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Hooping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: Workers hooping the curd to make cheddar cheese at the Plymouth Cheese factory.
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Chemistry Experiment

Date: 05 25 1951
Description: Chemistry experiment by two men being conducted with steam rising from equipment.
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Skiing near Greenbush

Date: 1951
Description: Winter scene with skiers getting ready to push off, with bundled-up observers looking on in the foreground.
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Lincoln Beachey in Sheboygan

Date: 1912
Description: Lincoln Beachey's Curtiss Pusher and the crates in which the airplane was transported by rail to the Sheboygan fairgrounds. At the time, Lincoln Beachey wa...
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Sheboygan Airport II

Date: 1925
Description: The second Sheboygan airport was built by owner Anton Brotz, Sr. after a fire destroyed his first hangar. Brotz is photographed here with his son, Anton, J...
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Ruins from Fire

Date: 08 30 1931
Description: Ruins from fire. There are railroad tracks in the foreground, and people standing and looking at the damage.
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Mexican Migrant Workers

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: A Mexican woman and her six children are standing on the porch of the multiple-family housing provided to them by the pea cannery for which their husband a...
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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...
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Preparing Cheese Molds

Date: 10 1929
Description: A man gets brick molds ready as part of the process of making cheese at the Wisconsin Cheese Producers Federation.
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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.
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First Methodist Church

Date: 1950
Description: View of the First Methodist Church, with two women standing on the church steps, and another woman standing on the sidewalk. The church was built in 1854 b...
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Albert Schwark

Date: 1913
Description: Albert Schwark posing in front of a horse-drawn carriage.
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Waelderhaus

Date: 1958
Description: The Waelderhaus, a memorial planned for John Michael Kohler the founder of the Kohler Company, by his daughter, Marie Christine Kohler. Waelderhaus is a re...
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Kohler Arts Center

Date: 1968
Description: Interior view of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, with two individuals on stage, and a scene set.
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Kohler Arts Center

Date: 1968
Description: Exterior view of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, with several children and adults outside of its entrance.
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Paul Newman at Elkhart Lake

Date: 1987
Description: Actor and race car driver Paul Newman at Elkhart Lake, home of the Road America race.
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Mario Andretti at the Starting Line

Date: 1987
Description: Mario Andretti, whom many consider to be the greatest race car driver of all time, at the start/finish line of the Road America race course at Elkhart Lake...
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Wisconsin's First Coupe

Date: 1905
Description: Automobile alleged to be the first coupe built in Wisconsin. The vehicle was built by Gus Wilkie of Sheboygan from the body of a carriage and the chassis f...
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Panoramic Group Portrait, German Sängerfest

Date: 1914
Description: Panoramic group portrait of German Sängerfest. A number of the seated figures have been identified in the margin beneath the image field. The identifiable...
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Dick Leppla Driving at Road America

Date: 07 23 1977
Description: Dick Leppla driving in the qualifying race for the Can-Am (Canadian-American) feature at Road America.

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