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Barman — Tom

Date: 1932
Description: Tom bartending at Sam's.
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Cutting the Cheese

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture workers cut large blocks of Swiss cheese.
Photograph

Farmall Regular Tractor in Service Shop

Date: 07 15 1929
Description: Two men examining parts from a disassembled Farmall Regular tractor in the repair shop of a dealership.
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Fourteen Foot Tomato Plant

Date: 09 27 1936
Description: Mr. Liebenberg standing on a ladder measuring a 14 foot tomato plant growing in his garden. Mrs. Liebenberg is standing beside the plant.
Photograph

Sheriff Finn with Sledgehammer

Date: 07 11 1933
Description: Sheriff Finn holding sledgehammer used to break open the safe of Odin Tofsrud, carpenter and truck farmer, who was murdered during the theft of his safe by...
Photograph

Kidder's Radio Repair Department

Date: 10 23 1930
Description: Repairmen at Kidder's Radio repair department posing next to their workbench.
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Big Falls Fire Fighters

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire.
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Three People on Ladder

Date: 1899
Description: A man and two women standing on a stile of broad wood in the middle of a field. The man standing on the second step, wearing a coat, bow tie, and fedora. T...
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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Madison Golf Course Manager

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: "Cully" Schlict, manager at the Blackhawk Country Club, re-winding the shaft of a driver in the clubhouse.
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Man and Woman Grooming Backyard

Date: 1924
Description: A man and woman (possibly husband and wife) maintain a residential backyard. The man, wearing a bow tie, is mowing the lawn with a reel mower, while the wo...
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Thompson Foundry and Machine Shop

Date: 
Description: Large group of men posing standing by and sitting on farm machinery, including a thresher and steam tractors. Probably at the Thompson Foundry and Machine ...
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Mr. Beat in his Store

Date: 1955
Description: Mr. Beat in his store.
Photograph

Broom and Wash-Basin

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified man standing in (a farmyard?) with a broom and wash-basin.
Photograph

Alonzo Pond Displaying Escargotiere

Date: 01 26 1927
Description: Alonzo Pond posing sitting and holding a pickaxe next to a block of earth showing the composition of the escargotiere (an old dump for domestic waste). Her...
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Madison Beekeeper and Child

Date: 1916
Description: A.C. Bunnill, a beekeeper from Madison, and his child.
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Dr. Bruennich Collecting a Swarm

Date: 
Description: Dr. K. Bruennich, standing on a step ladder, holding a basket or skep, and with a cigar in his mouth, collecting a swarm of bees from a tree. Germany.
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Alfred Hitchcock on Set

Date: 1940
Description: An overhead photograph from behind of Alfred Hitchcock sitting and drawing a storyboard on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." He is surrounded by...
Photograph

Visiting a Log Drive

Date: 1912
Description: Businessmen visiting a log drive down the Wisconsin River. One man wearing a vest sits in a boat holding a peavey hook over his shoulder. Other men wearing...
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Construction Crew

Date: 1907
Description: A work crew, and a young boy, posing outdoors at the construction site of the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy.

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