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Lawn Maintenance

Date: 08 12 1977
Description: A man picks up grass from a lawn, with garbage bags of mowed lawn clippings lined up behind him. A lawn mower stands on the sidewalk nearby.
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Nurses

Date: 1900
Description: Eight nurses in uniform posing in front of a building (probably their workplace). Some of the women are holding a bedframe, pail, and a broom, and other it...
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Unloading Coal

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Description: A man unloads coal from a boat by walking a wheelbarrow across wooden platforms raised on scaffolds. In the background a man stands with an empty wheelbarr...
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Cemetery Workers Using an I-12 Tractor

Date: 1935
Description: Workers tending the grounds of the Forest Home Cemetery using a McCormick-Deering I-12 tractor and wagon.
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Milwaukee Railroad Employees

Date: 07 21 1884
Description: Group portrait of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway employees taken outside the railroad's Milwaukee shop. Most of the men appear to be blue collar wor...
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Grain Elevator

Date: 04 17 1921
Description: Workers shoveling grain, possibly corn, onto a lake vessel. Probably on the lower Milwaukee River.
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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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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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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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Gasoline Powered Concrete Breaker

Date: 04 18 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered concrete breaker on a residential street with an operator in the cab and men working on the ground. Houses and yar...
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Wisconsin Worker's Alliance Float

Date: 05 01 1938
Description: The Wisconsin Worker's Alliance May Day parade float. The float has three workers on it with tools and signs read "Roosevelt's Recovery Program: Never More...
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Milwaukee: Let's Keep It Clean

Date: 08 1967
Description: Mike Zitke, 14, of 4737 N. 78th Court holding a broom and wearing a shirt reading "We like it here. Milwaukee: Let's keep it clean." Zitke received the shi...
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Lily Pond

Date: 1900
Description: View of a lily pond in Mitchell Park. A man is working among the plants along the shoreline in the middle background.
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Jos Schlitz Brewing Co., Wash House

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Description: Interior view of men working in the wash house at Schlitz Brewery. At the top right is an inset of the exterior of the building.
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Edgar William Gordon

Date: 01 15 1987
Description: View looking out window at a man who is washing the window. Caption reads: "Edgar Gordon spreads cleanliness and happiness." Edgar William Gordon was a ...
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Construction Site

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Description: Construction site showing men excavating the foundation and basement of a building. Teams of horses are hitched to wagons. The men are using various implem...
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Wagon at Construction Site

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Description: A wagon is being raised or lowered at a construction site. The wagon has chains looped around the axle of each wheel as a man below signals directions. He ...
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Construction Site

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Description: A construction site with a view of the excavated foundation and the street level. At the street level are buildings, people, and horse-drawn wagons. One ma...

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