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| Date: | 2011 |
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| Description: | A toothpaste bottle painted with the words "fluoride kills" posted on a utility pole. |
| Date: | 11 01 1966 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman Melvin Laird distributing his campaign literature outside the Marathon Electric plant gate. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of hydroelectric plants on the Fox River. Caption reads: "Water Power - Looking West. Appleton, Wis." |
| How Wisconsin Became an Electrical Pioneer |
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| Discover the electrical innovations that made Wisconsin one of America's most important electric centers |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| 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." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Panoramic elevated view to the northeast from the Capitol Square. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Downed wires and broken tree limbs mar the scene in front of the First Congregational Church at 131 6th Avenue. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | This map has relief shown by hachures and features inset maps of a plat of E.D. Clinton and Blackwell’s add’n to the City of La Crosse. Wards (1-10) shaded... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | This map shows lot and block numbers, railroads, street car tracks, sewers, water mains, gas mains, paved streets, land owned by the Land & River Improveme... |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of men working at a construction site. Identified as the construction of the third powerhouse, which also entailed moving the second powerhous... |
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| Description: | View across open area towards a brick power plant, where a man and a small dog are standing. Cords of wood are stacked at the left side of the building. On... |
| Date: | 05 27 1964 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 30 1965 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 13 1914 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 13 1914 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 13 1965 |
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| 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... |
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