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Three Lakes, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: View down unpaved street. Caption reads: "Street Scene — Three Lakes, Wis."
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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men using mule-drawn wagons as they prepare to pave a street with bricks. A pile of shovels is lying in the dirt in the foreground.
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Farm Irrigation

Date: 1920
Description: A man crouching in a farm field near a wooden tool, possibly doing irrigation work. A dirt road behind the man leads to several buildings and a water tower...
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Women Gardening

Date: 1920
Description: Group portrait of women wearing wide-brimmed hats standing outdoors while holding hoes and a garden plow in what appears to be a city garden. Several build...
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Group Working in Garden

Date: 1920
Description: Children and two women, possibly a school group, work with hand tools in an urban garden. An elevated railroad is in the background, along with the Acme St...
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Dairy Barn and Silo

Date: 1920
Description: Dairy barn with two silos on the right side. There is a wagon in the front of the barn and a ladder which leads up into the second floor. Hay is visible in...
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Cheese Factory

Date: 1920
Description: View across dirt road of two men wearing overalls standing outside a rural cheese factory. There is a large, low wooden tub at the driveway entrance, and a...
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Electric Light Plant

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the Eastman power plant. Two children pose on a metal cylinder outside the plant. The text on the photograph reads, "The Best electric light pl...
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Broom and Wash-Basin

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified man standing in (a farmyard?) with a broom and wash-basin.
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Model F 1919 Fire Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Model F 1919 fire truck parked along curb. Painted on the side: "No. 1," and "Baldwin Vol. Fire Co."
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Stacks of Lumber at a Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view from roof of railroad tracks and stacks of lumber in a yard near a factory. Two men are working in the yard in the background on the right. T...
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Boy and Dog

Date: 1920
Description: Edward Brumder holding the attention of his Boston terrier-type dog, who is sitting on the lawn of the Brumder summer house on Pine Lake. There is a lawn r...

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