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Postcard

Prairie Farm Creamery

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Description: Exterior of the Prairie Farm Creamery with horse-drawn wagons in front. Caption reads: "Prairie Farm Creamery, Pr. Farm, Wis."
Postcard

Creamery in Clear Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View of the side of the creamery, with two men standing at an open door at the end of the building on the left. Caption reads: "Creamery Clear Lake Wis."
Photograph

Loading Firewood into International Model S Truck

Date: 07 19 1926
Description: Men loading cut firewood from a large pile onto the back of an International Model S truck used by the Benj. E. Weeks Firewood Company.
Book or Pamphlet

IHC Engines in the Field

Date: 1913
Description: Page from a "IHC Newspaper and Catalogue Electrotype Service" booklet titled "IHC Engines in the Field." Clockwise from top left, the illustration captions...
Photograph

John Liegeois at Dutton Farm

Date: 1900
Description: John Liegeois at Dutton Farm. John had an identical establishment in Little Suamico. Joeseph Jr. and John and Louis Liegeois and Rachel were born in (Robi...
Photograph

Men Posing Outside Wooden Buildings

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Description: Three men are posing sitting on a woodpile near some wooden buildings. The man in the center is wearing a vest and hat and is holding a platter with a glas...
Photograph

High Dive

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a crowd watching a diver who has launched himself from a high ladder supported by guy wires. The railing around a small pool is visible on...
Photograph

Soldiers with Wreckage

Date: 1958
Description: Soldiers of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement during the Cuban Revolution stand next to a pile of wreckage in a rural area holding guns.
Photograph

City Water Pumping Station at Town Creek

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Description: Three men posed standing on the porch of a small brick building with a tall smokestack, probably the City Water Pumping Station at Town Creek, surrounded b...
Photograph

Charcoal Kilns

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: Elevated view of men and horses standing atop the platform used to load wood into charcoal kilns, also known as pits. These kilns convert cord wood into ch...
Photograph

Depot and Yards

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Description: View down middle of two railroad tracks towards the railroad depot. Freight cars are on another set of railroad tracks on the left, and in the far backgrou...
Photograph

Laplanders with their Reindeer Sled Teams

Date: 1918
Description: Two men and a young boy pose on sleds near their teams of reindeer in front of a house and its outbuildings. In the background is a large building with oni...
Photograph

Man Loading Logs into Scout II

Date: 1971
Description: Man loading logs into back of Scout II.
Photograph

Schooner Hauling Lumber

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of a deck of a schooner hauling lumber. Several workmen are loading or unloading the lumber. Industrial buildings, some displaying signs, are...
Photograph

Railroad Roundhouse Panorama

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Description: Panoramic view of a railroad roundhouse, with railroad tracks and piles of gravel in the foreground. A man is working near a woodpile at the corner of the ...
Photograph

O.K. Coal & Wood Co. Delivery Truck

Date: 08 24 1928
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a truck loaded with firewood. The signs painted on the truck read: "Gravel Sand & Heavy Haulage: and O.K. Coal & W...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor Powering Saw

Date: 03 15 1928
Description: A man is using a McCormick-Deering 10-20 to belt drive a saw. The man is cutting wood, and there is a pile of wood on the right. In the background are barn...
Photograph

Graphic Illustrating Horse Power

Date: 03 15 1928
Description: Graphic illustrating horse power. Horses are depicted powering a large wooden wheel to power a saw. Two men are working on the saw to cut up wood. Barns ar...

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