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Home Built Heath

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Description: Carl, Robert, and Ray Breecher at work on their modified parasol Heath airplane. After months of hard work, the plane was completely destroyed during a tes...
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Home Built Pietenpol

Date: 06 15 1934
Description: A home built Pietenpol buit by members of the Waukesha Aviation Club after its initial flight. They are Chet Wolt, Jack Leeman, Dean Crites, and Bob Lathro...
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Nelson Catlin Residence

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated illustration of a farmhouse, with fences around it, a cowboy on horseback overseeing cattle, and a horse-drawn carriage on the street in front of ...
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Burlington Railroad Tracks

Date: 1918
Description: View of the Burlington Railroad tracks south of the city, near Campion College. Dwellings are across a field, and snow-covered bluffs are in the background...
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Man at Creamery

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Description: Man with cans of milk at a building, probably a creamery.
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Railroad Station

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: View of the Barneveld railroad station with several business, including the "Theobald Cafe" and the "Village Bar" behind the station along a street.
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Gwaltney and Bunkley Peanut Factory

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Description: Elevated view of the exterior of the factory, with men loading full sacks onto wagons pulled by horses. Caption reads: "A Busy Day, Gwaltney & Bunkley Pean...
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The Country Store

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Description: View of a country store in autumn. A man driving a horse-drawn wagon hauls full milkcans in the foreground and, to the right, several families are hauling ...
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Cranberry Harvest

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Description: Men working in field during Wisconsin cranberry harvest. Crates are stacked up throughout the field.
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Cranberry Drying and Storage

Date: 1934
Description: Hand-colored image of two men loading cranberries in crates into an open air drying shed shortly after harvest.
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Crop Dusting Cranberry Marsh

Date: 08 1936
Description: A plane flies low over a cranberry marsh to dust for leaf-hoppers.
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Loading Hay

Date: 08 1898
Description: August and Alexander Krueger loading hay with pitchforks onto a wagon with a two-horse team attached. August is standing on top of the wagon while Alexande...
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Royal Airways Corporation Hangar

Date: 03 17 1929
Description: View across field towards the Royal Airways hangar at Royal Airport. The parking lot nearby is full of automobiles. There is a small blimp on a pole attach...
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Judging Horses

Date: 1925
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men gathered around four teams of horses hitched to sleighs in a snow covered lot. There is a dog at the center of the...
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Judging Horses

Date: 1925
Description: View across unpaved road towards a Native American man wearing a plaid overcoat with two work horses. A crowd of men are watching from the elevated wooden ...
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Learning to Select Good Horses

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of a Native American man holding the lead of a horse as it is evaluated by another man, possibly Joseph Wojta, who is wearing a hat and long ...
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Judging Dairy Cows

Date: 1930
Description: View across muddy ground towards a man holding a dairy cow by the halter, and on the left a boy holding the lead of a heifer. They are standing in front of...
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Moving Truck Caught Fire

Date: 08 1925
Description: Donald Holt and another man are standing by the truck which caught fire while moving items to Island Lodge. The initials "FWD" are on the grill of the truc...

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