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Mennonite Children Walking on Road

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Description: Five Mennonite children walking down the middle of the road after a fishing trip.
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Bicycle Racers

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Description: Group of racers bank around a turn on a velodrome track.
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Production Line Worker

Date: 1935
Description: A woman factory worker sorting parts at Globe Union Manufacturing Company, maker of batteries, radio apparatus, and spark plugs.
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Woodchopping Contest

Date: 1936
Description: A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest.
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Rainy Day Traffic

Date: 1941
Description: Automobile traffic, with a street railroad car in the background, on a rainy day.
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Directing Traffic

Date: 1939
Description: A Chicago police officer holds up his hand to signal pedestrians that they should not enter the crosswalk.
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Milwaukee Farmers Market

Date: 1941
Description: Milwaukee Farmer's Market during the late 1930s. A customer carries produce purchased at the market.
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Carnival Scene at the Fair

Date: 1936
Description: Midway area of the Wisconsin State Fair, showing a truck advertising peanuts at 5 cents in the center background.
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Goodyear Blimp at the Fair

Date: 1936
Description: The blimp of the Goodyear Tire Company hovers above the carnival area of the Wisconsin State Fair, tethered to the ground with ropes. The fairgoers, howev...
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Two Men in Store

Date: 1937
Description: Two men talking in an auto parts store. One man is behind the counter wearing eyeglasses and holding a box, the other man is wearing a hat and leaning on t...

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