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Photograph

International T-40 TracTracTor Working in Mine

Date: 1937
Description: Worker moving rock at the Sahara Mine with an International T-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) equipped with a Bucyrus-Erie bullgrader.
Postcard

Scene at Mine Disaster

Date: 11 13 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of people walking to the mine (in the distance) after a disaster. Caption reads: "Scene at Mine Disaster, Cherry,...
Photograph

Crumbling Mine Building

Date: 1909
Description: A deteriorating mining building seen from across a field.
Painting

Wisconsin Centennial Mural

Date: 1948
Description: Center panel of the completed mural at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The image depicts wheat farming, one of the state's earliest and largest industrie...
Photograph

Men Carrying Dead Lambs

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men carrying dead lambs back to the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp.
Photograph

Men Preparing to Butcher Lambs

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men preparing to butcher sheep at the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. A cabin is visible behind them on a hill.
Print

Seasons Greetings

Date: 1948
Description: Holiday card of the history of the State of Wisconsin, 1848-1948. Shows a map of Wisconsin with many historical and themed elements. Image was created by w...
Print

Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: Black and white drawing of the great seal of the state of Wisconsin. A mariner and a miner stand on either side of a quartered shield topped by a badger an...
Map or Atlas

Farmer's Rail Road & Township Map of Wisconsin and Chart of the Lakes

Date: 1872
Description: This map, which includes eastern Iowa, northern Illinois and a portion of Michigan's Upper peninsula, shows the township survey grid and identifies countie...
Photograph

James Mine

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of James Mine with a field and fence in the foreground. Tram tracks lead from the tall building to large piles of rocks. There are steep stai...
Book or Pamphlet

Plano Manufacturing Company Advertisement

Date: 1900
Description: Advertisement from catalog featuring an illustration of the Jones Chain Mower, and a man using it in a field with a team of horses. Around the border are i...
Map or Atlas

Historical Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1937
Description: Pictorial map showing historical events and locations within the state of Wisconsin, as well as waterways and counties. Original caption on the bottom marg...
Photograph

TD-24 Torque Converter Tractor

Date: 
Description: Original caption reads: "TD-24 Torque Converter Tractor push loads a 24 and B-250 27 /12 hd. scraper combination in hard fire clay whilst a gear driven-24 ...
Photograph

Industrial Tractors

Date: 07 25 1927
Description: Men driving tractors pulling trailers, which are being loaded from a hopper at a granite quarry or mine. On the far right is a steam shovel.
Photograph

Industrial Tractors

Date: 07 25 1927
Description: Men driving tractors pulling trailers, which are being loaded from a hopper at a granite quarry or mine.
Photograph

Industrial Tractors

Date: 07 25 1927
Description: Man driving tractor pulling a trailer, which are being loaded from a hopper at a granite quarry or mine.
Photograph

Industrial Tractors

Date: 07 25 1927
Description: Men are driving industrial tractors pulling trailers that are being loaded at a granite quarry or mine.
Photograph

Industrial Tractors

Date: 07 25 1927
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man driving an industrial tractor pulling a tractor that is being loaded while under a hopper at a granite quarry or mine.
Photograph

TD-24 — Mines

Date: 1950
Description: A bulldozer removing trees is silhouetted against the sky. Subject: "TD-24 — Mines." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Corone...
Photograph

TD-24 — Mines

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-24 — Minesg." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Jo. F. Sherman, Hawthorne, Pa. Used with BE hoist and Isaacson g...

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