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American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
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Dobby's Cosmo Club

Date: 07 16 1943
Description: Dobby's Cosmo Club, owned by John C. Dobson, Route 1, Mendota, Wisconsin, interior view of the bar showing liquor bottles and three World War II servicemen...
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Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Engine

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Description: Three men stand in the snow in front of the Wisconsin & Northern Railroad engine #2 (the second locomotive with this number) in the woods on the Menominee ...
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Western Rifle Association Tournament

Date: 1886
Description: Men and boys participate in the Western Rifle Association Tournament. Many of the participants are sitting under umbrellas and holding their guns. Severa...
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Samuel Barber Home

Date: 1873
Description: A man and two women are standing along a fence in the foreground, and another woman is standing on the porch. In the background is Samuel Barber's frame ho...
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Asa Preston in front of Blacksmith's Shop

Date: 1873
Description: Asa Preston (1816-1892) stands in front of his blacksmith's shop with his sons David (1840-1904) and John (1842-1898) behind him and a variety of items mad...
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Railroad Crew and Boy on Handcar

Date: 1872
Description: Group portrait of a railroad crew on and around a handcar. A man and a young boy stand on the left near a track switch. In the background is a variety stor...
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Coal Miners

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Description: A group of coal miners.
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Mining in a Tunnel

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Description: Two miners working in a tunnel or drift.
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Joe Pettit's International G-61 Truck

Date: 1921
Description: A man leans out of the cab of an International Model G-61 truck parked on an unpaved street in front of a building identified as "garage." The truck has th...
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Woman Frying Bacon

Date: 1939
Description: Mrs. Baltes frying bacon for the children at Kiddie Camp, 3910 Mineral Point Rd.
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Tommy as Secretary of HHS

Date: 02 2003
Description: Tommy G. Thompson, former governor of Wisconsin, standing in his office as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services with journalist Robert ...
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Globe Company Picket Line

Date: 09 1945
Description: View from road of picket line of United Packinghouse Workers of America Local 284 at the Globe company plant.
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Ashley Bennett's Garage

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Description: Several men are working on an automobile in Ashley Bennett's garage.
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Bennett's Wounded Hand

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Description: H.H. (Henry Hamilton) Bennett's damaged hand, which was sustained in the Civil War and permanently crippled his right hand.
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Vendors at City Market

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view of men standing around vendor trucks parked at the city fruit market in front of commercial buildings. A building in the background has a sig...
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East Terrace View at Villa Louis

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Description: View of the east terrace at Villa Louis. The Dousman's office building is in the background. Relaxing near the home are Louis DeVierville Dousman, Judith D...
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Benjamin Franklin in Printing Office

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Description: An illustration of Benjamin Franklin in his brother's printing office standing with several other men.
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Men Working on Water Wheel

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Description: Men work on a huge, metal water wheel at Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company.
Postcard

International A-180 Truck Postcard

Date: 1957
Description: Advertising postcard featuring a color illustration of three men in the cab of an International A-180 semi-truck. The truck bears the text: "International ...

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