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Voting at AFL Convention

Date: 1954
Description: Raising their right hands, an unidentified group of union members voting at the American Federation of Labor (AFL) convention.
Drawing

Heeb Company Warehouse

Date: 1927
Description: An architect's rendering of the Heeb Automotive Equipment Company building, 401 West Gorham Street; Law, Law, and Potter, architects. The building was boug...
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Holtzhauzen House

Date: 1904
Description: The William H. Holtzhauzen house, 351 West Washington Avenue. A group of people are posing near the entrance. Holtzhauzen, a German immigrant carpenter and...
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Ripon College

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of Ripon College.
Photograph

Ceresco, Ripon, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View of "Long House," one of the buildings in the experimental communal colony of the Fourierites. Caption reads: "The 'Long House,' home of the Fourierite...
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Interstate Bridge Framework

Date: 1961
Description: View taken from below of the Interstate Highway I-535 bridge during construction.
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Dickey's Shop

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of A.P. Dickey's shop, west of 4th bridge.
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Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor

Date: 11 08 1900
Description: Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor, Diocese of Fund du Lac. Three Bishops seated, l to r: Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee; Bishop Grafton of F...
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Wisconsin's First Coupe

Date: 1905
Description: Automobile alleged to be the first coupe built in Wisconsin. The vehicle was built by Gus Wilkie of Sheboygan from the body of a carriage and the chassis f...
Photograph

Pirsch Wagon Company

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the wagon shop of John B. Pirsch of Kenosha whose father, Nicholas Pirsch, had begun building buggies and wagons in 1857. Several men pose...
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Model Farmyard at Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1946
Description: Craftsmen working on a tree in the model farmyard of the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry.
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Clearing the Land

Date: 1905
Description: Man and woman using a double-handled saw to clear trees from their land.
Postcard

Nashotah Mission Bell Tower

Date: 1915
Description: Nashotah Mission bell tower. Caption reads: "Bell Tower, Nashotah Mission."
Postcard

Old Council Tree

Date: 1900
Description: "A very remarkable instance of this kind of tree, Council Tree was the so-called "Treaty Elm" that stood at the extremity of the point of land jutting into...
Photograph

Oshkosh State Teachers College

Date: 1925
Description: View from street of the main building of Oshkosh State Teachers College. Today this building is incorporated into the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Snow...
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Boy and Girl Working in the Field

Date: 1917
Description: A girl and a boy doing field work beside a wagon.
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Kickers without Frogs

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Kickers." A boy wearing waders and holding a rifle stands with his arms ...
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Kickers with Frogs

Date: 1913
Description: Photomontage of a group of giant frogs next to a pond. One of the frogs is kicking a boy's arms, causing them to fly upwards. A dog is sitting by the feet ...
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Background with Men on Ramp

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard. Two men walk up a ramp leading into a railroad car. Both men are pushing large i...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Will It Go In (without Vegetables)

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Will It Go In." Two men stand over an open cellar door, with their hands...

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