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Tinsel Trees

Date: 1950
Description: A woman fashions a miniature hand-made metallic tree, while tables full of others await packing and shipment for the Christmas holidays.
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Wilcox-Lawton House

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Description: View across yard towards the Wilcox-Lawton house with trees on the left. Built in 1838.
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Allis Chalmers Tent at the Fair

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Description: Allis Chalmers tent at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
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Westport School

Date: 1929
Description: The Westport School attended by Ella Wheeler. It is now used as a tool shed. A large barn is behind the smaller building.
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Kohler Company Housing

Date: 1925
Description: Kohler of Kohler Company housing for employees in a modern industrial village near Sheboygan, Wisc. A smokestack in the background has a sign that reads: "...
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Park Row

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Description: Looking east on Park Row, with several large buildings lining the right side of the street. Smaller buildings are near a shoreline on the left.
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Campion Jesuit High School

Date: 1960
Description: Campion Jesuit High School, Lawler Hall, finished in 1955.
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Interior of Bonded Warehouse

Date: 1877
Description: Etching of interior of bonded warehouse with four men present, two conversing and two rolling barrels.
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Illinois Steel Company

Date: 1892
Description: Milwaukee works. Long steel mill located on the bank of either a lake or a river. Multitudes of smokestacks, tracks, and small buildings.
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Aluminum Runway Repair in Vietnam

Date: 1967
Description: A group of men from the Air Force's Red Horse heavy repair squadrons stand outdoors while making repairs on an aluminum runway in Vietnam. An airplane is b...
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Aspin and Obey

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Description: Congressman Les Aspin (right) and David R. Obey (center) at a public hearing. Although undated, the photograph was taken by Gary Porter of the "Janesville ...

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