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Raftsman's Series No. 1422: On A Sandbar. Working A Jack

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of several raftsmen working a jack on a sandbar.
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Workers at Lumberyard

Date: 1874
Description: Elevated view of a man with a wheelbarrow standing amid vast stacks of cut wood in the yard of a pulp mill.
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Farmers Unloading Milk Cans

Date: 1876
Description: Farmers off-loading milk cans from their wagons at the creamery. One man is operating a hoist, lifting a can to pour the milk down a chute.
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Employees of Bob Cooper Glass Company

Date: 10 1946
Description: Two employees of the Bob Cooper Glass Company, 755 East Washington Avenue, unloading a crate of glass from a company truck at an undisclosed location.
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Street Cleaner and Streetcar

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Description: A street cleaner sweeps the tracks in a residential neighborhood, as the streetcar and its operator and passengers wait. Original Falk caption reads, "Phot...
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Artist Aaron Bohrod

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin artist, Aaron Bohrod, working in a studio with four adults looking on.
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Construction of New Seats at Camp Randall Stadium

Date: 06 30 1950
Description: View of the north bleachers at Camp Randall Stadium, with construction started to add additional concrete bleachers on top.
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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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Minnesota Loggers

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Description: A group portrait of Minnesota loggers posing in the woods with two teams of horses.
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Philharmonic Chorus Members

Date: 04 14 1953
Description: Dairy farmer and member of the Philharmonic Chorus, Donavon Doerfer, standing in his barn next to cows in stanchions.
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Muscular Dystrophy Research at University of Wisconsin Hospitals

Date: 11 16 1953
Description: Dr. Stanley Weinreb, Muscular Dystrophy project associate in pathology at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals, uses the microtomie to slice a tissue samp...
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Climbing for Coconuts

Date: 08 24 1943
Description: An indigenous man climbs a coconut palm to harvest coconuts on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). His feet are ...
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Peasant Plowing with Horse

Date: 1918
Description: A peasant farmer plowing a field with the plow harnessed to a horse. The farmer's daughter is wearing a light-colored patterned dress and stands on the lef...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View across road towards a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. Sheaves of harvested grain are in the field, and there is a barn in the bac...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. In the background on the left is a herd of cows. In the background on the...
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Four Men Posing with Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Two men are posing on a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. Two men, wearing vests, neckties, and hats are standing behind the binder.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Left side view of a man using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field. The man is standing on a platform and binding stalks.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 04 16 1913
Description: View towards a man using Low Century horse-drawn manure spreader in a field.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 10 08 1907
Description: View across field towards a man using a horse-drawn manure spreader. There is a road running along in the background with power line poles.
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Titan Powering Corn Separator

Date: 1920
Description: Titan tractor belt-driving a corn separator in a field. Men are working with horse-drawn wagons near the tractor.

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