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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.
Photograph

Remains of a Fire

Date: 08 30 1931
Description: Elevated view of crowds gathering to survey the smoke and ash left after a fire demolished buildings.
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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

Wade House

Date: 1935
Description: View of the north elevation of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanu...
Photograph

Wade House

Date: 1935
Description: View of the east elevation of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus...
Photograph

Wade House

Date: 1935
Description: View of the side porch at the Wade House.
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

American Club

Date: 1930
Description: The American Club, a fine club house for workers in a modern industrial villiage near Sheboygan, Wisc. built by Kohler Manufacturing Company as a part of t...
Photograph

Kohler Ravine Park

Date: 1935
Description: View of Kohler Ravine Park. In the right foreground is a small bridge, and on the right is a set of wide, concrete steps leading from the road down the hil...
Postcard

Baptist Church

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of a Baptist church. Caption reads: "Russell Baptist Church".
Photograph

Indian Trail Marker, Plymouth, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: An Indian trail marker erected "in honor of our pioneers". This trail later became the Plank Road between Sheboygan and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The first h...
Photograph

Windmill

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of windmill attached to house located along the shores of Lake Michigan in the Town of Holland.
Photograph

Windmill

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of windmill (modern) attached to house located along the shore of Lake Michigan in the Town of Holland, Sheboygan County, near Oostburg.
Photograph

WPA Built Cabin

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

Kohler Strike Poster

Date: 1934
Description: Poster urging the boycott of Kohler Company plumbing products, printed by striking Federal Labor Union No. 18545 in late 1934. Because the Company refused...
Photograph

Liberty School Group

Date: 1932
Description: Hand-colored photograph of students from Liberty school, a one-room school in Sheboygan County. The children in the back row are standing on the bumper of ...
Photograph

Thanksgiving Feast

Date: 11 26 1930
Description: Students and teacher seated at a long table loaded with food and drinks for a Thanksgiving meal. There are music and English lessons behind them on the cha...
Print

Jung's Lager Beer, Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Jung's Old Country, Lager Beer, Brewed and bottled by Wm (William) G. Jung Products ...
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 ...

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