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Beloit Tourist Center

Date: 1967
Description: View through a car windshield towards the Beloit tourist center. A family of four is walking towards the building. A phone booth is nearby on the left.
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Telephone Linemen

Date: 1935
Description: A man with a hammer is working at the top of a telephone pole as a second man is watching from the ground. There is a third man near a man on another pole ...
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Cyclist

Date: 08 03 2016
Description: A man is riding a bicycle down a sidewalk while looking at his cellphone.
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Field Telephone in Syria

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Description: Turkish field telephone in the desert.
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Turkish Artillery Forward Observer Team

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Description: Soldiers with field telephone and periscope binoculars in the desert.
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Harvey's Union Corners Service Station

Date: 04 06 1954
Description: Harvey's Standard Service Station located at 2602 East Washington Avenue (at North Street), featuring their dealership of Atlas tires. A car is pulled up a...
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Madison Housing Development at McKenna Boulevard and Gilbert Roadert

Date: 05 22 1954
Description: Madison housing development at the corner of McKenna Boulevard and Gilbert Road in the Orchard Ridge neighborhood. Shows homes, sprawling backyards and tel...
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Pres House

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Pres House, a Presbyterian Church. Two phone booths are near the sidewalk in front of the church on the left, with a p...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: At the crossing at Monroe and Regent Streets, the flagman activates warning lights before the stopped Illinois-Central train proceeds across the crossing. ...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: Illinois Central flagman R.D. DeRoche walking along the railroad tracks at the Monroe and Regent Streets crossing ahead of the engine after he activated wa...
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Wooden Nickel and the John Wallace House

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings. The three-story building on the left has the Wooden Nickel on the ground floor. The building on the right i...
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Artillery Battery Telephone

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Description: Artillery battery telephone in a Serbian trench line that had been captured by the Austrians.
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Downed Telephone Lines

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Description: Destroyed telephone lines in Serbia being repaired for use.
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The Dollard Home and Harry Wigonitz Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Dollard Home and the Harry Wigonitz Building. The Dollard Home is a Queen Ann-style house with porch and turret. Two p...
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Fred Klein Building and Hubert Schmitz Boarding House

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings. The building on the left is the Fred Klein Building. The upper two floors are apartments. The ground floor ...
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Watching Statue "Wisconsin" Get Painted

Date: 08 03 1957
Description: A mother and her children looking up at the top of the Capitol dome as the statue "Wisconsin" gets painted. They are on a street corner by posts for traff...
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Time Realty Building Accident

Date: 11 02 1960
Description: The smashed-in front facade of the Time Realty Co. office, 2434 University Avenue, as a result of a car backing up with a stuck accelerator. Seen inside th...
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Wardens with Emergency Telephone

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Description: Two men outdoors with an emergency telephone. The men appear to be on top of a truck or other type of vehicle. Behind them are power lines and trees.
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Tony's Tavern Parking Lot

Date: 04 1960
Description: View towards the right side of Tony Urso's Westside Palm Tavern located at 730-736 West Washington Avenue in the Greenbush neighborhood. In the foreground ...
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Telephone Building

Date: 06 22 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Telephone Bldg., Wausau, Wis." A stone building with a decorative parapet has three stories plus a lower level. Four men are standing...

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