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City Line Department

Date: 12 16 1926
Description: Workmen with the City Line Department use an International Model 63 truck to erect a power line or telephone pole near a bridge.
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City of Jacksonville Garage

Date: 04 09 1935
Description: J.H. De Fee, shop foreman, and W.R. Thomas, superintendent, sitting behind a desk at the City of Jacksonville Garage.
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On Time Transfer Company Offices

Date: 01 26 1935
Description: W.R. Boquet and A.W. Boquet sit together at a desk in the On Time Transfer Company office while Mrs. Erma Boquet looks on from the background.
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Governor's Suite in Edgewater Hotel

Date: 04 26 1948
Description: View of the bedroom of the Governor's Suite in the new Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue. The room is decorated in restful browns and beiges, accented ...
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Hotel Pfister — A Large Sample Room

Date: 1920
Description: The hotel is on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Jefferson Street. The view is of large sample room. Includes a bed, desk and chair, vanity dresser, a lo...
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Alice Ferguson of Madison Gas and Electric Company

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Mrs. Alice Ferguson, director of home service for Madison Gas and Electric Company, will be the judge for the "Wisconsin State Journal's" fourth and final ...
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Man at Hotel Registry Desk

Date: 1946
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat is checking in and signing a piece of paper at a hotel registry desk. A suitcase is sitting at his feet and a hotel employee i...
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New Police Telephone Switchboard

Date: 09 06 1949
Description: Mrs. Rose E. Amoth works at the new police telephone switchboard at the police station, 14 South Webster Street.
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New Police Telephone Switchboard

Date: 09 06 1949
Description: A Madison police officer at the new police telephone switchboard at the police station, 14 South Webster Street.
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First Official Dial Telephone Call in Madison

Date: 09 30 1949
Description: Maple Bluff fire chief Lawrence Nielsen places the first official dial call on Madison's new 100 percent dial phone service.
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First Official Dial Telephone Call in Madison

Date: 09 30 1949
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...
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First 24 Hour Outdoor Pay Phone Booth

Date: 11 18 1949
Description: Marjorie White of 25 East Dayton Street wearing a fur coat and head scarf while using what is alleged to be the first 24-hour, outdoor-accessible pay phone...
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Teen Summer Jobs

Date: 08 09 1950
Description: Charlene Schaefer, East High School 1950 graduate, is shown operating the telephone switch board at Lake View Sanatorium.
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Madison Police Cell Block Telephone

Date: 08 25 1950
Description: A telephone in the cell block at the Madison police headquarters, adjacent to the fingerprinting counters, explicitly for use by arrested persons. The pict...
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Municipal Station

Date: 10 1980
Description: Municipal pumping station, corner of Main Street and Military Road. A telephone booth is on the right.
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Woman Standing over Bound Man

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Description: A woman standing over a man who has been tied up and laid across boards resting on two sawhorses. In the background is a telephone on a half wall, and a ta...
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A Row of Houses

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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...
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S. Sixth Avenue

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Description: A view of south Sixth Avenue, looking down hill. Houses line both sides of the street, with one tree visible in the foreground and multiple trees lining bo...
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Main Street

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Description: A view of Main Street. Houses line both sides of the street, as do trees, which partially obscure the houses. Telephone and/or electric lines run parallel ...
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Washington Street

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Description: A view of Washington Street. Trees line the street, as do telephone and/or electric lines. A carriage is parked on the right side of the street, in the mid...

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