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Manitowoc Airport Manager

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Description: Pilot Louis Kakuk, manager of the Manitowoc Airport, with his Waco airplane. Kakuk's career followed a typical pattern for aviators, moving from the freewh...
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Mrs. Ollie Jacobs

Date: 07 26 1941
Description: Mrs. Ollie Jacobs (b. 1862), sitting in wheelchair.
Photograph

Clara Bewick Colby

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Description: Studio portrait of young Clara Bewick Colby wearing a cross necklace.
Photograph

A Musical Performance

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Description: A woman with a ukulele in a household setting.
Photograph

Edward Savage

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Description: Full-length carte-de-viste portrait of Edward Savage of Company B from the 28th Wisconsin Infantry standing near a curtain.
Photograph

Alexander Ahab Arnold

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Description: Seated waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Alexander Ahab Arnold, Company C, 30th Wisconsin Infantry, sitting with his sword at his side.
Photograph

John L. Hathaway

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Captain John L. Hathaway, a Commissary of Subsistence, U.S. Volunteers.
Photograph

Ambrose Burnside

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Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of General Ambrose Burnside, wearing gauntlet gloves and holding a sword.
Print

Garver's, Label

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Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Garver's Poultry Mashes." Yellow, blue and red label with the drawing of a chicken.
Book or Pamphlet

Lauson Kerosene Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Lauson 21-jewel kerosene tractor. Features a photograph of a man using the tractor to plow a field. In the backgr...
Photograph

Monument of Colonel Hans Heg

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Description: Monument for Colonel Hans Heg designed by Paul Fjelde in the 1920s.
Photograph

Pupils Posing Outdoors

Date: 1932
Description: Pupils of the Northey School, District No. 7, pose in front of a brick wall at the school.
Photograph

William Leonard

Date: 1932
Description: William Richard Leonard, the director of the Northey School board, poses next to an automobile. He is wearing bib overalls and a cap.
Photograph

School Children at Work

Date: 1932
Description: Pupils at the Northey School, District No. 7, read and work at their desks. Student artwork and other prints decorate the walls.
Photograph

Edna Leonard

Date: 1932
Description: Edna Leonard, a student at Northey School, posing in front of shrubs near a building. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "Belongs to a local 4-H ...
Photograph

Richard Northey

Date: 1932
Description: Richard Northey, 11, a student at the Northey School, poses on a pony. There is a barn in the background. On the reverse of the photograph is written "He h...
Photograph

Harlow Hebbe

Date: 1932
Description: Harlow Hebbe, 10, a student at Northey School, poses on a pony in front of bushes at the side of a building. On the reverse of the photograph is written "M...
Photograph

Edward and Conrad Petersen

Date: 1925
Description: Edward, left, and Conrad Petersen, right, pose while holding hands with an unidentified young woman standing between them. They are on a lawn in front of t...
Photograph

The Pier at Black Point

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline of Dr. Otto Schmidt, second from left, standing on the pier at Black Point with other, unidentified, adults and children. A launch is t...
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Forest Middleton

Date: 1918
Description: Forest Middleton, in his U.S. Navy dress blues uniform, posing and standing on a metal railing on the platform of a tall structure, possibly a lighthouse o...

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