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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Brewery workers, posed in front of stacked beer barrels. Pictured (2nd row, far right) is Louis Schreiber (1861-1923) who immigrated to Wisconsin from Bava... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of workers, a young boy and a dog outside the Schmidt and Glade Brewery posing with tools and barrels. |
| Date: | 04 20 1888 |
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| Description: | The launching of the screw passenger and freight vessel, "Petoskey," on April 20, 1888 at Burger and Burger Builders, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Front view of C.F. Rau's furniture store, with the owners and employees sitting in front of the store. Apparently, the store also performs undertaking. The... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Blast furnace, also known as a Scotch hearth used in lead mining. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Lithograph from Plate 12 in "Prang's Aids for Object Teaching-Trades & Occupations." |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Three ships at dock, the "Superior," the "Sandusky," and the "Shawnee," all built in Gibralter, Michigan. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Etching of interior of bonded warehouse with four men present, two conversing and two rolling barrels. |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a girl sitting on a barrel as a man dumps apples into a press to make cider. Two men manually operate the press at the left. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated exterior view of T.G. Mandt Wagons & Carriages. Several of the men are standing near or leaning on one of the many carriages displayed ar... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Photographic reproduction of a lithograph showing carpenters erecting houses. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | An ad printed by Rufus King & Co. displaying many typefaces and describing "Printer's Stock, consisting of Type, Presses, Cases, Borders, Cuts, Stationary ... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A large group of men pose on the wooden framework of a barn they're building on Holy Hill Road, which has a stone foundation. On the far right three women ... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a deck of a schooner hauling lumber. Several workmen are loading or unloading the lumber. Industrial buildings, some displaying signs, are... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | A striking machine used to train boxers. The dial displayed the force used when the pad was punched by a boxer. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Some of the Old-Timers on the Photo. Steamers: Petosky (on stocks), Muskegon, Corona, A.D. Hayward, City of St. Joe, Lotus, J.F. Dayan, Gra... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Studio group portrait of fifteen men and women posing together in front of a painted backdrop. Some of the people are holding weaving tools. |
| Date: | 01 1881 |
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| Description: | Illustration of a pulverizing harrow. Text reads: "ACME" Pulverizing Harrow, CLOD CRUSHER AND LEVELER. The "ACME" Cuts Over TH... |
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