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| Date: | 11 02 1933 |
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| Description: | Dane County Court House "telephone girls" at the new switchboard. Sitting at the switchboard is Madge Albright, and in the rear is Bernadine Plachy and Mar... |
| Date: | 11 05 1930 |
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| Description: | Governor-elect Philip F. La Follette reading a telegram at the La Follette campaign headquarters. |
| Date: | 06 08 1930 |
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| Description: | Patrolman Peterson in uniform, sitting at a telephone table. |
| Date: | 09 21 1928 |
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| Description: | Loraine Hotel lobby with local business directory next to registration desk, male customer at registration counter and two clerks in front of Western Union... |
| Date: | 08 13 1946 |
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| Description: | Telephone switchboard being rebuilt at the Madison Exchange of the Wisconsin Telephone Company. |
| Date: | 08 14 1946 |
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| Description: | Eleven male workers and one supervisor making telephone switchboard cables in the basement of the Wisconsin Telephone Company building. |
| Date: | 08 14 1946 |
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| Description: | Seven workers (two peeking through from behind the switchboard) and one supervisor rebuilding the telephone toll switchboard at the Wisconsin Telephone Com... |
| Date: | 05 1896 |
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| Description: | The office of Historical Society Librarian Isaac Bradley in the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Bradley, who joined the Society staff in 1... |
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| Description: | View of rural Blue Mounds, with a two-lane, paved road. The caption at the bottom reads: "East View of Blue Mounds, Wis. Elevation, 1760 ft.". |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View from road of the Buena Vista House. There is a utility pole in front with many wires attached. This Greek revival inn was erected in 1843 by Samuel R.... |
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| Description: | Workmen erecting a telephone pole with a horse team. |
| Date: | 09 30 1949 |
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| Description: | Shorewood Hills fire chief Chris Bertelsen receives the first official dial call on Madison's new 100 percent dial phone service. The sign on the wall abov... |
| Date: | 10 1980 |
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| Description: | Municipal pumping station, corner of Main Street and Military Road. A telephone booth is on the right. |
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| Description: | A view of houses, with a Christian church in the right foreground. A car is parked in front of the church. Poles with telephone or electric lines are along... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An interior view of a diner, showing two semi-circular counters with stools and booths along the walls. There is a jukebox on the right and a root beer bar... |
| Date: | 09 07 2001 |
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| Description: | "Zieggy's is at 933 Indiana Avenue in Sheboygan, WI. When Shirley had some medical attention at St. Lukes's Hospital, her roommate recommended Zieggy's." |
| Date: | 06 1967 |
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| Description: | Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 500 block of State Street. Business include: The Towers (student apartments), Pantorium Dry Cleaners, The... |
| Date: | 06 1967 |
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| Description: | Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | "A time exposure recorded car head and tail lights." |
| Date: | 08 1926 |
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| Description: | A man works at the front desk at the lobby of the Basswood resort in Long Lake. The room features a table and chairs, stained glass windows, a calendar, an... |
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