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Unloading a Coal Barge

Date: 06 11 1894
Description: Several men unload coal from barges with shovels. A row of buildings is in the background.
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Cutting Christmas Trees for Market

Date: 1895
Description: A group of loggers at work in the woods with horses and a team of oxen. The men are cutting down fir trees to eventually be sold at market.
Photograph

Dr. Rood's Silver Wedding Presents

Date: 1883
Description: Stereograph of silver wedding anniversary gifts at the home of Dr. Galen Geer Rood (1830-1917) and his wife Nancy Jane (Sylvester) Rood (1834-1906). The Ro...
Book or Pamphlet

Wash Tubs

Date: 1870
Description: Hardware catalog page showing wooden wash tubs and water pails.
Book or Pamphlet

Wooden Pails

Date: 1870
Description: Hardware catalog page showing wooden pails.
Photograph

Syl with Spade

Date: 10 08 1899
Description: Syl leaning on a spade outside in a yard. There is a fence and a house in the background.
Photograph

Horlick's Stone Quarry

Date: 1888
Description: Men working in Horlick's stone quarry. Teams of horses pull wagons. There is a steam pump at right. A man in a hat and coat, possibly William Horlick, stan...
Photograph

Wharf Scene Illustration

Date: 1800
Description: An illustration depicting an early scene at the wharf in New York City. Many sailing ships are along the left side of the illustration, and "Leeds" is the ...
Print

Head Quarters 18th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, Camp Trowbridge, Milwaukee

Date: 1860
Description: The state seal of Wisconsin appears in the upper left corner. To the right reads: "Head Quarters 18th Reg. Wis. Vol, Camp Trowbridge, Milwaukee" On t...
Print

The Latest Contraband of War

Date: 1860
Description: A freed slave with a hoe in his left hand and his right hand on his hip. Caption at the top reads, "Massa can't have dis chile, dat's what's de matter." Ca...
Photograph

The Royal Poinciana Hotel, Cocoanut Grove

Date: 1893
Description: A view of an outdoor seating area at Royal Poinciana Hotel. Numerous tables are arranged around the perimeter of a courtyard, each set with a tablecloth, p...
Photograph

Ramsay & Jones Mill

Date: 1887
Description: The Ramsay & Jones Mill with logs in the water in the foreground.
Photograph

Ramsay & Jones Mill Yard

Date: 1887
Description: Mill workers in the yard at Ramsay & Jones Mill.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: Men Working In The Water - Anaglyph

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of several men working at dusk, knee deep in water attending to the raft.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1418: Putting Down A Springpole In The Dells - Anaglyph

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of five men standing on a log while another man chops at the log with an axe.
Photograph

Tree Planting at Columbian Exposition Grounds

Date: 05 03 1892
Description: Tree planting ceremony on the Wooded Island during construction of the Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park. Standing to the left of the tree wrapped with ...
Photograph

Man Outside Log Cabin

Date: 1892
Description: A man posing with an ax and chopping block is standing outside the door of a log cabin during the winter. The man has been identified as James B.F. Server,...
Photograph

Rolling Machine at Bracken Brae, John Johnston's Country Home

Date: 1891
Description: Julia, the cook, on the rolling machine pulled by a team of horses wearing fly-nets. She is wearing a full-length dress and holding a whip in her right han...
Photograph

Four Men and One Boy in Field with Grain Binder

Date: 1895
Description: One man is operating a grain binder pulled by two horses, while three other men and a boy are working in the field near him. One man is holding a cradle us...
Print

August Kroll Letterhead

Date: 1888
Description: Letterhead of August Kroll of Leopolis, Wisconsin, dealer in hardware, stoves, and tinware, with an image of the interior of a store and customers being he...

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