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Men on Snowshoes

Date: 1935
Description: Winter scene with four men walking on snowshoes through a forest.
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Cemetery Workers Using an I-12 Tractor

Date: 1935
Description: Workers tending the grounds of the Forest Home Cemetery using a McCormick-Deering I-12 tractor and wagon.
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Locks on Mississippi River

Date: 1935
Description: Locks on the Mississippi River, a nine foot channel. A man is standing above the locks. Bluffs are in the background.
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Visitors Watch a Burial Mound Excavation

Date: 1935
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Outing Club watch the excavation of a burial mound at the Outlet group in 1935.
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Blister Rust Eradication Crew

Date: 1935
Description: Slightly elevated view of a ribes eradication crew that was part of the white pine blister rust effort in a Barron County forest. The caption indicates tha...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the canal locks of the Portage Canal. Men are standing at the edge of the locks on the right.
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Law Building

Date: 1935
Description: View across Bascom Hill of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Small groups of men and women are walking down Bascom Hill, passing the ...
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Sleigh Riders

Date: 1935
Description: Winter scene with two women wearing hats and coats in a sleigh pulled by a white horse over snow, Eagle River, Wisconsin. A man stands beside the sleigh, a...
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Hostess Truck at Standard Oil Station

Date: 1935
Description: J.P. Whalen of the Continental Baking Company loads an International truck marked: "Hostess Cake" with boxes outside the Hilltop Market service station.
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Men with International C-1 Truck

Date: 1935
Description: Two men stand near the rear of an International C-1 truck recently delivered to a Puget Sound Light and Power Company branch. Piles of wire and other equip...
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McCormick-Deering Tractor at Exposition

Date: 1935
Description: A uniformed man, possibly a police officer or a security guard, drives a McCormick-Deering I-12 tractor through the Eastern States Exposition grounds towin...
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Richard Quinney's Wheelbarrow Ride

Date: 1935
Description: Baby Richard Quinney rides on a full wheelbarrow pushed by his father, Floyd Quinney, across the farmyard.
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Elks Float and Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: A parade float decorated with bunting, a large, 48-star American flag, and a mounted elk's head is parked in front of the Baraboo Elks Lodge. The large st...
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Wooded Lane

Date: 1935
Description: A man stands at the end of a country lane lined with trees and carpeted with leaves. The trees overhead form a Gothic arch. The top of a wooden fence and g...
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Ojibwa Shooting Arrow

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwa man shooting an arrow at the sky. The man is wearing buckskin leggings, a beaded apron, and porcupine roach. Two arrows are stuck in the ground besi...
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Two Ojibwa Men Shaking Hands

Date: 1935
Description: Two Ojibwa men standing outdoors on a blanket while shaking hands. The man on the left is dressed in a suit and wearing a hat while holding a blind walking...
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Ojibwa with Bow and Arrow

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwa man sitting in a cottonwood tree, holding a bow and arrow. The man is wearing a headband with a porcupine roach.
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Chippewa Indian Lake Superior Tribe

Date: 1935
Description: Ojibwa man kneeling on the ground, holding a bow and arrow in one hand and an eagle fan raised in the other hand. He is wearing a beaded headband.
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Grand Army of the Republic Members

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the Grand Army of the Republic; left to right: L.A. Wilcox, Ansel Gailsburg, Elmer Sorkness (in wheelchair), and B. Re...
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Grand Army of the Republic Members

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the Grand Army of the Republic; left to right: L.A. Wilcox, Ansel Gailsburg, Elmer Sorkness (in wheelchair), and B. Re...

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