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Log Cabin with N.G. Willard Family

Date: 09 09 1895
Description: Log cabin of N.G. Willard on 80 acres of land. Two women, a young child, and an infant are posing outdoors in the yard. Laundry is hanging on lines on the ...
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Michael Baltus Family in Front of New Home

Date: 1895
Description: Michael Baltus family posing in front of their log cabin two miles east of Auburndale Station, Wood County, with a new frame house under construction nearb...
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Women's Basketball Team

Date: 1899
Description: Women's basketball team poses for a group portrait.
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Winter Mail Delivery

Date: 02 15 1987
Description: A woman mail carrier pushes her cart with a full mailbag along a sidewalk edged by snowy lawns.
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view across railroad tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railroad depot. Virtually the entire population of Sherry is thought to be standing on the pl...
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Mrs. Pask, Mrs Filner, and Three Children

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Description: Portrait of Mrs. Pask and Mrs. Filner, and three children.
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Mrs. Steege and Two Children

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Description: Mrs. Steege, who drove 10 miles through the rain to have her children examined.
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Mrs. Johnson and Grandchildren

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Description: Mrs. Johnson with 5 of her 14 grandchildren. Three others under 6 were examined later in the day.
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Consolidated Paper Factory

Date: 1944
Description: Interior view of the Consolidated Paper Company factory showing the large treater used in the manufacture of glider parts during World War II. Ralph Turne...
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Consolidated Paper Company War Work

Date: 03 1944
Description: Two employees of the Consolidated Paper Company check the quality of the laminate product emerging from the dry end of the treater. The laminate was manuf...
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Office Workers

Date: 12 16 1943
Description: Office workers of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company.
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Women War Workers

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Women employees of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company performing an early layup operation, a part of the process whereby the company made ...
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Headquarters Building

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of the stone-walled headquarters building of the Water Regulatory Board located within a grove of trees. According to text included with the ...
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Potawatomi Family

Date: 1920
Description: Potawatomi family standing in front of a log cabin. Elders identified the woman in the center as Mrs. Frank Young, and the man on the right as community le...
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Swimming Pool

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Description: Adults sit beneath a tent alongside a swimming pool overlooking Stora Enso Dam. The dam was built by the Consolidated Water Power Company in 1903.
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Woman Raking Cranberries

Date: 1955
Description: Woman using a cranberry rake to harvest cranberries near Wisconsin Rapids.
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Cranberry Convention at Bennett Marsh

Date: 08 1893
Description: Group portrait of those who attended the 6th annual Cranberry Convention at Bennett Marsh.
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Grocery Store Representatives at the Cranberry Marsh

Date: 1950
Description: From left to right: W.A. Riordan, John Buck, Leo Sorenson, Jean Nash and Del Hammond. Miss Nash, the owner of the cranberry marsh, escorts representatives ...
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Jean Nash with Ciron Cranberry Truck

Date: 1954
Description: Jean Nash, cranberry grower, posed next to a truck for the Biron Cranberry Company.
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Woman Sorting Cranberries

Date: 10 21 1997
Description: A woman wearing a jacket and hairnet sorts cranberries on a conveyor belt at the Walker Cranberry Company.

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