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| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A foldout, illustrated poster for a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth program featuring images of teenaged boys working. The text reads: "The CCC — A... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The cover of "Tom Swift and His Airship or the Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud." |
| Date: | 10 1910 |
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| Description: | The cover of John T. Trowbridge's poetry book, "Darius Green and his Flying Machine," illustrated by Wallace Goldsmith and published by Houghton Mifflin Co... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Pie charts from 1927-28 showing the present location of graduates of Central and East High Schools. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | First and second grade students in their classroom at Scribner School. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Keyes steam engine undergoing routine testing in front of Madison's old Central Fire Station, 10 South Webster Street. The water is being drawn from a cist... |
| Date: | 06 1952 |
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| Description: | Cover of The McCarthy Record depicting the United States Capitol building and several government documents. |
| Date: | 04 1954 |
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| Description: | Cover of "McCarthy: A Documented Record," a special issue of the Progressive magazine. The cover features a drawing of a Birdseye view of Washington... |
| Date: | 06 1931 |
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| Description: | African Americans picking cotton on a large plantation in Virginia. |
| Date: | 06 1930 |
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| Description: | A map of the western states showing "public playlands," mostly national parks. |
| Date: | 02 1932 |
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| Description: | Engraving by Charles Silver to mark the passage of Wisconsin's Unemployment Compensation Law, the first in the nation. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders studio portrait of A.N. Meyer, wearing a suit jacket, vest, and tie. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders studio portrait of Henry Weber, wearing a suit jacket, vest, and tie. |
| Date: | 07 08 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the ship the Charles C. West splashing into the Manitowoc River with a large crowd gathered to watch. |
| Date: | 09 28 1918 |
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| Description: | Soldiers parade with guns bearing American flags past Schuette Brothers clothing store at the corner of S. 8th and Jay Streets as spectators look on. There... |
| Date: | 06 1939 |
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| Description: | Bridge on the Manitowoc River raised to allow the Pere Marquette car ferry through. River dredging equipment can be seen in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Engraved bird's-eye view of the wood shop, warehouse, machine shop, dry kilns, and foundry of the Manitowoc Seating Company. Several people pass in front o... |
| Date: | 11 02 1906 |
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| Description: | Group of people assembled in front of and on the frame of a barn being raised at M.T. Cooney's. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Construction crew raising a brick building. The structure is entirely surrounded by scaffolding. A large stone piece is being hoisted into place while a wo... |
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