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McCormick-Deering Power Farm Equipment Demonstration

Date: 1939
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man driving a two-horse team pulling a Buckeye wagon in a cornfield. Behind the wagon is a group of men watching a ...
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Potosi Barrels

Date: 1936
Description: Seven beer barrels stacked in front of a truck, outside the Potosi Brewery.
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Pulpwood

Date: 1936
Description: View from river of a machine/crane moving bundles of pulpwood to be made into paper.
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Logging Camp

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of a logging camp on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The three buildings are surrounded by forest.
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Waiting for Bass Run

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of people in a park along the shoreline waiting for the White Bass run.
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German Brown Trout

Date: 1936
Description: A view of freshly caught German Brown Trout, lying near a net and fishing pole.
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Sailboat on Lake Mendota

Date: 1936
Description: View from shoreline of a sailboat on Lake Mendota.
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Plaque

Date: 1936
Description: A view of a plaque, located near the entrance to the "main building" on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: An elevated view of Milwaukee Harbor with railroad station looking towards Lake Michigan.
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The Wisconsin Club

Date: 1936
Description: An exterior view of the Wisconsin (formerly the Germania) Club.
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Street Scene

Date: 1936
Description: View down a street filled with automobiles and pedestrians, with buildings lining each side.
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Cherry Blossoms

Date: 1936
Description: Close-up of cherry blossoms in Door County.
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Contour Plowing

Date: 1936
Description: A view of two men on tractors, contour plowing a field. Two other men stand near a dirt road.
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Small Grain Elevator

Date: 1936
Description: A view of a small grain elevator and various other farm buildings near a road.
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William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the bust of William Dempster Hoard — "Father of Wisconsin Dairying" — on the University of Wisconsin-Madison's agricultural campus.
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Big Smoky Falls

Date: 1936
Description: A view of Big Smoky Falls on the Wolf River, on the Menominee Reservation.
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Dells of the Wisconsin River

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the Dells of the Wisconsin River, with two people walking down a long dock/walkway leading to a boat.
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Log Cabin

Date: 
Description: A view of a "log cabin of a pioneer". Two other log cabins are visible in the background.
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St. Josephat's Basilica

Date: 1936
Description: View down street of St. Josephat's Basilica and the surrounding streets.
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City Hall from Bridge

Date: 1936
Description: View from bridge of City Hall at North Water, North Market, and East Wells Streets, and East Kilbourn Avenue.

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