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The "South American"

Date: 07 1928
Description: The screw passenger cruise vessel, "South American," underway.
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Telephone Switchboard and Operators

Date: 1920
Description: Women work on nine-place telephone switchboard that served 1,145 single-line flat-rate telephones originating 10 calls per day, on average.
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Stanley Hotel in Chippewa Falls

Date: 1920
Description: View from street towards the Stanley Hotel on a corner, with large electricity poles on the sidewalk in front.
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Industrial Home for Women

Date: 1920
Description: The dormitory building of the Taycheedah Industrial Home for Women.
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Campion College

Date: 1925
Description: View from a distance of Campion College. Bluffs are in the background.
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Man Holding Wooden Board

Date: 1921
Description: A man holds a wooden board reading "WIS" against a white backdrop. The "WIS" may stand for Wisconsin Lumber Company, a subsidiary of International Harveste...
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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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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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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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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...
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Train Pushing Through Snow

Date: 1923
Description: Winter scene with a Wisconsin & Michigan train pushing through snow. Men are shoveling snow in front of it. Smoke is billowing from the front of the train.
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Limestone Caves Near Maribel

Date: 1929
Description: View of a cave surrounded by trees. Caption reads: "Maribel (vicinity) Manitowoc County Wis 1929 Caves in limestone rock." These caves are possibly part...
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Miskego [Muskego] Beach

Date: 07 20 1925
Description: View towards groups of people riding in carts as part of an amusement park ride. Two boys in the foreground are standing and watching at the perimeter of t...

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