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| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Three men stand on a platform near two butane-operated International PA-100 power units. |
| Date: | 05 12 1939 |
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| Description: | International P-40 power unit under a shed at a sawmill. Logs are piled near the sheltered work area, and a man works beside them. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of a broad street lined with businesses in brick buildings. Horse-drawn carts are parked along the street and pedestrians are visible as well. Signs... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a wide city street. Horse-drawn carts are in the street and pedestrians crowd the sidewalks. Sign in window reads: "Law Offices of D.A. St... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Main street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric lights hang over the street. Business signs read: "J.H. Kreiling Tailor" "J... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Broadway Street business district, with electric lights and power lines overhead, and streetcar tracks. Text on bank building (far left) reads:... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of an irrigation ditch near apple orchards in. Mountains are in the distance. Caption reads: Irrigation Ditch And Apple Orchards, Near Cashmere, Wash.... |
| Date: | 12 07 1951 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Alice Ferguson, Madison Gas and Electric (MG&E) home services director, is shown with the many varieties of Christmas cookies, candies, cakes, and hou... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Main Street, where two young girls walk on the sidewalk, and a horse and carriage and two cars are parked in the street. There is a townhouse complex on th... |
| Date: | 03 1975 |
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| Description: | "As a result of the storm some farms did not have electricity for five days. A generator was shared by many farmers and was moved from farm to farm so that... |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | "High over the rooftops of Theresa, Jim Polster and son, Kieth, have the scary job of applying new shingles on the building that houses the fire department... |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | "High over the rooftops of Theresa, Jim Polster and son, Kieth, have the scary job of applying new shingles on the building that houses the fire department... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of snow-covered road with two men shoveling snow. A dog is standing in the road near the men. The road is lined with fenced fields and telepho... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from street of the Badger State Bank, which is on the first floor. On the second floor is a dentist's office. A telephone or telegraph pole is on the ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Artist's illustration of a beryllium container built by the Solar Division of International Harvester. The container was intended to be used as a power sou... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | An Apollo 12 astronaut and lunar landing module on the moon's surface. The beryllium container in the foreground was built by the Solar Division of Interna... |
| Date: | 11 01 1966 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Congressman Melvin Laird distributing his campaign literature outside the Marathon Electric plant gate. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down middle of street in a commercial business district. A bakery, a doctor's office and a grocery are on the left. The Opera House, another doctor's ... |
| Date: | 10 30 1959 |
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| Description: | Frank E. Nordeen, a state engineering employee, pointing to the main electric switchboard in the State Capitol building basement, while standing next to an... |
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