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Schadauer Tobacco Store

Date: 1880
Description: A man posing in the open doorway of Julius Schadauer's tobacco shop at 101 State Street. The sign above the doorway reads: "Schadauer of Cigars Fact. No 62...
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Solvit Chemical Co. Sign at Entrance Door

Date: 08 31 1939
Description: Solvit Chemical Co. sign nailed across two doors numbered 107 & 105, sign says: "Keep Out, Badger 4717 — Madison, Wis., 'Poison Gas' Fumigation."
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Champion Cow Milker

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: A young woman is demonstrating her championship cow-milking skills as she is sitting on a low stool and milking a Holstein cow. A person (out of frame) is ...
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Man Using Corn Sheller

Date: 12 22 1922
Description: Man operating a Keystone corn sheller manufactured by International Harvester. The man is standing in front of a brick building.
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Hadfield Penfield Grader

Date: 08 25 1925
Description: A man is standing on a Hadfield Penfield one-man grader outside the entrance to a building.
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Man at Education and Training Center Entrance

Date: 1946
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat approaches the entrance to International Harvester's Education and Training Center.
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Delivery Truck Outside Grocery Store

Date: 1913
Description: International Model M delivery truck operated by William Brandfellner groceries parked outside the storefront. Produce is visible through the storefront, a...
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County Normal and Agricultural School

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Description: A stone walkway leads to the entrance of the County Normal and Agricultural School. Ivy covers the exterior of the two-story colonial building and trees a...
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Agricultural Building

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Description: Front view of the Agricultural Building as seen from the street. The brick building is covered in ivy and features arch windows, a covered entrance, walkw...
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Plymouth in 1622

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Description: Men work outside dwellings along a shoreline in a reproduction of a painting by W.L. Williams. Copyright by A.S. Burbank, 1891.
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Home of Governor Bradford

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Description: Reproduction of a painting by W.L. Williams of the home of Governor Bradford in 1621. Exterior view features logs, a thatched roof, a chimney, and a surro...
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Farm Scene

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Description: A horse and carriage drives down a lane past a farmhouse, barns, and a windmill.
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Old English

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Description: View of Old English, an estate in a valley setting of the late Mr. Andrew Carnegie. Later, the building was used as St. Stanislaus Novitiate.
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School Class at Merrimac

Date: 1890
Description: A large class stands outside a school. Front row, left to right: Stella Nuzum, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mabel Devlin, Mary Devlin, unknown, Alice Odekirk...
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Bache Farm

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Description: Exterior view of the Bache farm. In the foreground is a small building with an open door. In the background is a large barn with stone foundation and a lar...
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Doorway View at McCormick Works

Date: 02 05 1906
Description: View through two large open doors of a factory, most likely the McCormick Works. The floor is made of wood, and parts of farm machinery are stacked togethe...
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Preston Church

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Description: Wooden church with a bell tower and a stable in the back on the right. Fences and fields are in the background.
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Ridgeway Grace Church

Date: 1925
Description: View across road of three-quarter view from front of Grace Church. A double door entrance at the sidewalk level is flanked by stone steps that lead up to a...
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Evangelical Lutheran Church

Date: 1924
Description: View across road towards the church which has wood clapboard siding, arched windows, arched double front doors, and a three-sided set of stairs leading to ...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1909
Description: Three-quarter view of the front and side of the M.E. Church, which is a wood frame building. Above the entrance is a bell tower with a weather vane. Near t...

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