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Dining Room at Lumber Camp

Date: 1885
Description: Dining room, probably at D. Sullivan's lumber camp.
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Portage Turn Table and Pump House

Date: 1885
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul engine #689 on the turn table, surrounded by railroad employees. The pump house is in the background.
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Abraham Schmocker Seated Outside His Log Cabin

Date: 1885
Description: Abraham Schmocker, a "hermit" who lived in "Stumptown" near Alma, seated on a bench outside his log cabin, holding a kitty.
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Deering Trade Card

Date: 1885
Description: Advertising card produced by William Deering and Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features an illustration of a farmer in patched and ragg...
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McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved illustration of a man operating a horse-drawn McCormick harvester and twine binder in a field.
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Locomotive Engine No. 87

Date: 1885
Description: Several men pose with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #87, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works. This image was taken near Cherry Street.
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Filling the Kegs

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved image of a man wearing an apron and a hat and filling a keg with beer from a tap.
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The Fermenting Cellar

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved image of two men working in a cellar full of wooden barrels filled with fermenting beer.
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Boiling the Beer

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved image of a man adding ingredients from a barrel to a boiling vat of beer.
Photograph

Constructing a Railroad Trestle

Date: 1885
Description: Bridge carpenters and other workmen with a winch constructing a railroad trestle over a wooded valley.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Co. Catalog Front and Back Cover

Date: 1885
Description: The front cover features a color illustration of a man and woman relaxing near a lake or river. The woman is sitting on a chair under an umbrella painting ...
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Watson Manufacturing Co. Advertisement

Date: 1885
Description: Advertisement for Watson-Deering Twine Binder for 1885. The illustration features a rear view of a man using a team of horses to pull a twine binder throug...

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