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Prison Cook Preparing Food

Date: 03 26 1968
Description: Slightly elevated view of prison cooks preparing dinner for inmates.
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Raking Leaves

Date: 10 18 1984
Description: Young boy and girl make the autumn chore of leaf-raking fun.
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Baker and Bread

Date: 05 14 1964
Description: A baker removes multiple loaves of bread from the oven for consumption in both bakery and restaurant.
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Mowing the Lawn

Date: 05 28 1987
Description: A Parks Department employee pushes a mower up a steep hill to keep Buchner Park maintained.
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Corn and Brats on the Grill

Date: 06 25 1988
Description: St. Dominic's Catholic Parish members tend the grills at their annual festival.
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Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
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Carving the Turkey

Date: 11 25 1965
Description: A man takes pleasure in the carving of the Thanksgiving turkey, with other food items in the foreground and vending machines behind him.
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Candy Maker

Date: 10 11 1981
Description: Jim Niemann decorates dipped chocolates at his family's business, Niemann's Home Made Chocolate Shop.
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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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Woman Making Spoon Bread

Date: 04 11 1969
Description: Mrs. Lloyd Knox demonstrating the technique of making spoon bread.
Painting

Threshing

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Description: A threshing scene during harvest time. In the background, the separater tender stands on the thresher overseeing the whole operation. He has a weighing dev...
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A Farm Auction

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Description: An auctioneer, a clerk, and a helper stand on a stage on a farm conducting an auction as potential bidders surround them. Farming equipment and other items...
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Maple Sugaring

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Description: Two men work at running sap from maple trees. Buckets are hanging beneath the sap spouts or "spiles" inserted into holes drilled in the trees. A team of ho...
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Cleaning Cow Barn

Date: 12 11 1983
Description: Delmer Staus of Waukesha County shoveling contents of one of his cow barns into a manure spreader.
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Chores

Date: 09 03 1965
Description: Dale Gross (1908-1980) in silhouette carrying two pails into a barn.
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Hacking a Path Through a Jungle

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Description: A soldier hacks a path through a jungle in Panama with a machete while smoking a cigarette.
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USS Relief Surgery

Date: 04 1945
Description: View of the gloved hands of a pair of surgeons as they begin to operate on a patient in Japan. One person is holding a scalpel over a portion of an exposed...
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Soldier in Base Kitchen

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier at a base in Panama uses a cleaver to open a can of rhubarb sitting on a counter near a large pot. He is wearing a cap, a sleeveless shirt, and p...
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Marine Aircraft Group Plane

Date: 03 1945
Description: Men working on a Marine Aircraft Group plane at Ulithi airport. One man is standing near the nose of the plan, looking inside. He is shirtless and wearing ...
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Florence Lawrence and Laura Oakley in "The Pawns of Destiny"

Date: 1914
Description: Florence Lawrence, seated at a table with a mop, bucket, and feather duster, has stopped work to read a book. Behind her an older woman, probably played by...

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