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Duplex Hole-Digging Machine

Date: 1938
Description: Three men - one in work clothes and the other two men wearing suits and hats - looking down into a hole near an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tra...
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Man Driving Bulldozer

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Description: A man is sitting at the wheel of a gas powered bulldozer. In the background are equipment, supplies, and a truck with the "US Dept of Agriculture / Farm Se...
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Men Working at Alberta Sawmill

Date: 03 07 1938
Description: Men working at a sawmill. An International PD-80 power unit is used to power machinery.
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 1931
Description: View from shoreline of a crane lifting machinery to workers at the top of the bridge during construction. Words on the crane reads, "Stevens Brothers and S...
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Snow Blowing Sidewalk

Date: 1963
Description: Winter scene of Ralph Widmer, the photographer's brother, using a snow blower. Caption: "Ralph Widmer blows snow off the sidewalk along Wisconsin Street....
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Snow Blower

Date: 1963
Description: Winter scene of Ralph Widmer, the photographer's brother, using a snow blower to clear a walkway on Wisconsin Street, Theresa, Wisconsin. Written on back,...
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Ice Harvesting Machine

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Description: A man stands near an ice harvesting machine on a lake. A label on the machine reads: "Wisconsin." There is open water behind him, and in the far background...
Postcard

Filling an Ice House

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Description: Caption reads: "Filling an ice house on Lake Wingra--Wisconsin." A large scaffold holds up the conveyor into the ice house, and a group of men are standing...
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Aerating Potter's Lake

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is standing behind a snow fence next to a surface aerator. Water is pouring down or up the machine, breaking the surface tension of the lake. Snow is...
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Taking Oxygen Samples

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is kneeling on the ice and snow at Potter's Lake. He is running a machine that is testing the oxygen levels in the water, while recording the results...
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Drilling for Water

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Description: A man is operating a drill to connect a house to a water supply.
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Well Digging

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Description: A man is operating a drill to create a well near a home under construction.
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Snow Blower in Front of Capitol Building

Date: 02 11 1959
Description: "What All Hope Snow Will Do: Blow" is the caption. As much snow on the ground as there was at anytime during the past two winters. A man is pushing the sno...
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Man Using Snowblower During Blizzard

Date: 12 03 1990
Description: A man is using a snowblower during a blizzard. A tree-lined street with a row of houses is in the background.
Drawing

Steam Ice Car

Date: 1859
Description: Engraved drawing of Norman Wiard's ice locomotive, the Lady Franklin operating on a frozen river. Male passengers and crew members are standing on t...

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