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Chautauqua Meeting

Date: 1906
Description: Families gathered in front of large tents at a Chautauqua meeting.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Monitoring Building Site

Date: 1937
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright, monitoring the construction and testing of load-bearing pylons for the Johnson Wax Building.
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Marshall Mason Strong

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Description: Formal waist-up studio portrait of Marshall M. Strong.
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John Coleman Residence

Date: 1870
Description: The John W. Coleman residence at 617 Lake Avenue formerly known as Chatham Street. It was built in 1850 and was one of the early brick houses in Racine.
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Paving North Main Street

Date: 1901
Description: A crew of construction workers paving North Main Street with brick.
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"Buffalo Bill" Cody and White Beaver

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Description: "Buffalo Bill" Cody and David Franklin Powell ("White Beaver") posing in in front of a painted backdrop in a Racine, Wisconsin gallery. This image was in t...
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Johnson Wax Research Tower

Date: 1949
Description: View of the Johnson Wax Research and Development Tower under construction.
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Story Time

Date: 09 26 1967
Description: Young children listen to a story through earphones as a teacher's aid looks on.
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Man at Chautauqua

Date: 1906
Description: A man in bow tie and suspenders sits in front of a small tent. Next to him is a rocking chair with a sign on it that says "Don't you see I'm Lonely." Writt...
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Labor Day Festival

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: A young girl listens to a speech at the Racine Laborfest. She holds a balloon imprinted with the slogan, "Buy Union Buy American."
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Frank Lloyd Wright on the Building Site

Date: 1936
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright conferring with another man on the site of one of his great designs, the Johnson Wax Building.
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Horlick's Food Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Horlick's Food Company of Racine, Wisconsin, from the 1890s, showing the Horlick's factory, a dairy maid with a cow and a container of Ho...
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Horlick's Malted Milk Depot

Date: 03 30 1933
Description: Horlick's Malted Milk Corporation depot with receiving trucks.
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William Horlick

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter length outdoor portrait of William Horlick (1846-1936), co-founder of Horlick's Malted Milk Company of Racine, Wisconsin.
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Bottling Line at Horlick's Malted Milk Corporation

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Description: Caption on rear: "Modern production line methods such as this are praised by packaging experts for their efficiency and cleanliness."
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Portrait of William Horlick

Date: 1936
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of William Horlick (1846-1936), by Harold A. Stewart.
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Governor at Baseball Game

Date: 09 15 1930
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., (with flower in his lapel), who was campaigning for re-election, took time out for a baseball game at Horlick Athletic Fiel...
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Racine Roundhouse

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Description: The locomotive "D.K. Bush," which was built in the Racine shops of the Western Union Railroad in 1879, the same year in which the line came into the posses...
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Railroad Repair Work

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Description: Group of men repairing railroad track near Racine.
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Racine Trolley

Date: 1891
Description: View across road construction towards a horse-drawn trolley on railroad tracks on Racine Street. Men and children are standing near piles of road building ...

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