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Meat Market

Date: 1910
Description: A customer waits while butchers stand behind the counter of a butcher shop, surrounded by meat hanging from the ceiling.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: Man weighing small bucket on Toledo platform scale at Rewey Creamery.
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Excavating for New Building

Date: 07 1908
Description: Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store.
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Buffalo Street Construction

Date: 10 1914
Description: Buffalo Street construction showing cuts in the pavement and the inconvenience for traffic. Standing between the excavated holes and piles of dirt is a hor...
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South African Deering Office

Date: 10 22 1927
Description: Men stand on and beside the porch or loading dock of an International Harvester (Deering) dealership in South Africa.
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Twine Mill Construction Site

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a construction site surrounded by buildings in what appears to be an industrial area. A sign on the building on the left side of reads: "W...
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Group of Children in Garden

Date: 1918
Description: A group of children and women standing in what is probably a "war garden" in an urban area. Several commercial buildings are in the background, one painted...
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Snow Storm

Date: 12 1968
Description: Winter scene of a snowstorm in downtown Theresa. One person is crossing the unplowed street; another digs out the sidewalk in front of Arty's Tap Bar.
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Group of Men Posed with Railroad Train

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Description: View from steep bank of a large group of men posed standing with shovels by a railroad train with flat cars covered with sand or dirt. Man of the men are h...
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Catching Carp on Crawfish River

Date: 05 1901
Description: Children are standing along the shoreline watching young boys standing in boats fishing with dip nets in the Crawfish River. In the background is a bridge ...
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Jos Schlitz Brewing Co., Wash House

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Description: Interior view of men working in the wash house at Schlitz Brewery. At the top right is an inset of the exterior of the building.
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Scene on Main Street

Date: 1926
Description: View from road of a service station on the left with gas pumps. Next door is a meat market, a restaurant and a bank. A man is standing in front of the serv...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 684-689

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Description: "I am the man with measuring pole on my shoulder. At the age of 21 years I was sawing log in the woods. Since then I have seen the old time way go and the ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 750-757

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Description: Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell
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Apiary of J.E. Cady

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Description: View across field of the house and apiary of J.E. Cady. There is a man in a horse and carriage in front of the house. The carriage has a sign on the side t...
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Bob Bender with Christmas Tree

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Description: View down driveway towards Bob Bender posing standing at the curb leaning against a Cadillac Fleetwood limousine holding a small Christmas tree and an axe....
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Edgar William Gordon

Date: 01 15 1987
Description: View looking out window at a man who is washing the window. Caption reads: "Edgar Gordon spreads cleanliness and happiness." Edgar William Gordon was a ...
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Worel, Zeman & Stangel Co.

Date: 1906
Description: Albert Worel, Frank Zeman and Jacob Stangel are standing in front of the brick and wood-frame buildings of their York St. hardware store. The company's del...
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Construction Site

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Description: Construction site showing men excavating the foundation and basement of a building. Teams of horses are hitched to wagons. The men are using various implem...
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Construction Site

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Description: A construction site with a view of the excavated foundation and the street level. At the street level are buildings, people, and horse-drawn wagons. One ma...

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