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Steamboat "John C. Mann"

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Description: The steamboat "John C. Mann" on drydock.
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Lighted Jack-o-Lanterns

Date: 10 31 1986
Description: Parents with children at a carved pumpkin, or jack-o-lantern, display on lawn on Halloween night.
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Barn Fire

Date: 05 12
Description: Spectators watch at night as intense flames burn a barn down to its stone foundation.
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International Harvester Dealership in Russia

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior of an International Harvester dealership building in Barnaul, Russia. The street outside the dealership is snow-covered. A hay rake and a plow are...
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Robert M. La Follette, Jr. and his father, Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1924
Description: Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., on the right, in discussion with his son, Robert M. La Follette, Jr. This photograph was taken during the same yea...
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St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
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McCormick Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using two horses to pull a McCormick mower through a field, probably in or around Boston. Piles of what appear to be hay are in the background.
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Walking Land Dredge

Date: 1920
Description: Mobile “walking” land dredge. A few men in work clothes stand posing at the front of the dredge, and four other men wearing suits pose in the suspended dre...
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Overturned Sail Canoe

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Description: View across water towards a man working to turn a sail canoe, rolled over onto its left side, upright. The canoe has two sails, is dark-colored, and has a ...
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Hough HR Loader

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Description: A New Rochelle construction worker moving concrete debris using a Hough HR Loader.
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Hough Loader

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Description: Side view of a Slattery Contracting Company worker using a Hough HM Loader for dumping dirt into the back of truck. Industrial buildings are in the backgro...
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Foxhounds

Date: 08 1931
Description: Two unidentified men wearing traditional hunting dress, including hunt caps, are riding horses with a pack of foxhounds in a rocky meadow. There is a fence...
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First Wisconsinites to Visit Poland after World War II

Date: 06 18 1956
Description: Ten women and two men posing on the airstair to a plane. Several of the people are waving. The airstair has a Capital Airlines logo. Caption reads: "The...

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