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Durfee Brothers Roofing Company Burglary

Date: 10 30 1948
Description: John Ochalle, employee of the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company, who discovered evidence of a burglary at the company's place of business at 1804 South Park ...
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Boy Holding Strainers

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Description: Child laborer standing barefoot near a pile of shells and holding a strainer in each hand.
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Speranza's Neighbors Dig Basement for New Shop

Date: 11 06 1948
Description: Blooming Grove neighbors of John Speranza digging a basement for a new Speranza shop which will replace the one lost to a fire that also destroyed the Sper...
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Robert K. Jones' Hardware Store

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of Robert K. Jones' hardware store.
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Hauling Off Section 37

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Description: Drawing of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe, hauling off Section 37. Bunyan has an axe over his shoulder and holds a pipe.
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Man in Diving Suit

Date: 1937
Description: Man in diving suit being helped out of the water by three men in a rowboat.
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Group of People Digging

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Description: Several people, most wearing goggles and hats, are digging and moving dirt. Three men are behind a wire fence. On the left is a man in a suit. The rest of ...
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Men on Bridge During Flood

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Description: A river has overflown its banks and is flooding a road on a bridge. Some men are on the bridge are using sticks to move ice floes. Crowds of people are wa...
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Three Men in front of Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1895
Description: Three men and a horse standing in front of a blacksmith shop which has a sign above the doorway advertising M. Karger and Brothers Clothing and Furnishing ...
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Madison Housing Authority Project

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: This ceremony at Truax Field signaled the start of construction of the 120-unit apartment project for war veterans by the Madison Housing Authority. Henry ...
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Governor Rennebohm Pushing Wheelbarrow

Date: 12 03 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm pushing a load of dirt in a wheelbarrow while helping workmen excavate for a garage to be constructed at the Governor's residence,...
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Man Standing near Fish Hung Up to Dry

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Man inspecting fish hung up to dry in a yard on Jones Island.
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Family in Yard

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Description: A young boy is mowing the lawn, while two women and a man are posing in the yard and on the porch of a two-story house.
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Horses Pulling Lumber Sled

Date: 02 1892
Description: A team of four horses are pulling a sled loaded with a tall pile of logs in the snow. A group of four men stand near the sled. The ends of some of the logs...
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Lowering Diver Max Nohl into Lake Michigan in Preparation for a Record Deep Dive

Date: 04 10 1937
Description: On April 10th, 1937, Max Nohl (shown in the dive suit) along with John Craig made a dive on the shipwreck Norland in order to perform another early ...
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E.B. Fred Hall

Date: 1954
Description: E.B. Fred Hall, the first home of the bacteriology department, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A person is shoveling dirt in front of the bu...
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Lincoln Monument Construction

Date: 1918
Description: Lincoln Monument construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Workmen are standing around the perimeter of a large hole while others are dig...
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First Costume Ball

Date: 02 18 1949
Description: Members of Ethlyn Jefferds' dancing class, fifth and sixth grade students from Shorewood, Randall, and Lakewood schools, attending their first costume ball...
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Group of Farmers on "Romance of the Reaper" Set

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Men with Scythes in "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...

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