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Parade on College Avenue at Walnut Street, Looking East

Date: 1952
Description: Street view of a parade on College Avenue at Walnut Street. Crowds and cars line both sides of the street, looking on as bands, cars, and floats pass by. L...
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Treasure Island Store, West College Avenue

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Description: Interior of the Treasure Island Store, located on West College Avenue. Store aisles and end-caps full of goods are visible. A single cashier waits in aisle...
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Teacher Ringing School Bell of One-Room School House

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Description: Teacher pulling on a rope to ring the school bell in a one-room school house. School literature and a chalkboard are visible in the background.
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Relocating a House

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Description: View down street of movers relocating a house. A two-story wood house, with front porch still attached, sits on the flatbed of a truck as it moves down Wes...
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Kimball Drug Store

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Description: View of the interior of the Kimball Drug Store. A man and woman stand behind the counter in the very back of the store, partially obscured by a sign readin...
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Collecting Maple Sap at the Maple Crest Maple Syrup Farm

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Description: Two men in a forest are pouring maple sap into metal barrels and buckets at the Maple Crest Maple Syrup Farm. One man is standing in the back of the traile...
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Cherry Picking in Door County

Date: 1967
Description: A man pours a large pot of freshly picked cherries into an evaporated milk carton. The carton rests on a sign reading, "Cherries, Pick Your Own." Cherry tr...
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Blacksmith Shoeing a Horse

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Description: A blacksmith in a working apron prepares a horse for shoeing. The bridled and saddled horse stands quietly next to another horse in the blacksmith's shop, ...
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Transporting Beehives at Henry's Honey Farm

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Description: Side view of a truck and flatbed trailer transporting beehives at Henry's Honey Farm. The truck is parked on a road among an open fields lined by trees. Th...
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Filling Bottles with Maple Syrup

Date: 1971
Description: Milt Mehlberg filling bottles with finished maple syrup from his farm. Mehlberg is pouring syrup from a large sieve into a glass bottle. Several bottles an...
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Man in Drugstore

Date: 1961
Description: A man holding a clipboard stands in the crowded aisle of a drugstore.
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Man and Woman in Drugstore

Date: 1960
Description: A man and woman stand behind the service counter at a drugstore.
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Art Fair

Date: 1955
Description: Prospective buyers examine artwork at an art fair at City Park.
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Boot Repair

Date: 1970
Description: A shoemaker in his shop at work.
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Waupaca House

Date: 1884
Description: Copy photograph of a group portrait outside the Waupaca House general store.
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Carp Fishing

Date: 07 1968
Description: Two fisherman pull in a net of carp fish on Lake Winnebago.
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Horses Pulling Pickup Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Two horses pull a pickup truck for an audience. "Dynamometer" is written on the back of the truck.

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