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University of Wisconsin Student Wives Who Work

Date: 02 07 1956
Description: Mary Redlich is a canvass supervisor for the Wisconsin Telephone Company. Her husband, Glenn Redlich, is a senior in the School of Commerce at the Universi...
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Wisconsin Telephone Operators with Christmas Baskets

Date: 12 21 1956
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Company operators are shown with Christmas baskets of food to be delivered to the needy. Left to right: Barbara Gardner, Ione Wall, Van...
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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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One Millionth Telephone in Wisconsin Installed

Date: 11 15 1957
Description: The original caption states: "the Wisconsin Telephone Co.'s one-millionth telephone now in service was presented to Gov. Vernon W. Thomson by Charles E. Wa...
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Dane County Telephone Company Wagon

Date: 1908
Description: Dane County Telephone Co. horse-drawn service and installation wagon. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background. “Dad” Schroeder and Oscar Quale are...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Installation Wagon

Date: 1915
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Company horse-drawn service and installation wagon in front of the Telephone Building. Two men sit in the wagon. A man stands in the do...
Postcard

Telephone Company Workmen

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of telephone company workmen erecting telephone pole with a horse-drawn derrick.
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International Harvester Scout 80

Date: 1967
Description: International Harvester Scout 80 used by a telephone company in Manila, Philippines. A man is climbing a telephone pole in front of a building. There is a ...
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Telephone Exchange in Laona

Date: 1920
Description: "This picture is of the first telephone exchange that I established in Laona. The girl standing is my youngest daughter. This exchange is still operated in...
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City Line Dep't. Truck

Date: 12 16 1926
Description: A man is in the driver's seat of a truck, helping a group of four men to erect a telephone pole, using a tall metal tripod attached to the back of the truc...
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Audichron

Date: 03 02 1954
Description: Stanley E. Bennett, a First Wisconsin National Bank cashier, listens to the handset while John T. Frymark, a Wisconsin Telephone Company central office for...
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Two men are using a large auger to dig a hole for installing telephone poles. A truck is parked nearby, used for installing the poles. The sign on the side...
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: View towards a truck with equipment for installing telephone poles. There is a large auger suspended from the back of the truck. Men are standing along the...
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: View towards a truck used for installing telephone poles parked on a road. A large auger is attached to the front of the truck. The sign on the side of the...
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Intalling Telephone Poles

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: View towards front of truck parked along a road, with an auger hanging off the front. A man is standing, (obscured) at the back of the truck.
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Men installing a telephone pole in a field. A truck is parked along a road behind them, and a large auger is attached to an apparatus at the front of the t...
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Men installing a telephone pole in a field. A truck is parked along a road behind them, and a large auger is attached to an apparatus at the front of the t...
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Two men are using a large auger to dig a hole for installing telephone poles. A truck is parked nearby, used for installing the poles. The sign on the side...
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B.T. Co. Truck

Date: 03 01 1928
Description: Telephone Co. linemen making installation on pole. A truck is parked nearby.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Katherine Quilliam (left), chief operator of unit No. 1 at the Madison office of the Wisconsin Telephone Company, interviews Mrs. Viola Cook for a position...

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