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Two Men Holding Two Large Fish

Date: 1937
Description: Two men wearing winter hats and coats holding up two large northern pike.
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Students Returning to School with Corn

Date: 1919
Description: Small class of students and their teacher carrying sacks full of corn. Original caption reads: "Returning with trophies, Elm Grove School." The writing on ...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower

Date: 1918
Description: Man operating a horse-drawn mower in a field. The horse on the left is wearing blinders.
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Man Sitting on Porch

Date: 1915
Description: View from yard of man sitting and reading a newspaper or magazine in a rocking chair on the porch of a house.
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Native American Gathering, Pow Wow

Date: 1930
Description: View of five men wearing hats sitting outside in a circle around a drum while six other men dressed in Native American clothing are standing behind the sea...
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School Picnic

Date: 06 30 1905
Description: Group portrait of a Muscoda Public School picnic. Emma Schmitt (later Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) is on the far left of the top row. The 1905 Wisconsin Census ha...
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Railroad Wreck

Date: 1900
Description: View looking down at men gathered at railroad wreck The locomotive is on its side, and the freight cars are demolished.
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Dock in Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1895
Description: Seven men, standing informally, some wearing “yachting caps”, on a dock, presumably in Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
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Family Driving

Date: 1903
Description: George S. Parker and family seated in their car, one of the first automobiles in Janesville. Behind them is a couple in another car.
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Men Standing by Brendemuel's Feed Mill

Date: 1905
Description: Fred Brendemuehl and Emil Lubich in front of Brendemuehl's feed mill.
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Show Cart Along Lake Michigan

Date: 1902
Description: Two-wheeled show cart with pair of white show horses in tandem hitch, being driven by one person, probably along Lake Michigan.
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Courtyard of the White House Hotel

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Description: View across sidewalk of the courtyard of the White House Hotel. The Annex is on the right. A gazebo is on the left, there are benches and a lawn swing in t...
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Large Crowd Posed on a Lawn

Date: 1902
Description: Large group of men, women and children, unidentified, posed with members of a brass band at a gathering. The group is posed in front of and behind a fence,...
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Funeral for a Child

Date: 1902
Description: Group standing outdoors in the yard of a small clapboard church at the funeral of a small child. The child's white coffin, surrounded by mourners, stands o...
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"The Dancing Annie" Wanigan

Date: 1900
Description: Group of people on a wanigan, the "Dancing Annie," used by Chippewa Lumber and Supply Company near Eagle Rapids. A wanigan is a floating office and supply ...
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Two Men with Automobile at Photoart House Building

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Description: Outdoor view of a man, probably Stanley Hanks, smiling broadly and sitting in the backseat of a dilapidated car. He has one leg up on the back of the front...
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Standard Model Whirlwind WACO

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Description: Aerial view of a WACO ASO (also known as J-5 Straightwing and Whirlwind Waco) in flight. Two men are sitting in the front open cockpit, and one man is sitt...
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Man at State Agricultural College

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Description: View of a man standing in a field holding a sheaf of grain. In the background is a water tower near a building and a smokestack.
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Two Men Standing in Alfalfa Field

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Description: Two men standing in an alfalfa field. Trees are in the background.
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Wooden Hoop Silo — Hudson Dairy Farm Ravenna, Ohio

Date: 07 1914
Description: Wooden hoop silo — ten hoops made of elm. Each hoop is made of three pieces 5 x 5/8. Silo had 8 - 2x4 upright supports: matched flooring used in walls. Cap...

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