at Power Plant

Date: 1972
Description: View of a man with a hard hat walking near an International truck parked in front of what appears to be a power plant. The truck is labeled with an "FPL" l...
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Gas and Electric Utility Display

Date: 06 1936
Description: The Gas and Electric Utility display at the Wisconsin Centennial Industrial Exposition held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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Wolf River Lines Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Wolf River Lines, a telephone company in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, with telephone poles and wires spanning a river with silhouettes of buildings ...
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Farmers' New Era Telephone Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Farmers' New Era Telephone Company of Hebron, Illinois, with a female switchboard operator wearing headphones sitting near a window with ...
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Hager City Telephone Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Hager City Telephone Company of Hager City, Wisconsin, with a line of telephone poles and wires connecting a man in a business suit sitti...
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Milwaukee Electric Ry. & Lt. Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, with a three-quarter view of a man driving an electric cable car marked "State St." under a...
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Electric Light Plant

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the Eastman power plant. Two children pose on a metal cylinder outside the plant. The text on the photograph reads, "The Best electric light pl...
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City Water Pumping Station at Town Creek

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Description: Three men posed standing on the porch of a small brick building with a tall smokestack, probably the City Water Pumping Station at Town Creek, surrounded b...
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Spring Blossoms

Date: 1925
Description: Alice Hotz Apfelbach, right, and her younger sister Margaret Hotz pose in front of a picket fence along a dirt lane which is now Highway 42. Behind the fe...
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Electric Light Plant

Date: 1909
Description: The site of the Electric Light Plant located near railroad tracks. There is a bell tower with a weather vane on the left.
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Sledding

Date: 1910
Description: Four children pose in the snow with their sleds and a dachshund. There is a rustic bridge in the background and a railing in the left foreground.
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Children Sledding

Date: 1910
Description: The photographer's four children pose with their sleds near Sheridan Road. There is a bridge over a ravine in the background and a blurred image of a dog i...
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Cow Along Road

Date: 1916
Description: A cow, lying outside the fence, observes a car stopped on Sturgeon Bay Road (now Highway 42). Cherry trees bloom inside the fence.
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Snow on Bridge

Date: 01 1918
Description: Snow-covered road and bridge near the photographer's home.
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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 ...

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