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Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

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Description: Loggers gathered in the bunk house. Boots and socks dry above the stove.
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Wisconsin & Michigan Employees

Date: 1907
Description: Employees of the Wisconsin and Michigan Railroad posing in the roundhouse.
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Prisoner William Joseph Hogan

Date: 02 11 1946
Description: Prisoner William Joseph Hogan, inmate 28820, a truck driver convicted on two counts of assault with intent to rob.
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Prisoner Virgil Valorous Ishmael

Date: 02 11 1946
Description: Prisoner photograph of Virgil Valorous Ishmael, inmate number 28858, a truck driver convicted of issuing worthless checks.
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Historical Society Reading Room

Date: 1904
Description: University of Wisconsin students (primarily women) studying in the Historical Society Library Reading Room. On the left is the Visitors Gallery.
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McGlaughlin and Reynolds Brothers Saloon

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Description: Group of men gathered at the bar in McGlaughlin and Reynolds Bros. Saloon. There is a young boy standing on the bar, as well as a dog sitting on the bar. O...
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Prisoner Joseph Young

Date: 02 13 1940
Description: Prison photographs (two quarter-length, one full-length) of Joseph Young, inmate number 25417, a bookkeeper and switchboard operator.
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Jim Hightower

Date: 1988
Description: Texas political activist and broadcaster James Hightower at a political event for Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey.
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Blackface Musicians

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three European American men, posing sitting. The men are wearing blackface make-up, and playing a guitar ...

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