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Employment Office

Date: 1933
Description: Men looking for a job during the Great Depression waiting their turn in the Employment Office waiting room, while another man is sitting with a clerk and f...
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Fairmont Implement Company

Date: 10 16 1924
Description: Interior view of the showroom at Fairmont Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership.
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California State Fair Exhibit

Date: 09 1932
Description: Exhibit-goers look at an International truck and a line of new crawler tractors (TracTracTors) arranged for International Harveser's display at the Califor...
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Exhibit of Adulterated Foods

Date: 1905
Description: Shelves lined with cans, bottles, jars, etc., showing adulterated foods (e.g. maple syrup that contains no maple sap) at a Farmers' Institute Event.
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Janesville Public Library

Date: 1903
Description: Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. The reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "IV Waterbirds, Ducks, Gulls, Pelican." A second note reads: "C...
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Janesville Public Library

Date: 1903
Description: Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. The library opened in 1903 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie at $30,000 and Eldred at $10,000. The reverse ...
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West Bend Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the West Bend Public Library. The library was located in the City Hall. The room has an arched ceiling. In the foreground are reading tabl...
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West Bend Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the West Bend Public Library. The library was located in the City Hall. Reverse of photograph reads: "Interior West Allis Public Library -...
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Classroom and Class, District 10

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Description: Interior of classroom with teacher and young students, seated in desks. Teacher is identified as Sylvia Rottiger.
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Schoolroom Interior

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Description: Interior of rural schoolroom. A teacher at the back of the room appears to be helping as students of all ages sit working at their desks. A large U.S. Flag...
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John McCain

Date: 10 10 2008
Description: Presidential candidate John McCain greets supporters. An American flag is on the wall in the background.
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Woman in Farmhouse Living Room

Date: 1931
Description: Miss Lielle Geddis sitting in a rocking chair while reading an issue of "Country Gentleman" magazine in the living room of her home.
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Viennese Coffee

Date: 1935
Description: Irene Steinkopf, wife of Associated Press foreign correspondent Alvin J. Steinkopf and a former Milwaukee journalist, tastes her first Viennese coffee with...
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Interior of Cabin

Date: 1937
Description: Interior of a cabin showing a doorway, log stairway, the loft and a dresser or sideboard.
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Lucy Martinelli Sewing

Date: 1939
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with Lucy Martinelli stitching a seam using an elaborately decorated electric sewing machine. Sewing cla...
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Home Economics

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Description: Slightly elevated view of six young women posed in a kitchen. Two women on the left stand at a sink washing dishes, two women stand at a table behind them,...
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Sample of Images taken with a Multiple Image Camera

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Description: Sample of 24 images photographed onto one negative using a multiple image camera.
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The Normandie Bar — All White Leather

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Description: Interior view of a tavern with an all white leather bar, and a stamped tin ceiling. Glasses, bottles of liquor and bags of chips and peanuts are on display...
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Seven Young Women

Date: 1896
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop and prop column of seven European American women sitting on the floor. They are all leaning against one anot...
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Capitol Senate Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: View of the Senate Parlor in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The walls are of African mahogany, and the mantels and plinth are of Greek marble.

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