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Vote Recording Machine

Date: 1919
Description: Inventor, B.L. Boboroff, displays his vote recording device to members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Postcard

The Second Station of the Cross

Date: 1910
Description: A group of children are praying with their hands clasped in front of them, at the second station of the cross on Holy Hill, near Hartford, Wisconsin. Capti...
Postcard

Still Rock Spa

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Still Rock Spa with a group of people gathered on its front porch. Caption reads: "Still Rock Spa, Waukesha, Wis."
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Park Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: Park Hotel from a clipping taken from the Park Falls Herald of April 5, 1962. The caption reads: "Park Hotel was a landmark in the early days of Park Falls...
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Madison Public Library

Date: 1913
Description: Interior view of the Madison Public Library, circulation desk. Cardboard backing reads: "1913, Main Loan Desk." A large group of women in winter coats and ...
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Powered Hay Press

Date: 1914
Description: Men bale hay using an IHC hay press or baling press.
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Robert M. La Follette, Furuseth and Lincoln Steffens

Date: 1915
Description: Robert La Follette (center) poses with Andrew Furuseth (left) and Lincoln Steffens.
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Men with Mogul Tractor and Road Grader

Date: 1912
Description: Large group of men standing or walking near a road grader pulled by a 45 h.p. Mogul tractor along a country road. One man is driving the tractor, and anoth...
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Men Working on Construction of Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Men working on the construction site for a new silo. Three men work in a pit to establish the foundation, and three other men work in the background near a...
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Preparation for Pit Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Three men working at a site for a new pit silo on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Log Driving Crew

Date: 1910
Description: Logging crew standing on planks and logs possibly in a sorting works on the Yellow River. One man holds a ledger and the others hold long cant hooks.
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Group Picnic

Date: 1915
Description: A group of men, women, and children stand outdoors in front of Shiloh Church for an outdoor meal. They are eating food laid out on a long table made out of...
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Men Searching through Dumped Potatoes

Date: 1917
Description: Two men picking through bushels of potatoes that have been dumped from a freight train. The men are scouring for potatoes that are still good. Original cap...
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"The Goddess" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Cameraman Jules Cronjagger and director Ralph Ince shoot a scene with Earle Williams (as Tom Barclay) and Anita Stewart (as Celestia, the Goddess) in the V...
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"Tried for His Own Murder" Scene Still

Date: 1916
Description: Still from the 1916 Vitagraph film "Tried for His Own Murder," featuring Maurice Costello (playing Ransford) and Leah Baird (playing Irene Gardner). They s...
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Smith Transfer Co. Bus

Date: 1913
Description: Side view of right side of an International bus used by the Smith Transfer Co. The front of the bus is open and a person can be partially seen sitting in t...
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Three Men at Mechanic's Rock

Date: 1918
Description: View from shoreline of three men standing in the water at Mechanic's Rock on the Mississippi River.
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Chippewa Family in Canoe

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards an Ojibwe couple paddling a birch bark canoe with their five children seated in the center. The family is dressed in western styl...
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Half Way Camp

Date: 1914
Description: Several members of The Gang resting outside the log cabins at Half Way Camp on Tom Lake, north of Chicago Bay. There is a carriage on the right.
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Riverside High Boys Send Reading Materials

Date: 1918
Description: Several boys are posing with stacks of bound periodicals. An American flag is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Boys of Riverside High School, Milwaukee, ...

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