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Clean Suit

Date: 08 29 1995
Description: Congressman David R. Obey putting on protective clothing for a tour of the Cray Computer facility.
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Cray Tour

Date: 08 29 1995
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey touring the new Cray Computer facility. Obey had been involved in securing federal funding for the company.
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Northern Wisconsin Center Home Economics Class

Date: 1930
Description: Slightly elevated view of six women wearing aprons learning domestic skills in a kitchen classroom. Two women on the left stand at a sink washing dishes, t...
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Fine Sewing and Lace Making

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Description: Young women practicing fine sewing and lace making at Wisconsin Home for the Feeble Minded.
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Women at Table

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Description: Five women are sitting at a table set for perhaps a Valentine's Day party. The setting was likely a Home Economics project for the women at the Northern Wi...
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Governor's Citizens Committee on Public Welfare

Date: 08 09 1936
Description: Outdoor group portrait of fourteen people who make up the Governor's Citizens Committee on Public Welfare. They are posed front of a building at the Northe...
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Manual Training

Date: 1938
Description: Eight men working on various woodworking projects in a classroom setting at Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled.
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Home Economics

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Description: Slightly elevated view of six young women posed in a kitchen. Two women on the left stand at a sink washing dishes, two women stand at a table behind them,...
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Towel Weaving

Date: 1938
Description: Two men weaving towels at looms.
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Obey and Gunderson

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Description: Agricultural forum in Chippewa Falls. Speaking is Congressman David R. Obey, and next to him is Congressman Steve Gunderson. Gunderson was the only represe...
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St. Joseph's Hospital at Chippewa Falls, Wis.

Date: 1936
Description: View from street towards the St. Joseph's Hospital. In the center is a two level open porch, with two people on the second level. A 1930s automobile is par...
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Breaking Log Jam in the Chippewa River

Date: 1910
Description: Two men standing on logs are looking at the log jam in the river. Caption reads: "Breaking Log Jam in the Chippewa River"
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The Fourth Annual Ski Tournament

Date: 1910
Description: View looking up towards a ski jumper airborne over the top edge of a hill as a large crowd is looking on from the sides. The top of the ski jump scaffold i...
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Cave at Irvine Park

Date: 1910
Description: Sunlit opening of a large carved out man-made cave with a park bench in the foreground in Irvine Park. The figure of a woman in the cave is obscured by sha...
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Chippewa City Resort

Date: 1920
Description: Photographic postcard view of a man and woman sitting in an Adirondack chair at the Chippewa City Resort. Caption reads: "Chippewa City Resort, Chippewa Fa...
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Bridge Street

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized view of Bridge Street, looking north from Spring Street intersection, in the central business district. The view includes stores, some with canva...
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Bridge Street

Date: 1940
Description: Looking north on Bridge Street from Spring Street intersection. In foreground, left, is a bank. In foreground, right, is a restaurant with a neon sign that...
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Problem Solved

Date: 01 04 1978
Description: A man on a ladder is using a snow rake to rake his roof. The ladder is propped against the portico of his house. Caption reads: "PROBLEM SOLVED — Homeowner...
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Chippewa Falls Deer Hunters

Date: 1947
Description: Five deer hunters are posing with their rifles and seven killed deer and one small animal (possibly a rabbit) hanging from a buck pole behind them. A log b...
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Emily Clapp Abbott

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of a woman. Caption reads: "ABBOTT, Mrs. Emily S. (wife Dr. S.W. Abbott) Emily Clapp Abbott b. May 25, 1832; died Chippewa Falls R...

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