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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Man pumping water from a well with a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 HP engine. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Interior of the cottage with a rocking chair, a wood stove, a painting on the wall, and a spinning wheel on the left. The floor is wooden, and the wallpape... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Sherwood Forest Hotel dining room. Men and women are seated at a table for a meal, and the uniformed waitstaff stand to the left. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Bathroom of an International "Jungle Yacht," complete with his and her toiletries and towels embroidered with the letter "G" for Gatti. International Harve... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a desk in an International "Jungle Yacht". The desk is furnished with clocks, speedometers, a map, and a telephone. Above the desk is a bookshe... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The dining room in the Cornish Pendarvis home. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. This is an interior view of the kitchen hearth. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | An interior view of the dining room. This house was restored and furnished by the Colonial Dames in Wisconsin between 1929-1932 acting under the name of th... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Early 1930s laundry group that helped staff members. Dorothy Carlson at right. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Mrs. L.A. Hawkins skimming cream from a bowl in a basement using an "old-fashioned" tin skimmer. Shelves of canned goods are in the background. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Female cafeteria workers standing behind a counter lined with sandwiches, pies, and coffee cups at International Harvester's Hamilton Works factory. |
| Date: | 01 1935 |
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| Description: | Sewing project for Milwaukee County women to make and repair clothing for relief families. |
| Date: | 10 01 1938 |
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| Description: | J. Robert Taylor cleaning a furnace. He has a broom and a small brush in hand, a pipe in his mouth, and a dirty rag placed on his head. He is reading a doc... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Baltes frying bacon for the children at Kiddie Camp, 3910 Mineral Point Rd. |
| Date: | 09 23 1936 |
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| Description: | A man wearing overalls sitting with a newspaper in his hands at a table in a house. Original caption reads: "Mr. Tony Gildig owner of McCormick-Deering 6 c... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A woman pouring milk or cream into bowl as a young girl, who is holding a glass of milk, is watching. |
| Date: | 09 16 1935 |
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| Description: | Truck drivers eat at an outdoor lunch counter. Original caption reads: "Elliott Taylor (center) and 2 truck drivers." |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin freshman boxing team dressed in boxing uniforms and gloves standing behind stacked cans of sauerkraut with a sign that reads "Pep U... |
| Date: | 04 29 1935 |
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| Description: | A woman outdoors next to a house standing over a large, black pot, possibly doing laundry. Four children are playing around the woman near the entrance. |
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