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Rural Telephone Operator

Date: 11 1954
Description: Henry Anderson runs a switchboard on his 90th birthday, with his smoking paraphernalia and a photograph of him at the switchboard on a table nearby.
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Walter Wheeler

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Walter Wheeler.
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W.H. Wheeler

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Description: Studio portrait of W.H. Wheeler seated in a tassled chair.
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Mr. W.H. Wheeler

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of W.H. Wheeler.
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UAW Children's Christmas Party

Date: 1945
Description: Santa Claus surrounded by children at a Christmas Party sponsored by the United Automobile Workers Local 121 of Janesville.
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Hammer Mill Used on Wilke Farm

Date: 1931
Description: A man using an International Harvester No. 1 Hammer Mill on the farm of Herman Wilke.
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Chris Early

Date: 1861
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Corporal Chris Early, Company K, 13th Wisconsin Infantry. Died on May 18, 1865 of a disease.
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John F. Harker

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of John F. Harker, Company K, 13th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Elizah Hudson

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Corporal Elizah Hudson, Company K, 13th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Charles Baker

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Baker, Company B, 14th Wisconsin Infantry, who was killed in action.
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Samuel Chase

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Sergeant Samuel Chase, Company F, 16th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Captain Thomas Slagg

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Description: A quarter-length portrait of Thomas Slagg, a captain in Company H.
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J.B. Whiting

Date: 08 1896
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a man wearing a suit and tie, with three medals pinned to his chest. This is Dr. Joseph Bellamy Whiting, who was a physician in ...
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United Automobile Workers Christmas Party

Date: 1945
Description: View from the front of a theater towards children sitting in the audience. Standing in the aisle on the right is a man who is dressed as Santa Claus.
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Wisconsin Farm Kitchen

Date: 1951
Description: Lawrence Sherman sitting in a chair by the window, reading the paper in his farm kitchen. On the left is a Jungers Model E stove with kettles and a teapot....
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The Blacksmith

Date: 10 20 1951
Description: A man at the forge in Albert Smith's blacksmith shop. On the right is an Aetna No. 25 stove. Tools are hanging on the edge of the forge.
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Edward Gilley

Date: 1890
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Edward Gilley, an English immigrant and farmer near Cooksville.
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Richard Adams

Date: 1887
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Richard Adams, a member of the 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company "F."
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Edwin H. Allen Jr.

Date: 05 1949
Description: Portrait of Edwin H. Allen Jr., of Janesville. In 1935, he was elected assistant editor of The Dormite, a University of Cincinnati publication. In 1...

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