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The Conklin Fire

Date: 1915
Description: Fire fighters standing amid smoking timbers aim their hoses to douse the flames.
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Prisoner Hauling Goods

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of an African American prisoner hauling goods with a horse-drawn wagon. Original caption reads: "Baled alfalfa, bacon, flour and grain which...
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Studio Portrait of Esau Prescott in Uniform

Date: 1915
Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk boy, Esau Prescott, who is wearing a boarding school uniform. He is posing standin...
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Two Men with Model F International Trucks

Date: 1915
Description: Two drivers for "Southern Star Products" out of Louisville Provision Company pose next to International model F, or 31 trucks. The trucks are parked outsid...
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Prisoners Working

Date: 1915
Description: View down road of a group of prisoners wearing striped jumpsuits doing road work while supervisors look on. A horse-drawn wagon is parked near a fence, and...
Postcard

Al. Ringling Theatre

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the theater. There are posters in front of the entrance. A current attraction is George Fawcett in "The Frame...
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Chief Clancy in an Open Car

Date: 1915
Description: Chief Thomas A. Clancy of the Milwaukee, Wis. Fire Department, with others, posed in an open touring car, as though for a parade.
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Elkhorn Cornet Band

Date: 1915
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a band. The men are posing in their uniforms and are holding their instruments. A drum on the right has a sign that reads: "Elkho...
Postcard

Wausau Cardinals Basketball Team

Date: 1915
Description: Text on the basketball reads: "Wausau Cardinals '15." Five young men are sitting on small stools for a studio portrait. The man in the center is wearing sh...

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