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Women in Motorboat

Date: 1941
Description: Two bathing suit-clad women demonstrating their Evinrude motorboat on a Wisconsin lake.
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Trail Through Pines

Date: 1905
Description: Trail through the pines between Chippewa Falls and Long Lake, Chippewa County.
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Nuclear Bomb Testing

Date: 04 25 1953
Description: A mushroom cloud from possibly Yucca Flats, Nevada where there was a nuclear bomb test.
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Robot and Baby

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Description: An infant being pushed in a baby flyer (baby carriage) by a robot in Leeds, England.
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Pit at Lead Mine

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Description: Pit at Hazel Green lead mine.
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Tunnel at Tunnel City

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a group of construction workers posed near the east portal of the railroad tunnel near Tunnel City.
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Indian Cemetery

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Description: Cemetery on a Menominee Indian reservation. Caption reads: "Route 47 — Menominee Indian Reservation‚ Indian Cemetery."
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View Through Trees

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Description: Forest view through dense growth of trees and plants. The word "Flambeau" is written on the back of the photograph.
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Women in the Hops Field

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Description: A group of women posing amidst the hops plants in a field. Most of the women are wearing hats, aprons, and dresses. Some have picnic baskets and many are e...
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Woman Holding Trout and Fly-Fishing Rod

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Description: A woman wearing waders and a hat holds up a trout in her right hand and a fly-fishing rod in her left hand. Attached to her hat are fly-fishing flies, and ...
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Northwestern Engine No. 5001

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Description: Engine no. 5001 of a Northwestern train.
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Ojibwe Cemetery

Date: 06 1919
Description: Ojibwe (Chippewa) Indian cemetery among brush and trees. Probably Lac Courte Oreilles.
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Peter Wolfe and William Wolfe

Date: 1932
Description: Outdoor portrait of Peter Wolfe, chief of Lac Courte d'Oreilles band of Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indians, with his son William Wolfe, who was Secretary of Lac Cou...
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Local Boilermakers and Helpers

Date: 1914
Description: Boilermakers and their helpers pose on and around a horse-drawn wagon that bears a sign that reads "Boiler-makers and Helpers," perhaps for a parade. Man o...
Postcard

Hodag

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Description: Hodag standing on a log. Caption reads: "The Hodag. Rhinelander, Wis."
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Men working in field during Wisconsin cranberry harvest. Crates are stacked up throughout the field.
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Cranberry Picker

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Description: Mechanical cranberry picker in the field. A man is standing behind the picker.
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Men Working in Cranberry Bog

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Description: Men working in Wisconsin cranberry bog. Possibly combing the vines. In the background are long, open air sheds packed with crates.
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Two men harvesting cranberries with cranberry rakes in Wisconsin marshes. There is a barge near them on the right.
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Woman Raking Cranberries

Date: 1955
Description: Woman using a cranberry rake to harvest cranberries near Wisconsin Rapids.

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