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Watching the Monitor

Date: 04 11 1986
Description: Schoolgirl watches the monitor as she types her story on a word processor.
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Mock Convention

Date: 11 01 1968
Description: A mock presidential political convention at a middle school.
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Caning Chairs

Date: 10 17 1968
Description: An elderly man and woman make new cane seats for chairs at the Cedar Lake Home for the Aged.
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Light Show at the Fair

Date: 07 26 1966
Description: Several young people pause behind the fence to look at a midway ride in action at the Washington County Junior Fair.
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Kissel Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Washington County highway worker filling a Kissel-built truck with gravel and crushed rock.
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Kissel Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Kissel truck owned by Washington County entering a gravel pit.
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Fifty Kissel Taxis

Date: 08 07 1929
Description: A line of fifty "Bradford Cabs" manufactured by the Kissel Motor Car Company of Hartford, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "'Bradford Cabs' built by the Kissel Mo...
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Kissel Car Ad

Date: 06 1927
Description: An advertisement for the Kissel Custom Built Car published in the June, 1927 issue of the "Wisconsin Motorist" magazine, page 13. The company was the Kisse...
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Slinger Grade School

Date: 05 15 1902
Description: Students of the Slinger Grade School, pictured with their teachers, Miss Margaret O'Connell who taught grades one through five, and Mr. H.T. White who taug...
Postcard

Stork's Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard of the Stork Brewery facilities. The image includes the brewery buildings along a hillside and railroad tracks in the foreground. There is a sign ...
Postcard

Storck Brewery

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard view of the Storck Brewery in Schleisingerville (now Slinger). The brewery buildings are along a hillside, and railroad tracks are in th...
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Hartford Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 07 04 1918
Description: Elevated view of a parade, including a large American flag carried by several men. Spectators line the streets and some are standing on rooftops. A banner ...
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Concertina Dancing Music

Date: 07 11 1985
Description: Several people, most of them women, dancing on a dance floor in front of a band on a stage. Caption reads: "CONCERTINA DANCING MUSIC — The woman outnumbere...
Postcard

High Altar

Date: 1947
Description: Hand-tinted postcard showing detail of the high altar at the church on Holy Hill. Caption reads: "High Altar, Holy Hill, Wis."
Postcard

Carmelite Monastery and New Church

Date: 1930
Description: Postcard showing the Carmelite monastery and church at Holy Hill. The postcard identifies this as the "new church," which suggests the photograph was taken...
Postcard

Birchwood Cornet Band

Date: 1911
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a band, wearing their uniforms and holding their instruments. The band is posed on the lawn in front of the porch of a house, and...
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Wilson's Park Band

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Description: Group portrait of a band posing with the instruments, in uniform. The band is posing in front of a forest. The sign painted on the drum reads: "Wilson's Pa...
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Work Day

Date: 05 18 1989
Description: Two boys are sitting and standing next to a four-wheel utility vehicle that is hauling a cart of hay. They are facing a woman standing on the right who is ...
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Displaying Cupcakes

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: A woman is smiling and is holding up a tray of decorated cupcakes. In front of her is a table holding several wrapped plates of cookies and a box with bagg...
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Jeff and Pat Otten

Date: 06 26 1985
Description: Waist-up portrait of a man and woman posing together outdoors while standing against a brick wall. They are both are wearing matching sunglasses and shirts...

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