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Rockdale Creamery

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys with wagonloads of milk at the Rockdale Creamery.
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Tractor-Truck Unloading Paper

Date: 01 19 1939
Description: Men with tractor-truck unloading large rolls of paper at the Wisconsin State Journal, 115 South Carroll Street. Grace Episcopal Church, 110 W. Washington, ...
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Roofing the Tenney Building

Date: 12 27 1929
Description: Four men laying Novoid Corkboard on the roof of the Tenney Building, located at 110 East Main Street.
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Men Clearing Field for Playground

Date: 05 25 1928
Description: ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) men clearing area for playground at Burr Jones Field at 1800 E. Washington Street.
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Grain Elevator

Date: 04 17 1921
Description: Workers shoveling grain, possibly corn, onto a lake vessel. Probably on the lower Milwaukee River.
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Building a Wood Block Road

Date: 1903
Description: Men working on a wood block road.
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Crushing Rock for Road Resurfacing

Date: 1910
Description: A crew of men crushing rock for Senator James H. Stout's improved highway.
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Gasoline Powered Concrete Breaker

Date: 04 18 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered concrete breaker on a residential street with an operator in the cab and men working on the ground. Houses and yar...
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Construction of Schuette Bros. Store

Date: 1901
Description: Construction crew raising a brick building. The structure is entirely surrounded by scaffolding. A large stone piece is being hoisted into place while a wo...
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International Garbage Truck

Date: 05 17 1938
Description: Three men load garbage onto the back of an International DS-35 truck owned by the City of Louisville, while two men sit in the truck's cab. The truck is on...
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Sidewalk Crew Portrait

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Description: A group of manual laborers posing for a portrait in front of a tailor's shop. The men apparently work pouring concrete to make sidewalks and are posing wit...
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Field of Alfalfa at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 05 1931
Description: Two men work in a field, and another man drives a team of horses pulling a hay rake. Original caption reads: "Demonstration farms. Alfalfa, with and withou...
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Logging Sled at the Landing

Date: 1904
Description: Five men stand on or nearby a sled loaded with logs and pulled by two horses at the landing at Hein's logging camp. There is snow on the ground.
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Four-Horse Log Load

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Description: Numerous men stand on and around a large pile of logs and a sled stacked with logs pulled by four horses at the C & M Ry Company's camp. There is snow on t...
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Mason at Work Outdoors

Date: 08 31
Description: A mason at work is putting mortar on a brick.
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International Model D-2 Telephone Company Vehicle

Date: 1937
Description: International D-2 truck used by the Home and Telegraph Company. A man on a telephone pole is dressed in a suit and tie. The D-2 truck had a 113-inch wheel ...
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Home Construction

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Description: Men posed demolishing one house and building another on the same property, possibly the R.P. Ravey property. Two boys and a girl are posed standing in the ...
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Earth Day Globe

Date: 1995
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd of people wearing hard hats gathered on the National Mall. They are building a huge model of the planet Earth for the 25th A...
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Hemp Being Loaded into Wagons

Date: 1910
Description: Men are loading braids of hemp into wagons drawn by oxen.
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Spools of Hemp

Date: 1910
Description: Men are standing in a road with large spools of hemp being wound for transport. Buildings are in the background.

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