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Woman Drawing Water from Well

Date: 05 1923
Description: Miss Neary drawing a bucket of water from a well next to a farmhouse. The original caption reads: "Drawing water from well. Miss Neary posing. Mr. Hyde pho...
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Farm Shed

Date: 1918
Description: Interior of a farm shed showing a small gasoline engine, wash tub, feed grinder and other equipment powered by a system of pulleys and belts.
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Men Operating Feed Grinder

Date: 08 25 1928
Description: Two men operating a McCormick-Deering feed grinder in a barn or shed at International Harvester's experimental farm.
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Spring Cleaning

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Description: A woman dust mops the floor while listening to a radiophone that is perched on the window sill.
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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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Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1901
Description: Cover of a German language advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company. The cover's color illustration features a woman with a rake watching a ...
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Circus Cook Tent

Date: 1942
Description: Cooks preparing food for fellow workers with Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus.
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Men Digging at Mine No. 2

Date: 04 21 1919
Description: Workers digging an intermediate bin for mine no. 2. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisconsin Steel C...
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Tate & Kleinpell Hardware

Date: 1904
Description: View of the interior of Tate & Kleinpell Hardware, with stoves, churns, seeds and other items displayed for sale.
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Radishes

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Description: A woman pours water from a watering can onto several varieties of radishes she has displayed for sale.
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Fresh Bread from the Oven

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Description: A baker, clad in apron, pulls a tray of freshly-baked rolls from the oven.
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Harry S. Manchester's, Inc., Can Opener Window Display

Date: 05 03 1946
Description: Window display at Harry S. Manchester's, Inc., 2-6 East Mifflin Street, featuring the "Can-o-mat" can openers, "Can-o-mat, fully automatic, streamlined bea...
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Test Kitchen and Laboratory

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of five women workers in an Oscar Mayer Company test kitchen and laboratory. A low wall is separating two women working at desks on ...
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Test Kitchen and Laboratory at Oscar Mayer

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of five women researchers performing various aspects of food research and related activities in a test kitchen and laboratory at the...
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Navy Cooks and Bakers Group

Date: 09 09 1943
Description: Ten Navy cooks and bakers watching meat carving demonstration by Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef. Soldiers include Robert W. Merryman, Vernon R....
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Ovenex Tinware Display

Date: 10 28 1937
Description: Window display of Ovenex baking tinware at Woolworth's, 1 East Main Street.
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Ovenex Tin Ware

Date: 10 28 1937
Description: Counter display of Ovenex baking tinware in Woolworth's. 1 E. Main Street.
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F.W. Woolworth Co. — Refrigerator Window

Date: 08 25 1937
Description: F.w. Woolworth Co. show window.
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Measuring for Window

Date: 09 26 1935
Description: Workman measuring for window at Christ Presbyterian Church, 124 Wisconsin Avenue. A woman is taking notes and a man is sweeping.

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