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Holt Crawler Tractor at 1911 Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1911
Description: Man plowing with a Holt crawler tractor, no. 1609, at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada. The tractor was built by the Holt Manufacturing Company of St...
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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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First Methodist Church

Date: 1918
Description: View of the First Methodist Church and surrounding buildings.
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Eau Claire Lumber Company

Date: 1880
Description: The Eau Claire Lumber Company, later the Cutter shoe factory. It was still standing in 1931.
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Street Lighting

Date: 1934
Description: Overhead light suspended over a road, hanging from wires. A car is parked at the corner, and billboards are in the distance. Railroad cars and railroad tr...
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Street Corner in Residential Neighborhood

Date: 1934
Description: Electrical overhead street light suspended above road. A truck is parked on the right, and houses and trees line both sides of the road.
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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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Young Man with Mogul Jr. 1 HP Engine

Date: 1916
Description: Young man outdoors holding a Mogul Jr. 1 HP engine mounted on a skid with two wheels. An industrial building or a factory is in the background. The shadow ...
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Mogul Powered Farm Machinery

Date: 1916
Description: A man in a yard is using a Mogul stationary engine to power farm machinery, possibly a feed grinder. In the background is a house behind trees.
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Men Baling Hay Inside Barn

Date: 1913
Description: Men standing inside a barn and use an International Motor Baling Press, or hay press to bale hay.
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Threshing with Titan 18-35 Tractor

Date: 1914
Description: Men in a field threshing with a stationary thresher powered by a Titan 18-35.
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Road Construction with Titan Tractor

Date: 1913
Description: A man operating a tractor with road roller on a small town street. The tractor may be a Titan 30-60.
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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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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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Philip La Follette at His Desk

Date: 1931
Description: Portrait of Philip La Follette sitting behind his desk during his first term as Wisconsin's governor. He is formally dressed in a three-piece suit with nec...
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Group Portrait of Native Americans on Wisconsin River

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Description: A large group of Native Americans, men, women and children, posing on rocks along the Wisconsin River. They are wearing traditional clothing, and some of t...
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Group Portrait of Native Americans near Wisconsin Dells

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Description: Group portrait of Native Americans, including Ho-Chunk, Sioux, Kiowa and southwestern Native American tribes, posing on rocks along the Wisconsin River wea...
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Community Fair, Main St.

Date: 09 18 1918
Description: Stalls are set up along Main street for the community fair. A truck with flag decorations is tethered to two lampposts to block off the street. Several peo...

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