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Young "Girl" in Curls

Date: 11 1938
Description: A young boy sits while getting his hair curled with an electric curling iron. According to an article that appeared in the January 9, 1939 Life maga...
Photograph

Clipping the Cow

Date: 01 28 1931
Description: Dairyman Martin Hopper uses a pneumatic clipper hooked-up to the hose of his milking machine to groom his cow.
Photograph

Aerial View of Power Plant

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the construction of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company power plant on the shore of Lake Michigan.
Photograph

WPA Built Cabin

Date: 07 14 1936
Description: Children assemble on the stairs of a WPA built cabin.
Print

Snuggle Pup, Label

Date: 09 04 1934
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration from the Indian Mound Products Co. "Snuggle Pup Dog Food," "A Beef Product." Features ...
Photograph

Child at Terry Andrae State Park

Date: 1938
Description: Small child standing on the shoreline of a sandy beach, looking out at the waves, at Terry Andrae State Park on Lake Michigan.
Map or Atlas

Map of Sheboygan Wisconsin: Use District Map

Date: 1935
Description: This map created by the Sheboygan City Engineer department shows five different types of land use in the city in 1935. A legend in the bottom right corner ...
Photograph

Men Preparing a Feast

Date: 08 28 1930
Description: Gathering of men at a “Shport [sic] Outing”. The men are standing around a barbecue pit, preparing a feast of fish and corn.
Photograph

Snow Plow

Date: 1936
Description: Winter scene with man driving a Model RD-8 La Plant-Choate V-Plow Snow Plow with side extension blades from the front. In the background are power poles.
Photograph

Charles E. Broughton Delivering Election Returns

Date: 11 08 1932
Description: Charles E. Broughton delivering election returns over WHBL.
Photograph

Smelt Rigging

Date: 04 1938
Description: Elevated view from shoreline towards a boy using a single paddle to propel a small rowboat on the Sheboygan River. There are five rigs set up along the sho...
Postcard

Looking East

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "Looking East, Sheboygan, Wis." Elevated view of the city surrounding the Sheboygan River. There are many industrial buildings near th...
Postcard

Old Mill and Water Wheel

Date: 1935
Description: View of a wooden water wheel and mill. There is no water flowing under the wheel.
Postcard

Vollrath Bowl

Date: 07 18 1938
Description: Text on front reads: "Vollrath Bowl, Sheboygan, Wis." The land was donated in 1917 by the Vollrath heirs and the construction of the Vollrath Park Zoo was ...
Postcard

Dairy Milk Parade

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "North Eighth Street, Sheboygan, Wis." There is also a Verifine Food Products logo with the text: "Equal to Any-Better than Many" in t...

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