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First Radar Police Cars in State

Date: 1940
Description: Two men are standing near a car, with the man on the right wearing a police uniform. A wired device is sitting on the hood of the car and both men are look...
Magazine or Periodical

The Electric Light in Houses

Date: 06 24 1882
Description: Three depictions of men laying electrical tubes in the streets of New York and testing them for insulation. Caption reads: "The Electric Light in Houses— L...
Magazine or Periodical

The Electric Light in Madison Square, New York

Date: 01 14 1882
Description: A drawing showing Madison Square at night, lit by electric lighting at the top of a mast. Men and women are strolling on the sidewalks and walking on the s...
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Air Quality Monitoring

Date: 01 15 1959
Description: Robert Butler, a public health technologist with the city health department, is examining a used filter. He is atop the second floor of the City-County bui...
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Madison Police Cadet Training

Date: 11 21 1958
Description: A police officer instructs two cadets on the operation of radar equipment and the proper way to talk to violators. The officer is holding a tuning fork nea...
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New IBM Machines at North Western Railroad Yard

Date: 08 29 1958
Description: North Western railroad yard employee John Eith is shown with punch cards in hand by a new IBM "accounting apparatus". He is "awaiting information from one ...
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New IBM Machines at North Western Railroad Yard

Date: 08 29 1958
Description: R. E. Gilbert posing behind a desk-sized IBM machine, known as a integrated-data processor. Gilbert holds in his hand a punched paper roll containing up-to...
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Man in Control Room

Date: 
Description: A man is standing at a control board in a room with other equipment. There is a Toledo Scale on the left behind the control board. A window in the wall beh...
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Man Testing Engine

Date: 
Description: A man is using equipment to test an engine.
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Precision Inspection Equipment

Date: 1960
Description: Caption reads: "Precision Inspection Equipment for Ball Bearing Balls; Waveometer and Profilometer Pilator."
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Baird Direct Reading Spectrometer

Date: 1960
Description: Caption reads: "Baird Direct Reading Spectrometer."
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Control Room of Test Cell For Gas Turbine Engines

Date: 1960
Description: Caption reads: "Control Room of Test Cell For Gas Turbine Engines Construction Equipment Eng. Dept." Behind the controls is a window, and set up in the roo...
Photograph

Tinius Olsen Automatic Balance Correcting Machine

Date: 1960
Description: Caption reads: "Tinius Olsen Automatic Balance Correcting Machine for Engine Crankshafts."
Photograph

Precision Inspection Equipment

Date: 1960
Description: Caption reads: "Precision Inspection Equipment for Ball Bearing Raceways; Anderometer and Waveometer."
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Precision Equipment for Inspecting Gears

Date: 1960
Description: Slightly elevated view of a room filled with machinery, and shelves along the wall.
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Eastman Kodak Shadograph Inspection Equipment

Date: 1960
Description: Caption reads: "Eastman Kodak Shadograph Inspection Equipment."
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Talyrond Roundness Inspection Equipment

Date: 1960
Description: View of equipment in a room. Caption reads: "Talyrond Roundness Inspection Equipment."
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Interference Eliminator for a Radio

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Interference eliminator for a radio, made by Kidder's Radio Shop.
Drawing

Radio Schematic

Date: 
Description: A blueprint schematic of a radio telephone circuit for the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
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Vacuum Tube Parts

Date: 1917
Description: The completed internal parts of a vacuum tube (power tube).

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