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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, view looking south west.
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German Farmers Pull Log with McCormick D-435 Tractor

Date: 1960
Description: German farmers pulling a wooden log with a McCormick D-435 tractor against a mountainous backdrop in Alpine country.
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Kehl Winery

Date: 02 18 1960
Description: Two young women looking at a wine making tool. Winery operated from 1867 to 1899. It later became a dance hall. Excerpt from Sauk Prairie Star, Sauk City, ...
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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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Sheep Shearing

Date: 08 1948
Description: Two men sheering sheep on a stage surrounded by a crowd of fair-goers, possibly in a competition at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.
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St. Peter's Church Steeple

Date: 05 1984
Description: "Workers do steeple repair on St. Peter's Church."
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Steeplejack at Work

Date: 05 1984
Description: A steeplejack works on St. Peters Lutheran Church.
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Man with Carpentery Tools

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man posing standing and holding wood-working tools on a shaded patch of ground in a field. Displayed around him is a trunk with more ...
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Steam Tractor

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Description: Two men are standing and working on a large steam tractor outdoors in a field.
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Men Harvesting

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Description: View across field towards four men standing in a field and holding tools in a recently reaped field.
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Making Twine

Date: 1909
Description: Stereograph of three Native American men and a child, outdoors, in front of a wigwam. On the ground is a basket of materials. The man on the left is standi...
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Woolly Harvest

Date: 06 1973
Description: A farm worker shearing a sheep in a shed to harvest its wool.

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