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Milwaukee Harvester Works

Date: 02 1907
Description: Exterior view of the Milwaukee Harvester Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Nathaniel Dean

Date: 1870
Description: Seated oval portrait of Nathaniel Dean (1817-1880). Dean was a prominent early Madison businessman and political leader. He built a cream brick farm hous...
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Factory Workers at Plano Works

Date: 1919
Description: Men working with molds at International Harvester's Plano Works. One worker is standing at a workbench. The factory was later known as "West Pullman Works....
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Assembling Wheel at Weber Wagon Works

Date: 1919
Description: A factory worker using a hammer to assemble a wagon wheel at International Harvester's Weber Wagon Works.
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Three Fisherman at Little Sand Bay

Date: 1955
Description: Catch of lake trout displayed by three fisherman on the pier at Little Sand Bay. From left to right are Martin Johnson, Hermy Johnson, and Myron Lohman.
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Woman with Cream Separator

Date: 1921
Description: A woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a dress is standing and holding the hand crank of a McCormick Primrose cream separator on the porch of a house.
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No Substitute Equals Mother's Milk

Date: 1915
Description: Copy print of a poster promoting breast feeding for infant health. At the center is an image of a painting depicting a woman nursing a baby by Heckman & Zi...
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Cows in the Woods

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Description: Two cows are walking down to a stream in the woods. A field is in the background on the left.
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Lina Cavalieri in Scene Still

Date: 1918
Description: Leonora (played by Lina Cavalieri) is the daughter of a poor Italian lacemaker in this scene still from "A Woman of Impulse." She strums a guitar in an imp...
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Sherwin Gillett

Date: 1902
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Sherwin Gillett. The frame has the S. Gillett imprint, but the photograph is from years before he started his own photogra...
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Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. He is wearing a suit coat and bow tie. To the left of the photograph in the scrapbook is written, "Fo...
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Stanley Hanks' Office

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Description: Entrance hall and door of Stanley Hanks' real estate office at 311 State Street. Arched sidelights frame the doorway. Framed prints are on the wall and the...
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Farm Truck near Silo

Date: 07 22 1925
Description: Farm truck parked in between a silo and a farm building.
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Threshing Operation

Date: 07 25 1925
Description: View across field towards men using a tractor-powered threshing machine. Some of the men are standing on horse-drawn wagson loaded with grain. The field is...
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Display of Tools

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Tools on display on a board set up outdoors near factory buildings.
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Display of Tools

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Tools on display on a board set up outdoors near factory buildings.
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Man with Oil Delivery Truck at Oil Tanks

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: A man is filling an oil delivery truck from a storage tank. A sign on the largest tank reads, in part: "Cities Ser..."
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Tractor-Drawn Harvester-Thresher

Date: 07 12 1926
Description: View from front of two men using a harvester-thresher in a field.
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Austin Motor Grader on Road

Date: 06 15 1926
Description: View across unpaved road towards a man operating an Austin Motor Grader.
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Tractor Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 08 10 1926
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man driving a tractor pulling a binder in a field.

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