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Boating on the Lake

Date: 1937
Description: Woman at the tiller of a motorboat with tree-lined shore in the background. She is wearing a captain's hat at a jaunty angle and a sailor middy blouse.
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Amphitryon '38 Act II Scene 2

Date: 1938
Description: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne reclining as Lynn's character darns the sock of Lunt's character.
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Amphitryon '38 Act III

Date: 1938
Description: Barry Thomson, Lynn Fontanne, and Alfred Lunt as Jupiter, Alkmena, and Amphitryon.
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Amphitryon '38 Act I Scene 1

Date: 1938
Description: Alfred Lunt as Jupiter with actor Richard Whorf standing behind him.
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Amphitryon '38 Act II Scene 1

Date: 1938
Description: Lunt and Fontanne as Alkmena and Jupiter in battle gear.
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Amphitryon '38 Act III

Date: 1938
Description: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne as Jupiter and Alkmena.
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Governor's Mansion — Bathroom

Date: 1930
Description: The bathroom in the former Wisconsin Governor's Mansion on Gilman Street in Madison. This was the only bathroom at the residence where many official state ...
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Engine #6414

Date: 1931
Description: View of the front of the locomotive of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, engine #6414, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia and purch...
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Hiawatha Engine

Date: 1939
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #10, the "Hiawatha," built by the company shop in Milwaukee. There are houses in the far background along a ri...
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Copper Falls

Date: 1937
Description: Elevated view of the waterfall where the Bad River tumbles over the Keweenawan Trap Ledge.
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Hanks Residence Garden

Date: 07 03 1934
Description: The garden stairs of the Lucien M. and Mary E. Vilas Hanks residence, 525 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Case Tractor and Grader

Date: 1935
Description: This image which was probably taken for publicity purposes by the company, shows a J.I. Case Model L tractor pulling a Galion E-Z Lift road grader.
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Farmall F-30 and Hammer Mill

Date: 1931
Description: A man operates a McCormick-Deering Hammer Mill powered by a Farmall F-30 tractor.
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Man Using Hammer Mill

Date: 1931
Description: A man works with an International Harvester No. 1 Hammer Mill in a large wooden barn.
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Hammer Mill Used on Wilke Farm

Date: 1931
Description: A man using an International Harvester No. 1 Hammer Mill on the farm of Herman Wilke.
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Shocks of Grain

Date: 1930
Description: Shocks of grain in a field bundled together with grain ties.
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Factory Worker at Chattanooga Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory worker using a press at the Chattanooga Plow Works.
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Cream Separator Display

Date: 02 10 1933
Description: Model cream separator created for the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago.
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Cream Separator Display

Date: 1932
Description: Cardboard cutouts of a man and a girl with a doll demonstrate the use of a cream separator. Cans of oil are arranged nearby. The display may have been part...
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Milwaukee's City Hall

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view from inside arch of building looking out to City Hall. A street is below, along with a parking lot full of cars, and several other buildings.

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