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Woman Using Spinning Wheel

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Description: Elderly woman using a spinning wheel to make yarn from wool.
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Byron Kilbourn

Date: 1855
Description: Portrait of Byron Kilbourn, Milwaukee businessman.
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Brillion News Print Shop

Date: 1901
Description: Interior view of the Brillion News Print Shop, where a printer and his assistants, two women, are posing around a press and work tables.
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Pima Agency Girls' Building

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Description: A girls' building at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix.
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Indian Group at Pima Agency

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Description: A group of Indians, possibly at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix.
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Indian Group

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Description: A large group of Indians gather, possibly at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix.
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Delavan Chevy Dealership

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of the Chevrolet dealership in Delavan in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall. During the 1860s and 1870s the building was known as the...
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Group Boat Trip

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Description: A group on a boat trip, possibly people traveling with William Arthur Jones.
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Civil War Recruits

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Description: Recruits in their camp grey uniforms, before they were issued their regular blues.
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Joseph William Hobbins House

Date: 1900
Description: The Joseph William Hobbins House at 114 West Gilman. Two woman are standing on the front porch.
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Spensley Smelting Furnace

Date: 1895
Description: Joseph Spensley's smelting furnace, built in 1861.
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Tower Hill Bluff

Date: 1950
Description: A view from a bluff on Tower HIll overlooking the Wisconsin River. A sign on the right reads: "Shot Shaft".
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Republican House Grounds

Date: 1924
Description: View of the Republican House grounds featuring the "Little White Schoolhouse."
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Villa Louis

Date: 1920
Description: Interior view of the front hallway of Villa Louis.
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View from Bluffs

Date: 1910
Description: View from the bluffs in or near McGregor, Iowa. A fence and trees are in the foreground.
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Snow-Covered Railroad Car

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Description: Two men standing on top of a snow-covered railroad car. The top of the steam locomotive is the only area visible of the train. Photograph reads, "On the Ma...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library

Date: 1905
Description: Interior of the Wisconsin Historical Society library.
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John F. Kennedy Signing the Social Security Amendments

Date: 1961
Description: John F. Kennedy, seated, surrounded by a number of men, including Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, center, standing, and Wilbur Cohen, Assistant Secre...
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Woman Waiting for a Train

Date: 1900
Description: Woman seated among parcels on the train platform of an isolated small railroad station.
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Operational Meeting

Date: 01 31 1950
Description: In this large indoor group portrait, C.L. (Neal) Harrington is in the second row, second from the right. The men are attending an operational meeting for t...

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