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Tractor and Plow Being Towed

Date: 03 1935
Description: A tractor and plow on a trailer is being towed by a truck.
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Trolley

Date: 02 27 1930
Description: Six men posing with the first trackless trolley. Wisconsin Valley Electric Company #4.
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Kaminski Wreck

Date: 07 04 1914
Description: The wreck of John Kaminski's plane, where he had been scheduled to fly at the Fourth of July festivities.
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Mail Train

Date: 04 14 1948
Description: View across railroad tracks of cart loads of mail sacks on the platform, awaiting the arrival of the next train. The four men standing on the left have bee...
Postcard

Merrill City Hall and Library

Date: 1910
Description: Merrill's City Hall and Library. Men are posing in front.
Postcard

Lindaur Mill Flume

Date: 1909
Description: The Lindaur Mill Flume. A man is standing in the left foreground. In the distance is the Court House with clocktower. Caption reads: "Lindaur Mill Flume, M...
Postcard

National Bank of Merrill

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view of the front of the National Bank of Merrill. Two men are standing against the building on the right. There are signs on the second-story win...
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Theta Mead in Wagon

Date: 1922
Description: Theta Mead in a horse-drawn wagon along with another woman and three children.
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Riding on the Running Boards

Date: 1921
Description: Warmly-dressed school children riding on the running boards of Theta Mead's car. There is a large building and probably a flag pole in the background.
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Winter Trip

Date: 1920
Description: Winter scene with Theta Mead shoveling her car out of a snow drift.
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Children in Doorway of Cabin

Date: 1917
Description: Three children peek out of the door of a log cabin. There is an ash can to the right of the door.
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Theta Mead by Her Car

Date: 1918
Description: Theta Mead standing next to her car on a rural dirt road holding a book under her arm.
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Ballmer's Old Time Tavern

Date: 10 1977
Description: Bartender Rod Ballmer (center), Paul Bernsdorf (left), and Jeffrey Mondeik at Ballmer's Old Time Tavern. There is a cribbage board on the bar and the wall ...
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Hello, Merrill

Date: 09 03 1984
Description: A brief shower failed to dampen the enthusiasm of Democratic Presidential candidate Walter Mondale and Vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro during...
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Wisconsin Democrats

Date: 1984
Description: The audience at the Lincoln County fairgrounds who gathered to hear Democratic candidates Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro, with the national media cov...
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Holy Cross Hospital

Date: 05 1974
Description: Dedication of an addition to the Holy Cross Hospital. The Catholic order opened Holy Cross Hospital in 1926 and completed this addition in 1974. The hospit...
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Office Skills Class

Date: 1978
Description: Business and Office Skills Class at Tomahawk High School. Nine students work at their typewriters.
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Democratic Phone Bank

Date: 1984
Description: Loyal Democrats sit at a table while calling to remind local residents of the upcoming Merrill rally, at which both Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro ap...
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Testimonial Dinner

Date: 04 1970
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey speaking at a testimonial dinner marking the first anniversary of his election to Congress. To his right is Mayor Ralph...
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Young Women with Bicycles

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eight young women, each standing and holding a bicycle. Three of the women also hold brownie cameras.

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