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Frank Lloyd Wright Monitoring Building Site

Date: 1937
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright, monitoring the construction and testing of load-bearing pylons for the Johnson Wax Building.
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Train Wreck

Date: 07 1927
Description: On-lookers survey a wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway.
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Milk Strike

Date: 01 10 1934
Description: Milk strikers and a pile of empty milk cans next to railroad tracks. Bill Nemeth (left) is pouring out milk in an attempt to create a shortage that would r...
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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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William Horlick

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter length outdoor portrait of William Horlick (1846-1936), co-founder of Horlick's Malted Milk Company of Racine, Wisconsin.
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Governor at Baseball Game

Date: 09 15 1930
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., (with flower in his lapel), who was campaigning for re-election, took time out for a baseball game at Horlick Athletic Fiel...
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Train Wreck

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of the wreck of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train at Corliss. A large crowd of men are watching as a Bucyrus crane is lifting a car b...
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Racine Roundhouse

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Description: The locomotive "D.K. Bush," which was built in the Racine shops of the Western Union Railroad in 1879, the same year in which the line came into the posses...
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Railroad Repair Work

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Description: Group of men repairing railroad track near Racine.
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Racine Trolley

Date: 1891
Description: View across road construction towards a horse-drawn trolley on railroad tracks on Racine Street. Men and children are standing near piles of road building ...
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John Davis House

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of the John Davis residence, the first frame house in Burlington, with plank sidewalk. A man is walking away down the sidewalk.
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Bookkeeping Class

Date: 1913
Description: A University Extension Division class in bookkeeping, held in the public library and taught by an instructor from Milwaukee.
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Herald Print House

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the house in which the "Voree Herald" was printed. A man is standing and leaning on a tree behind a fence in the foreground.
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Union House

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of the Union House. Three men are standing on the sidewalk in front.
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Bottomley House

Date: 1925
Description: The Bottemley Residence, with the family working on crops in the yard in the foreground.
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Washington School

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view from street towards the Washington School, with a group of children standing in front of it.
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Utly Residence

Date: 1887
Description: The Utly Residence, surrounded by a fence, on the north-east corner of Wisconsin and 8th Streets. Built by E.R. Cooley. A man is standing in the center nea...
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Third Ward School

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of the Third Ward school, with students in front.
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Taylor Orphan Asylum

Date: 1890
Description: The Taylor Orphan Asylum, view from the rear. Children are playing on the lawn in front.
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Racine College

Date: 1869
Description: View of individuals standing on the front lawn of Taylor Hall on the campus of Racine College.

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