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"Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man" Movie Set

Date: 10 03 1961
Description: Caption on negative jacket reads, "The 20th Century Fox motion picture studio crew at work filming 'Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man,' based on Ernes...
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Movie Set Construction

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: Several men constructinbg a movie set in a small, downtown area.
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Reconstruction for a Movie Set

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: View of a downtown area reconstructed for a movie location set. Several contemporary automobiles are seen in the background. Men are working on on two diff...
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Motion Picture Set

Date: 10 03 1961
Description: View of a downtown street, altered by 20th Century Fox motion picture studio for scenes in the movie "Young Man." For filming, local people dressed the par...
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Tunnel after Snowstorm

Date: 03 1899
Description: Winter scene of man wearing an overcoat and hat stands with a shovel at the far end of a snow tunnel shoveled through a tall snowbank.
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Women Hiding Faces During Raid

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: Three women hide their faces as they walk in front of State Agents after exiting their place of business during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establi...
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Cornerstone Celebration in Hurley

Date: 07 15 1906
Description: Elevated view from the south of a crowd gathered to witness and celebrate the laying of the cornerstone of the new St. Mary of the Seven Dolors Catholic Ch...
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Horse-Drawn Wagon on Silver Street

Date: 1908
Description: View from street of man seated on a horse-drawn wagon on Silver Street, which is parked in front of (from left to right) Joseph Rainieri Meat Market, Egan ...
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Alec Nelson and Family

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Description: Alec Nelson and his wife and two children pose in front of their house at 215 Lake Drive on Germania Hill.
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Iron County Football Game

Date: 1935
Description: Men wearing helmets tackling each other on a field during a football game. A man in white (referee) is running toward the camera. In the distance is a crow...
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Girls Playing Field Hockey

Date: 1935
Description: Girls running around on a field holding hockey sticks playing field hockey, possibly in Iron County. In the background are houses and trees.
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Montreal Fireman's Association

Date: 1935
Description: View of sixteen men members of the Montreal Fireman's Association, most wearing uniforms and hats, next to an early fire truck.
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Main Street

Date: 1935
Description: View of Main Street from sidewalk. Across the street are buildings with signs that read from left to right "First National Bank," "Johns Hardware Paints St...
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Cabbage, Tobacco Plants, and Sweet Corn

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: A plot of land in front of a row of houses features cabbage in the foreground, ripe, four-foot tall Havana seed leaf tobacco plants in the center, and swee...
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Man with Fish at Voss' Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor portrait of a man wearing boots, a jacket and hat holding a large fish next to a building and sign that says "Voss Birchwood Lodge, Strictly Modern...
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Man with Fish at Voss' Birchwood Lodge

Date: 1936
Description: Outdoor portrait of a man wearing boots, a sweater and hat holding a large fish and standing next to a building and a sign that says "Voss Birchwood Lodge,...
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Horse-Drawn Vehicles

Date: 1903
Description: View towards vehicles in the street, including hearses, and horses from the Burton House Livery parked along the curb in front of storefronts. Men stand ho...
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Making Twine

Date: 1909
Description: Stereograph of three Native American men and a child, outdoors, in front of a wigwam. On the ground is a basket of materials. The man on the left is standi...
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Saint Ann's Catholic Church

Date: 1916
Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Saint Ann's Catholic Church, Saxon, Wis." Built in 1909, the church is still serving the needs of the community today. In recent y...
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Production Crew Filming "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man"

Date: 10 03 1961
Description: Several people standing on a street. A ladder and film lights are visible. Caption reads: "Saxon Wis Oct 3 1961. 20th Century Fox motion picture studio cre...

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