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Wisconsin Telephone Company Building

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin Telephone Company, 17 South Fairchild Street.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Building Site

Date: 05 09 1946
Description: Site of the new Wisconsin Telephone Company central office building, to be constructed at corner of South Fairchild and West Main Streets. 16 S. Carroll St...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Addition

Date: 12 26 1930
Description: Rear addition to Wisconsin Telephone Co., 17 S. Fairchild Street. Part of the Loraine Hotel is on the left.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company

Date: 12 31 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin Telephone Company building, 16 S. Carroll Street.
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Truck and Train Crash

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: People watching railroad workers attempting to extricate the bodies of three men who died under the wheels of the Milwaukee Road passenger train locomotive...
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Truck and Train Crash

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: Men looking at a crushed Wisconsin Telephone Company truck as the result of an accident with the Milwaukee Road passenger train locomotive.
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 12 26 1946
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking southwest from alley toward West Main Street with construction worker in unfinished ba...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 12 28 1946
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking north with construction workers in unfinished basement. Also shows side of Wisconsin T...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 02 14 1947
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking north across basement and first floor. Also shows side views of Y...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 03 03 1947
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, from intersection of West Main Street and South Fairchild Street looking at first and second f...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 03 27 1947
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking north across basement and first floor with part of the second floor under construction...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 05 14 1947
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking north across South Fairchild at scaffolding for first floor and second floors under co...
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Antenna

Date: 04 13 1948
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Company, 122 West Main Street, showing an antenna on top of the building for use with mobile telephone service.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Car

Date: 04 13 1948
Description: Ford "Woody" station wagon test car with antenna for mobile telephone, on West Washington Avenue in front of the Grace Episcopal Church. Also included in t...
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REA Representatives

Date: 09 30 1958
Description: Group portrait of five men representing regional electic and telephone cooperatives attending a meeting at the Edgewater Hotel.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin Telephone Company Building, 17 South Fairchild Street.
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National Telephone Strike

Date: 04 07 1947
Description: During the national telephone strike, strikers picket in front of the Wisconsin Telephone Company, 16 South Carroll Street.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Building

Date: 11 17 1948
Description: The new Wisconsin Telephone Company west side exchange building in the 2100 block of Franklin Avenue.
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First 24 Hour Outdoor Pay Phone Booth

Date: 11 18 1949
Description: Marjorie White of 25 East Dayton Street wearing a fur coat and head scarf while using what is alleged to be the first 24-hour, outdoor-accessible pay phone...
Postcard

Telephone Linemen

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of an outdoor group portrait of a telephone line crew. The six men are wearing hats and work clothes, and five of the men are wearing...

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