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Telephone Switchboard

Date: 08 13 1946
Description: Telephone switchboard being rebuilt at the Madison Exchange of the Wisconsin Telephone Company.
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Telephone Toll Switchboard

Date: 08 14 1946
Description: Seven workers (two peeking through from behind the switchboard) and one supervisor rebuilding the telephone toll switchboard at the Wisconsin Telephone Com...
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Buena Vista House

Date: 1895
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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Workmen Installing Telephone Poles

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Description: Workmen erecting a telephone pole with a horse team.
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Interior of Diner

Date: 1940
Description: An interior view of a diner, showing two semi-circular counters with stools and booths along the walls. There is a jukebox on the right and a root beer bar...
Postcard

Business District

Date: 09 20 1922
Description: Photographic postcard of the business district. Sidewalk view shows pedestrians and a vehicle in the street. Telephone poles and small horsehead shaped hit...
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IH St. Cloud Branch House Showroom

Date: 1925
Description: Interior view of a showroom at International Harvester Company's St. Cloud branch building. Cream separators, spools of twine, and various agricultural mac...
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Downtown Theresa

Date: 1956
Description: "A time exposure recorded car head and tail lights."
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Warrens, Wisconsin Post Office

Date: 
Description: View across unpaved street towards two men and two women posing standing on the porch of a wooden storefront building. Three wagons and a horse are on the ...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. Two protestors hold a banner that reads: "Yo, WI-GOP-Thugs, Why Not 'Dev...
Postcard

Fish Creek

Date: 1924
Description: Street scene with a group of people gathered in front of a store with a public telephone. Caption reads: "Fish Creek, Wis."
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In the Public Eye

Date: 04 09 1970
Description: Two women on the left are sitting at tables and talking into telephones. On the right are large show windows, and a bus and passers-by are visible through ...
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Wooden Nickel and the John Wallace House

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings. The three-story building on the left has the Wooden Nickel on the ground floor. The building on the right i...
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The Dollard Home and Harry Wigonitz Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Dollard Home and the Harry Wigonitz Building. The Dollard Home is a Queen Ann-style house with porch and turret. Two p...
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Fred Klein Building and Hubert Schmitz Boarding House

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings. The building on the left is the Fred Klein Building. The upper two floors are apartments. The ground floor ...
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Time Realty Building Accident

Date: 11 02 1960
Description: The smashed-in front facade of the Time Realty Co. office, 2434 University Avenue, as a result of a car backing up with a stuck accelerator. Seen inside th...
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Tony's Tavern Parking Lot

Date: 04 1960
Description: View towards the right side of Tony Urso's Westside Palm Tavern located at 730-736 West Washington Avenue in the Greenbush neighborhood. In the foreground ...

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