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Cobbler's Shop

Date: 1919
Description: A cobbler repairing shoes. He is standing at a counter with the tools of his trade and a shelf of shoes and boots. He is wearing a long apron. The shop is ...
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General Store

Date: 1912
Description: Three woman on the left and two men on the right are standing in a general store. Shelves line the wall and a display table is in the center with a covered...
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Cousins

Date: 1925
Description: Barbara Brumder, left, posing with her cousins Mary Baldwin Messinger, center, and Joanne Beecher Messinger, right. The girls are wearing similar ethnic Ge...
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Men in Cookhouse

Date: 1892
Description: A group of six men in the dining hall of a lumber camp. The men are in a room with long tables filled with table settings.
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Aaron Bohrod in his Studio

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Description: Caption with image reads: "Aaron Bohrod, pictured here in his studio, is the established American master of trompe l'oeil ('fool the eye') painting. This i...
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Grocer and Enormous Plucked Turkey

Date: 04 11 1912
Description: A grocer wearing a long white apron is standing and holding an enormous plucked turkey by its feet. Caption reads: "Fresh and Salt Meats and Groceries, Rea...
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Two Men in Meat Market

Date: 1907
Description: Note on reverse reads: "Windsor Blaisdell of Rhinelander in meat-market of this old store." He is standing behind the wood stove, and the butcher is leanin...
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A New Settler

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "A New Settler, L. Gervoin, Rusk Farm Settlement, Rusk Co., Wis." A farm couple and dog are posing in front of their clapboard house w...
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Williams Block

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Williams Block. Shiocton, Wis." Slightly elevated view of street and commercial buildings. Two automobiles are driving past storefron...
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Creamery

Date: 02 18 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Creamery, Story, Wis." Two men pose in front of a two-story, clapboard creamery with a lean-to. The building has a cupola and a stair...
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Eclair Company Laboratory

Date: 1912
Description: Six women and one man are sitting or standing near unidentified equipment. Caption reads: "Motion picture laboratories of the Eclair Co., Fort Lee, NJ. 191...
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Main Street

Date: 09 02 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Main St. Sun Prairie Wis." View of storefronts line the left side of the street, with horse-drawn wagons at the curb. A man in an apr...
Postcard

Hilger's at the Stoplight

Date: 1975
Description: Text on front reads: "Hilger's at the Stoplight, Tomah, Wis." Rubber stamped on the reverse: "Hilger's Pop Corn Wagon. At the Stop & Go Light, Tomah, Wisco...
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Settlement Along A Railway with Locomotive

Date: 1900
Description: A camp or settlement located along a railway in Iron County, WI. Residents and a dog are pictured in the foreground, with a locomotive in the background ne...
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Domestic Science Dining Room, Indian Training School

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Description: Several women in dresses are seated at a table in a formally decorated room. A woman stands holding a tray at the end of the table. The image appears in a ...
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Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Four men are posing inside the blacksmith shop at Montello Granite Co.
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Polishing Shed and Polishers

Date: 1910
Description: View down railroad tracks toward a group of men posing outside in front of the open doors of a shed. Round polishing stones are laying on the ground on the...
Manuscript

Page 6 from "A Few Glimpses of Stanley McCormick School"

Date: 02 08 1921
Description: Page from booklet with a photograph at top with caption that reads: "A class in Household Economics on the porch of one of the cottages." Caption for photo...
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Nancy Rennick, Alvy Moore and Jerome Courtland in Death Valley Days

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Description: Elizabeth Byers (Nancy Rennick) stands next to and holds onto a pole in a print shop. William Byers (Jerome Courtland) sits a desk and looks at her while ...

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