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Smokey Bear with School Children

Date: 1954
Description: A man dressed in a Smokey Bear costume is standing with two Milwaukee school children. A young girl is sitting at a desk, and a boy is standing and holding...
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Man Weighing Chickens

Date: 07 30 1929
Description: Man weighing chickens on a Toledo scale at the Southern Wisconsin Produce Company, located at 638-40 West Main Street.
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Weighing Kittens

Date: 07 1905
Description: Edgar and Jennie Krueger outdoors in the yard. Edgar is sitting on a concrete planter holding a kitten in his lap. Jennie is kneeling in the grass weighing...
Book or Pamphlet

49 - Angora Rabbit Wool Yields

Date: 1943
Description: Text on page says, "Wollertrag," and gives the amount, in kilograms, of angora rabbit wool yields produced for the years 1941, 1942, and 1943.
Book or Pamphlet

50 - Man Weighing Angora Rabbit

Date: 1943
Description: Man in lab coat weighing angora rabbit with scale outdoors. Text on page says, "Gewichtskontrolle".
Book or Pamphlet

51 - Man Weighing Angora Rabbit

Date: 1943
Description: Man weighing angora rabbit with scale outdoors.
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Commercial Building in Milwaukee

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Description: Northeast corner of N. 2nd and W. Michigan streets with the James G. Brazell Printing and C.W. St. John Labor Agency businesses. A man is standing at a fru...
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Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Date: 01 1948
Description: Two men in a laboratory weighing rats at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
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Weighing Cotton

Date: 1920
Description: Men weigh(?) bales of cotton on a wooden platform, while other men load or unload bales onto a wagon drawn by mules.
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Men with Cotton Bales

Date: 1920
Description: Men lead two mules in hauling a wagon full of cotton bales near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform.
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Cotton Bales on Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: Two men place a bale of cotton on top of a pile on the back of a mule-drawn wagon. They are near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform...
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Harrison Produce Company Sales Counter

Date: 1937
Description: A man behind a counter weighs chickens on a countertop scale, and a women in a coat examines chickens on the counter. Some canned items are on a shelf behi...
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Customers in General Store

Date: 1939
Description: Two women and a girl stand near a counter inside a general store as a man shows them a product. A cat and a dog sleep on the floor in the background, and a...
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High School Band Plays in Street

Date: 1942
Description: The Elk Mound High School band entertaining farmers as they weigh in loads of scrap at Ausman Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The...
Postcard

Robins

Date: 1905
Description: Two juvenile robins are posed on an egg scale and basket.
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Men in Yard Weighing Bales of Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Men in a residential backyard using a hanging scale to weigh bales of cotton loaded on a wagon pulled by a team of work horses.
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Yahara Fishermen's Club Percharee

Date: 01 17 1954
Description: Portrait of Oscar Dary at a fish weighing station.
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Beekeeper Weighing Small Hive on Birdhouse

Date: 09 18 1981
Description: A beekeeper, wearing a bee suit, including gloves, and a hat with a veil, is crouching down and weighing a beehive that is attached to a birdhouse.
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G.W. Estes and Children with Frames and Honeycomb

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Description: G.W. Estes and two young girls, standing in a storeroom. Hive boxes with frames are on the floor. Along the walls are shelves stacked with square boxes of ...
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Ehrman's Delicatessen

Date: 1921
Description: View across street towards Ehrman's Delicatessen, located at 300 State Street, on the corner at Henry Street. Two people are walking on the sidewalk near t...

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