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| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Three construction workers, two in the hole, and one above, digging at the World Trade Center construction site. |
| Date: | 06 13 1913 |
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| Description: | Workmen and machinery at the quarry on Blackhawk Bluff. The gravel was used in construction of the power dam. |
| Date: | 08 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Jonas Staley, 1510 Jenifer Street, a 73-year-old man who enjoyed working outdoors in hot weather. He is shown putting in a sewer at 4226 Beverly Road. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A farmer, standing near a barn and pitchfork for a portrait. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Men cutting and gathering grain by hand. One man appears to be holding a scythe, or possibly a cradle. |
| Date: | 07 18 1927 |
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| Description: | A man pouring mixed concrete into a wheelbarrow. The cement mixer is powered by a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 h.p. stationary engine. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Two men, possibly farmers, work with a wheelbarrow, shovel and cement mixer. One man is dressed in overalls, and both have hats and gloves. |
| Date: | 08 31 1927 |
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| Description: | Samuel Hightower(sp?) stands in a grassy yard and holds up a cradle for harvesting grain. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of five men standing on a log and a plank of wood while another man is chopping at the log with an axe. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of several men working at dusk, knee deep in water attending to the raft. |
| Date: | 07 21 1936 |
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| Description: | Workers toiling in the sun on the roadside, as a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). As a program of the New Deal, it was provided to create j... |
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| Description: | Man ice fishing on Chequamegon Bay through a hole with a fishing jig, fish and fry pan. |
| Date: | 01 26 1928 |
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| Description: | A man shovels coal from the bed of an International Model 63 truck onto a conveyor attached to a river boat or steam boat. The truck was used by the "Thos.... |
| Date: | 10 07 1927 |
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| Description: | Two men using a Farmall Regular tractor, a farm wagon, and a lime spreader to spread lime in a field. |
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| Description: | Two work campers at the Highlander Folk School cleaning the school grounds. The boy in front is using a scythe to clear brush. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Three seated women with bowls on their laps peel apples outdoors while two men stand in the background. |
| Date: | 05 09 1948 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Diocese is shown removing the first shovel of dirt at the ground-breaking of the Queen of Apostles Seminary being... |
| Date: | 06 11 1948 |
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| Description: | Donald Hanson, who discovered the fire at the lumber and appliance building of the Central Wisconsin Supply Company and turned in the alarm. The fire total... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | International model "F" or "31" truck operated by H.G. Luker Co. of Kittanning. A man in work clothes is sitting in the driver's seat, and a ridge with hom... |
| Date: | 06 25 1948 |
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| Description: | Edwin Morgan, at bench, and James Price, shirtless with cigarette in his mouth, are painting scenery for the Crater Players production of "The Drunkard". |
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