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Burned Building

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Description: Elevated view of the empty, burnt remnants of a building still partially standing. On the bottom, leaning against the second floor, is a ladder coming up ...
Postcard

Reef Light House, Three Miles from Shore

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Description: Hand-colored postcard view of the Reef Lighthouse in Lake Michigan off the shore of Racine. A person is standing to the left of the lighthouse. Caption rea...
Postcard

Chequamegon Point Light House

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Description: Colorized postcard view of a lighthouse, with a building and a smokestack behind it. Caption reads: "Chequamegon Point Light House, Bayfield, Wis."
Postcard

55 Ft. Ladder in Quarry

Date: 1904
Description: Photographic postcard view of the bottom of the quarry, with a ladder from the bottom of the pit to top. There is a shed at the foot of the ladder. Caption...
Postcard

Forest Protection Lookout Tower

Date: 1913
Description: View towards tower, with a man standing on the platform on the top. This postcard has a handwritten notation on the back: "One of the first forest protecti...
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Stacking Alfalfa

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Description: Men posing on top of a tall stack of alfalfa. The derrick is homemade. A man and a woman are posing on a ladder against the stack of alfalfa.

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