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Clippers Baseball Team

Date: 1886
Description: The Neillsville "Clippers" baseball team pose for portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Wisconsin Central Train

Date: 1882
Description: Group of men posing in front of the Wisconsin Central Railroad train at a depot. Railroad historian Roy L. Martin, from whose collection this image come...
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Wisconsin Central Pile Driver Car

Date: 1907
Description: Wisconsin Central locomotive No #50 and pile driver No #2 working near Owen. Men stand on and around the tracks.
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Owen Railroad Depot

Date: 1919
Description: The office of the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad. Left to right: Bert Spaulding, an Owen business man; mail clerk Frank Dick; L.H. Lu...
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Fairchild & Northeastern Train at Greenwood

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Description: View from shoreline of the Fairchild & Northeastern steam locomotive pulling a load of logs over the Black River bridge near Greenwood. A man is standing o...
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Gathering Maple Syrup

Date: 1945
Description: Two men and a child in Granton (vicinity), Clark County, Wisconsin. They are gathering maple syrup with a horse-drawn sled.
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Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage

Date: 1910
Description: Methodist Episcopal Church and parsonage built under Rev. G.N. Foster. Groups of people are standing on the entrance steps, and others are standing on the ...
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Logging Camp Crew

Date: 1905
Description: Logging crew posed in snow at a logging camp.
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Luell's Orchestra

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Description: Indoor group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Luell's Orchestra consisting of five men. Each member holds an instrument and there are several oth...
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Men in Wood Shop

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Workers use machinery inside a woodworking shop owned by H.P. Ghent. An International P-12 power unit is on the left side of the room.
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Scrap Drive Participants Outside IH Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: Two men involved in a scrap drive stand near the door of an International Harvester dealership. There are posters in the window. Next to the man on the rig...
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Tornado Damage

Date: 1924
Description: Damage caused by a tornado to a barn near Reseburg. The caption notes that the farm was rented and that "moonshine" was being made there. Some locals at t...
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Children

Date: 1926
Description: An off-centered group portrait of schoolchildren and an adult female in a forest setting.
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Class Portrait

Date: 1926
Description: Group portrait of schoolchildren with an adult female in a forest setting.
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Armory Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Date: 05 12 1990
Description: Wisconsin Adjutant General Jerald Slack cuts the ribbon to dedicate a new armory. With him (left) are Abbotsford Mayor, Duane Grube, and Congressman David ...
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Obey at the Fair

Date: 1976
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey chats with a constituent manning the dairy bar as part of a campaign shoot.
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Talking to the Public

Date: 1977
Description: Congressman David R. Obey, with his back to the camera, chats with two of his constituents at the Clark County Fair.
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Jim Hightower

Date: 1988
Description: Texas political activist and broadcaster James Hightower at a political event for Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey.
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Locomotive No. 257

Date: 1901
Description: Wisconsin Central locomotive no. 257 (left) and Abbotsford and Northeastern Railroad locomotive No.1. The engineer is Lew Choate and the fireman is Ole "Ji...
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The Spaulding, Van Hoosier & Company Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: Men pose on top of and in front of the Spaulding, Van Hoosier & Company Sawmill.

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