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Paving North Main Street

Date: 1901
Description: A crew of construction workers paving North Main Street with brick.
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Willson Monarch Remedies Wagon

Date: 1935
Description: Two salesmen stand beside one of the Willson's Monarch Remedies horse-drawn wagons. Willson's sold patent medicines, spices, extracts, flavorings, and "toi...
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Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company Log Driving Crew

Date: 1905
Description: Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company log driving crew on the Chippewa River.
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Compass Training

Date: 1937
Description: Probably Native Americans receiving instructions on compass use for Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory.
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Weighing Cotton

Date: 1920
Description: Men weigh(?) bales of cotton on a wooden platform, while other men load or unload bales onto a wagon drawn by mules.
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Camping Scene with International Harvester Scout

Date: 1961
Description: A man is unloading camping goods from the back of an International Harvester Scout parked in a wooded area, while another man is sitting in front of a tent...
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Man with Mound of Stripped Cotton

Date: 07 25 1927
Description: Man examines a pile of stripped cotton. Original caption reads: "Dumping Stripped Cotton. When the gathering box is filled with stripped cotton, the bolls ...
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Illegal Snag Line

Date: 1942
Description: Warden Kramer and his assistant in a boat removing an illegal snag line from the Wolf River.
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Confiscated Sturgeon

Date: 1942
Description: Warden Kramer and an assistant hold up confiscated sturgeon caught with illegal snag lines.
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Governor La Follette and Governor Horner on Fishing Trip

Date: 09 25 1937
Description: Governor Philip La Follette (Wisconsin) and Governor Henry Horner (Illinois) enjoy a laugh in the boat during a fishing trip.
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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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Kenyan Exchange Student at Dairy Farm

Date: 1990
Description: Kenyan exchange student visiting cows in a dairy barn.
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First Day of Football Practice

Date: 1990
Description: Coach talking with team at the first day of football practice at Adams-Friendship High School.
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Boy and His Dog

Date: 1990
Description: A boy playing with his dog at Folk Fest.
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Historical Pageant

Date: 1925
Description: Two girls in costume sitting at the feet of Mary Turner Carriel, who is sitting on a raised dais in a chair dressed in a fur-trimmed cape, crowned Mother Q...
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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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Women Gardening

Date: 1920
Description: Group portrait of women wearing wide-brimmed hats standing outdoors while holding hoes and a garden plow in what appears to be a city garden. Several build...
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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Watt Children in Field with Lamb

Date: 1900
Description: Glendora and Russell Watt, the children of Ephraim and Adelaide Watt are standing with a lamb in an open field. Glendora is holding a bottle for feeding th...
Postcard

Tuffy the Talking Tractor

Date: 1956
Description: Postcard of an International 300 series tractor with a cartoon head on it, called "Tuffy the Talking Tractor."

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