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| Description: | Small structure identified as a sewage lift station at the rear of a Schofield store. |
| Date: | 06 01 1948 |
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| Description: | Dane County Jail woman's bathroom, with bathtub and toilet, showing unfit conditions. |
| Date: | 08 12 1948 |
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| Description: | James L. Clarke (left) city health inspector, and Lewis B. Kelly (right) president of the Solvit Chemical Corp., are shown as they prepare to scatter the b... |
| Date: | 08 17 1926 |
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| Description: | A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor equipped with pneumatic tires and Hercules vacuum brake system to pull a specially designed semi-tr... |
| Date: | 02 22 1950 |
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| Description: | An example of a pilot plant to remove phosphorus from sewage effluent by engineering professors William L. Lea and Gerard A. Rohlich. |
| Date: | 04 23 1970 |
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| Description: | A group using water faucets connected to a milk tanker associated with "Dobson Milk Transit" while the festival stage and other amenities are still under c... |
| Date: | 04 23 1970 |
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| Description: | Two rows of portable toilets with automobiles and campers in the background during the construction of the festival stage. |
| Date: | 10 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Pictured is the city of Madison street department's new $4,000 leaf loader during operations in the 12th Ward. The suction unit, which is like a huge "vacu... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A plumbing showroom with tiled model kitchen and bathroom displays. There are oil burning heaters, water heaters, and water softeners also displayed. |
| Date: | 02 1915 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of girls and boys standing in front of a wall outside their school. Original caption reads, in part: "Group of older girls and boys at Provi... |
| Date: | 03 23 1954 |
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| Description: | A food machine from Bridge (Food) Machine Company is demonstrated during the Wisconsin Canners Association Production and Technology Conference regarding p... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Frank R. Dengel & Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, dealer in lighting fixtures and sanitary plumbing. On the left is an illustration of a... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of W.E. Goodman of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, dealer in gas and electric lighting fixtures and sanitary plumbing, with a wall-mounted lighting fixtur... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A water hydrant stands next to a drainage ditch, while clothing hangs on a clothes like above. In the background, children walk away from the camera betwee... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Two of the 13 toilets available in the neighborhood, housed in a small building. Vines grow up the side of the structure and debris is scattered in the sur... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Two children look towards the photographer by a drainage ditch with buildings on all sides. Laundry hangs from clotheslines above. “Row upon row of dilap... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A child walks across ditch on a plank walkway. On the street, children play with balloons while three men recline on the hood of a car. “Row upon row of ... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A girl fills a bucket at a water hydrant near a drainage ditch. Buildings are on either side, and laundry hangs from clotheslines above. “Row upon row o... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | "This flush toilet is one of two shared by the 51 people who live in this slum. The other is an outdoor non-flush toilet shared by 14 people, 4 families. ... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | An older man is standing in an office, possibly a weigh station of the Philadelphia Street Department. He is at a bench with papers and various office supp... |
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