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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior of Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing telephone wires.
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Family Farmers Market

Date: 07 27 1988
Description: Cousins set up a road-side stand to sell fruits and vegetables grown by their grandfather.
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C.B.&Q. Railroad Depot in Cochrane

Date: 1910
Description: Railroad depot with two sets of railroad tracks in the foreground.
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Workmen Installing Telephone Poles

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Description: Workmen erecting a telephone pole with a horse team.
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Great Britain Office of International Harvester

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior of International Harvester's General Office for Great Britain. The building included a showroom, service station, and parts and machine warehouse....
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Construction Worker Talking on Telephone

Date: 1969
Description: Construction worker talking in a telephone booth.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway Depot

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Description: The first depot built in Milwaukee, it served the Milwaukee & Waukesha Railroad which became the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad and eventually the Chicag...
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I.C.U. Market and Cold Storage Building

Date: 1895
Description: Exterior of building. A large advertising sign is on the right side, behind a large smokestack. A smaller sign stating "For Rent O.J. Schenck" has been h...
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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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Bike and Car Road Scene

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Description: View toward a boy with his bicycle at the entrance to Putnam Hill Park on the left. There are telephone poles and trees in the center, street railroad trac...
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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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Covering the President

Date: 1956
Description: Rear view of a parade of reporters in open cars following President Eisenhower on a rural road in Iowa. The President is standing in an open car at the rig...
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Patient and Nurse at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: A male patient sits in bed on the porch and receives a meal from a nurse at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. A telephone sits ...
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Teenage Female with Cellphone

Date: 2010
Description: Teenage girl using cellphone while sitting on a bench outdoors.
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Zieggy's

Date: 09 07 2001
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."
Postcard

Business District

Date: 09 20 1922
Description: Photographic postcard of the business district. Sidewalk view shows pedestrians and a vehicle in the street. Telephone poles and small horsehead shaped hit...
Postcard

Main Street Looking East

Date: 08 18 1908
Description: View of Main Street looking east. Trees and telephone poles line the street next to a large two-story building. A bridge and sidewalk are in the middle-gro...
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500 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
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...
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
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...
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700 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 700 block of State Street. Lake Street parking ramp and University of Wisconsin Extension building are vi...

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