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Constable Rube J. Holcombe

Date: 07 1913
Description: Constable Rube J. Holcombe posing for a photograph while smoking a cigar.
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Men with F-12 Tractor

Date: 06 18 1934
Description: Three men stand around a Farmall F-12 tractor outside of a storage building, possibly at the Gonigam-Bass Company. The men may be International Harvester d...
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Ho-Chunk Family During Winter

Date: 1915
Description: Using a portable, 4 x 5 glass plate negative camera, Van Schaick photographed Ho-Chunk on the streets of Black River Falls. These occasional pictures offer...
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Man Sitting on a Porch

Date: 07 01 1962
Description: Conrad Breunig sits smoking on his back porch and smokes a pipe. A retired farmer, Mr. Breunig now builds models and small wagons in his shop.
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Men with Cows and Cream Separator

Date: 08 18 1922
Description: Two men are standing and holding a bull and a cow on the farm of Jerry Bacon. An International Harvester cream separator is between the men, and a barn is ...
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Filling Farm Silo

Date: 1918
Description: Group of men use a Titan tractor to power a silo filler. There are several wagons and a barn. A few of the men may be observers from International Harveste...
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Tractor Powered Silo Filler

Date: 1915
Description: Two men wearing long overcoats and hats are standing directly behind a large tractor or stationary engine being used to power a belt-driven ensilage cutter...
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Danger of Loose Matches

Date: 08 1927
Description: A man reaching for loose matches carried in his pocket while holding a tobacco pipe in his other hand. The photograph was taken on International Harvester'...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Corn Planter

Date: 06 15 1926
Description: A man is smoking a pipe while operating a McCormick-Deering a horse-drawn corn planter in a farm field. A silo, barn, and other farm buildings are in the b...
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Motorcycle with Sidecar

Date: 1925
Description: Forest Middleton poses in a sidecar smoking a pipe; the driver of the motorcycle is unidentified. They are parked on West Johnson Street with the Universit...
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Man on Reynolds Tedder

Date: 1919
Description: Man on a Reynolds hay tedder pulled by team of work horses. Another man stands supervising. In the far background beyond a fence are two separate farmstead...
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Packaging Onions

Date: 1965
Description: Farmers package onions for shipping. Two women and a man pack and sew closed mesh bags of onions. Another man hoists full bags onto a conveyor belt, while ...
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Raccoon Hunters

Date: 1955
Description: "This photo, taken by the light of the full moon, shows coon hunter Alfred 'Butch' Muche patiently waiting for his fellow hunters. Kodak Super XX film was ...
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Man Posing on Bluff Above a Farm

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Description: A man poses on a bluff overlooking a farm in the valley below.
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Frame 31: Kids Dancing in Circle

Date: 1964
Description: Children play a game outdoors as a part of a Freedom School activity.
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Man

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Description: Exterior portrait of an unidentified man posing standing outside a barn building, lighting a cigarette. He is wearing striped overalls and a hat.
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Florentina and Alexander Krueger in Traditional Pomeranian Attire

Date: 1901
Description: Florentina and Alexander Krueger standing in a barn wearing traditional Pomeranian attire. Alexander is smoking his fathers pipe while holding an umbrella ...
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Smoking a Pipe

Date: 01 03 1911
Description: Alexander Krueger sitting in the open doorway to a blacksmith shop smoking a pipe.
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Hunters in Car with Deer

Date: 1918
Description: Four men posing in a car on a road, with a man sitting behind the steering wheel on the right side. The car has a license plate on front that reads: "5083 ...

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