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Farm Couple Holding Hands

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Description: Color advertising photograph of a couple holding hands as the man is preparing to get into an International tractor. The woman is dressed in a Scandinavian...
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Falk's Drug Store

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view from street of O.N. Falk's Drug Store, on Main Street.
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Surface Digging

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Description: Lead mining by digging at the ground surface.
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Miners using a Pioneer Windlass

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Description: Early Wisconsin lead miners using a Pioneer Windlass.
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Lead Mining Blast Furnace

Date: 1850
Description: Blast furnace, also known as a Scotch hearth used in lead mining.
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Shot Tower

Date: 07 1836
Description: Sketch of the Shot Tower.
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Down in the Zinc Mine

Date: 1910
Description: Miner inside a zinc mine.
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Zinc Miners

Date: 1910
Description: Zinc miners posing with an ore bucket down in a mine.
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Zoot Suit

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Description: Man posing in a Zoot suit.
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Telephone Workers

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of men working on telephone lines from scaffolding attached to the pole in front of the telephone exchange building.
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Switchboard Operator

Date: 1915
Description: Josie Jepson (or Jepsen) at the telephone switchboard on Washington Island.
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International Scout in front of Horse Stable

Date: 1964
Description: Color advertising photograph of a man unloading bales of hay for horses from the back of an International Scout 4x4 pickup as a girl and boy guide their ho...
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International Scout Crossing Rural Creek

Date: 1971
Description: Color advertising photograph of a couple in a 1971 International Scout pickup crossing a small creek, as another couple is following behind on horseback.
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Man at Chautauqua

Date: 1906
Description: A man in bow tie and suspenders sits in front of a small tent. Next to him is a rocking chair with a sign on it that says "Don't you see I'm Lonely." Writt...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Date: 1940
Description: Franklin D. Roosevelt making a speech.
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Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee

Date: 1870
Description: Buildings along Wisconsin Avenue lining a wide dirt road.
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The Krueger Family with a Curtain

Date: 1910
Description: The family of photographer Alex Krueger posing playfully with their heads poking out of a curtain. From left to right are Jennie, Tina and Edgar.
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Henry Bigalk and Emil Kuney (Keune)

Date: 1906
Description: Henry Bigalk relaxes in a wheelbarrow holding an axe in his left hand, while Emil Kuney (Keune) is grabbing the wheelbarrow handles as if to transport Biga...
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Postmen

Date: 1880
Description: Group portrait of postmen from the Milwaukee Area.
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Tannisse and David Taylor having a Tea Party

Date: 1914
Description: Photographer Herman Taylor's children sit at a little table in front of the hearth in the library.

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