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Sharing a Drink of Water

Date: 07 20 1987
Description: A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day.
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Filling Potholes

Date: 04 27 1987
Description: A city worker fills in holes in the road in mild spring weather.
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Breaking the Blockade

Date: 05 05 1949
Description: Several days before the Berlin Blockade was to be lifted, Russian authorities permitted this West Berlin couple to purchase potatoes in the eastern sector....
Painting

The Cheese Factory

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Description: Horse-drawn wagons, also known as milk buggies, dropping off cans of milk at the country cheese factory during summer.
Painting

Rural Free Delivery

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Description: A woman waiting by her mailbox receives a Sears Roebuck catalog delivered by her mail carrier who drives a horse-drawn wagon. The farmhouse and barn are vi...
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Scouts on Patrol, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement soldiers on patrol in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. One soldier is walking along a dirt road carrying a large automat...
Painting

Burch-Bolden Family Homestead

Date: 1906
Description: This oil painting is a fine weave cotton support (perhaps a bed sheet). It is signed and dated (1906) and depicts an early twentieth century rural southwes...
Photograph

Children Playing in Snow

Date: 11 30 1976
Description: Elevated view of children sliding on the snow near the Bay Street overpass to Jones Island. The children are walking up the hill. In the background is a st...
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Farmall Tractor on John Nolen Drive

Date: 2010
Description: A man drives a tractor on John Nolen Drive along Lake Mendota with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance. He is on his was to a Red Power venue held ...
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School Day

Date: 01 1970
Description: Children running to the school bus during a light snow fall.
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Back to the Barn

Date: 1976
Description: A woman walks down a country lane with two horses. There is snow on the road and trees on both sides of the lane are bare of leaves.
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Pot Hole Repair

Date: 01 10 1984
Description: Two men are shoveling steaming asphalt from the rear of a truck. Caption reads: "Portage County Highway Department workers Victor Peters (left) and Arleigh...

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