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Amund and Siri Rustebakke and Women with Spinning Wheels

Date: 1873
Description: Amund Rustebakke, standing in doorway, and Siri Rustebakke, center, sitting, in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning w...
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Capitol View of the Water Tower

Date: 1890
Description: The Madison water tower and farmers' market as seen through the stone gateway at the East Washington Avenue entrance to the Capitol Park. The building on t...
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New Science Hall, Chemical Laboratory & Machine Shop

Date: 1887
Description: Engraving of an elevated view of Science Hall, Chemical Laboratory and Machine Shop on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Ox Carts with Furs

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Description: A view showing a line of ox carts loaded with furs leaving the Hudson Bay Company's Post to make the 16 mile trip to avoid the rapids on Slave River. Housi...
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Lumberjacks Moving Logs with Ox Cart

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Description: Lumberjacks standing next to an ox cart loaded with logs for use in sawmills associated with International Harvester.
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Guarding the Cornfields

Date: 1884
Description: Indian women standing on platforms make noise to scare birds from the cornfield.
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Filling In Brittingham Park

Date: 1907
Description: A steam-powered dredge anchored in Monona Bay is filling in Brittingham Park.
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African American Farm Laborer at Stovall's Plantation

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Young man sitting in a planter drawn by two mules on the plantation of Mrs. William H. Stovall.
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Frank B. Miller with Trained Stallion

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Description: Frank B. Miller with a trained spotted stallion, sitting on its rear legs, whose trainer was with the Norris & Rowe shows. They were photographed at winter...
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Norris & Rowe Circus Personnel

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Description: A group portrait of Norris & Rowe circus performers outside a tent at winter quarters, including clowns, riders, and high wire performers.
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Men Load Horse-Drawn Wagon

Date: 1914
Description: Men posing for the camera while loading sacks of feed into a horse-drawn Steel King wagon in front of the I.B. Graybill general store.
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Deer Hunters' Camp

Date: 1904
Description: Five deer hunters posing at a camp next to deer carcasses hanging up on a log pole.
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T.S. Johnson Home

Date: 1900
Description: View across yard towards the Johnson family sitting on steps of their house at 110 Grove Street. A horse and buggy is parked in the front yard. Mrs. Johnso...
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Boy and Horse near Post Office

Date: 1897
Description: Exterior view of the Post Office, with boy and horse in front.
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Man and Dog and Post Office

Date: 1897
Description: Post office with man and dog. This was the Louisville Post Office, west of Downsville in the town of Dunn.
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Milibrook Fox Hunt

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Description: View of men on horseback and dogs preparing for a fox hunt.
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Cutting Sugar Cane

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Description: Workers are shown cutting sugar cane in the fields near New Orleans. Caption reads: "Cutting Sugar Cane In Louisiana."
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French Market

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the French market. A cart transporting bales of cotton is in the street on the left. Railroad tracks are in the street.
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New Orleans Milkman

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Description: A milkman stands on top of his horse-drawn cart full of large milk cans on a street.
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Deering Corn Binder

Date: 1915
Description: Demonstration for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition showing how the labor swing bundle elevator of the Deering corn binder operates.

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