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Surface Digging

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Description: Lead mining by digging at the ground surface.
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Farm Irrigation

Date: 1920
Description: A man crouching in a farm field near a wooden tool, possibly doing irrigation work. A dirt road behind the man leads to several buildings and a water tower...
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Field of Alfalfa at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 05 1931
Description: Two men work in a field, and another man drives a team of horses pulling a hay rake. Original caption reads: "Demonstration farms. Alfalfa, with and withou...
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Boy Strikes Against Libby, McNeill & Libby, Inc.

Date: 1967
Description: A nine-year old Jamaican boy wearing a backwards cap, plaid jacket, jeans, and sneakers. He is holding two buckets and is looking at the camera. He is join...
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Broom and Wash-Basin

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

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Description: Two men are standing and working on a large steam tractor outdoors in a field.
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Men Harvesting

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Description: View across field towards four men standing in a field and holding tools in a recently reaped field.
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Making Barrel Staves

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Description: Behind a barbed wire fence a man is splitting log rounds into barrel staves. The staves are stacked neatly to dry.
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Snow Scene

Date: 03 09 1936
Description: Slightly elevated winter scene with a large group of people digging a car out of the snow with shovels. The car can barely be seen in the center of the cro...
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Digging Out Train Tracks

Date: 03 1881
Description: Winter scene with men digging out the train tracks by hand after a big snow storm. Trees and a fence line the sides of the railroad right of way. Between F...
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Digging Out Train Tracks

Date: 03 1881
Description: A winter scene with men digging out the train tracks by hand after a big snow storm in Racine County. Trees and a fence line the sides of the railroad righ...
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Threshing on Peter Pflaum Farm

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Description: Farm workers spreading hay onto two haystacks on farm on the east side of Highway 51 north of Pflaum Road. Three teams of horses, wearing fly-nets, are pro...
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Rock Formations at the Dells

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Description: Stereograph of a woman and girl posing partway up a rock formation in the Dells. On the left is a wooden ladder against the rock face. In the foreground is...
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December Days

Date: 1955
Description: A man sawing the top log in a pile of firewood with a handsaw. There is snow on the ground, and he is dressed warmly. Behind him is a tree, a stone and woo...
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Effective Advertising, Cooking Maple Syrup

Date: 1956
Description: A man is cooking maple syrup over a wood fire among trees. Steam is billowing from the kettle.
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Sugar Bush

Date: 1960
Description: Steam and smoke billow as a man is boiling maple syrup on the Harvey Blue farm.
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Tannenbaum

Date: 1961
Description: A man and a boy are dragging the Christmas tree they just cut down through the snow. The boy is carrying the ax. They are dressed warmly and the man is wea...
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Capture of the Hodag

Date: 08 14 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Capture of the Hodag, Rhinelander, Wis." A large group of men armed with guns, pitchforks and rakes hold a beast at bay on top of a l...
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Loading

Date: 06 06 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Rib Lake, Wis.", "Loading." and "Brown Photo." A lumberjack is standing on a load of logs pulled by a team of horses. Three more men ...
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Scene Near Rice Lake

Date: 10 23 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene Near Rice Lake, Wis." Five lumberjacks pose with a load of logs on a sled pulled by horses. Two skids lean against the logs. Th...

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