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| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Fishing nets drying along the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A spinning wheel, chair, and other kitchen objects in the corner of a room. Caption reads: "Corner of Pioneer Kitchen, Douglas County Historical Museum, Su... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Two girls wearing white dresses ride a pig, sitting back-to-back. One girl holds the pig's tail and the other holds its ears. A boy pokes the pig's haunch ... |
| Date: | 01 25 1911 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a winter scene with men fishing on a frozen lake. Two men pull on the line attached to the fish's mouth, while one holds an axe above its h... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Two horse-drawn carriages travelling through a snow-covered enclosure. A man stands off to the side, holding a snow shovel. Red text in the upper portion ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Virginia Ross poses at a table in front of a large stove in the kitchen. Caption reads: "Kitchen at Ross's Tel Lake Lodge, Hayward, Wis." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Man sitting on a box, leaning back against a wall, with his legs crossed. He is dressed in bib overalls and is smoking a pipe. He may be sitting in a kitch... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of an outdoor group portrait of a telephone line crew. The six men are wearing hats and work clothes, and five of the men are wearing... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a group of men and boys gathered for a meal in a tent. There are benches along the sides of the table. One man sits on a wooden bo... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Trout Lake Forest Headquarters, the deer corral, with four fawns. Three of the fawns are eating from a trough, the third from a pail held by a man (partial... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard showing a close-up of the holder Lawson designed for passenger seats on his Military Tractor 2 (M.T.2). |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Traffic to the J. Ohlenforst Bakery at 529 S. Sixth Street, in the Walker's Point neighborhood, is impeded by street construction. There are piles of grave... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two young women and a girl stand in a pasture with a cow and a calf. One of the women is holding a pail; the other a sprig of flowers. |
| Date: | 01 29 1914 |
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| Description: | An old ship anchor of wood and stone which was lost from the three-masted schooner Enterprise in the 50's, and recovered from Lake Winnebago. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard view of workers picking cherries, some of them standing on ladders. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of tourists picking cherries. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A group of men driving logs down the Brule. Caption reads: "Log Drive on Brule River, Near Florence, Wis." |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a cheese factory, with two men posing. Caption on back reads in part: "Cooking the milk in copper-lined vats." |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A woodcut illustration of a whiskey still. The message on the reverse is addressed to Senator Gaylord Nelson. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from the Oconto River of the Holt Lumber Company. A man is standing on a log boom and guiding logs to the sawmill. Writing on the postcard reads: "Hol... |
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