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Laboratory Experiment

Date: 1928
Description: Professor Hull conducting an experiment at the Psychological laboratory of the University of Wisconsin.
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Methylene Blue Milk Test

Date: 1928
Description: Dairyman conducting Methylene blue test on a can of milk. Notice in background reads: "For all milk which passes the quality requirements of this factory, ...
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Kids Drinking Milk in School

Date: 1921
Description: Classroom full of school children drinking milk at Washington school.
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Hats, Hats, Hats

Date: 11 06 1939
Description: The interior of Miller's store in the hat section.
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Hog Butchering

Date: 1921
Description: Man butchering a hog, which is hanging on a meat hook.
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Man Dressing Butchered Pigs

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Description: Man in boots and a hard hat dresses butchered pigs on meat hooks.
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High School Girls

Date: 1929
Description: Group of stylishly dressed girls from a Wisconsin high school posing outdoors.
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Cooking Class for Males

Date: 04 03 1933
Description: A class of males at work on kitchen activities.
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Beauty Class

Date: 1927
Description: A beauty culture class in session.
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Cribbage Game at Fire Station

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Description: Fireman playing cribbage in a quiet moment at the Dayton and Randall Streets Fire Station Number 4 with spittoon in the foreground.
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Home Economics Class in a Social Moment

Date: 1929
Description: University of Wisconsin home economics students have a tea party.
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Fire Fighter at Work

Date: 1934
Description: Fire chief at work. He is also a student earning his way through the University of Wisconsin.
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Men's Clothing Store Interior View

Date: 1937
Description: Men's suits and sport coats hang from the racks inside Rundel's Inc. men's store.
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Production of Maple Syrup

Date: 1927
Description: Man in "sugar bush" (grove of maples) boiling down maple sap in production of maple syrup. Probably Wisconsin.
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Man and Child in Open Wigwam

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Description: A Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) man and child inside a wigwam with the sides rolled up. A cat is walking in the grass in front of the man.
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Painters in Library Reading Room

Date: 1923
Description: Men in work clothes stand on scaffolding in the library reading room of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Desks below are covered with drop cloths. The rea...
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University Class for Boys

Date: 1914
Description: R.A. Moore speaks about corn to a University of Wisconsin-Madison class of boys.
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Delivery of Bread Right To Your Door

Date: 1939
Description: A woman standing on her doorstep buys bread from a deliveryman. His truck is parked in the driveway. Text on the truck reads "Capitol Bakers, 'Right' to yo...
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Sleigh Riders Pulling Skiers

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Description: Winter scene with six well-bundled passengers in a sleigh pulled by two horses and pulling two skiers behind. In the background are pine trees.
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Man in Hemp Field

Date: 1912
Description: View of a man wearing a suit and a straw hat standing among tall stalks of hemp in a field.

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