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Log Running on the Chippewa River

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the river beneath the bridge on the Chippewa River. On the far shoreline are billboards. One advertises for "J.R. Sharp Hardware." Men a...
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View of Superior

Date: 1889
Description: View of Superior, with a large group of men posting in a road in the foreground, and various buildings behind them.
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Hough Payloader with Buggy

Date: 1948
Description: Hough Payloader with buggy being loaded by another machine. According to the original caption, the machines were the property of the American Agricultural ...
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Hough HE Payloader Loading Snow into Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Hough HE Payloader loading snow into a truck. The HE was built by Frank G. Hough Company, a Libertyville, Illinois, manufacturer of construction equipment.
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Lehigh Coal and Iron Company

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of the coke ovens at the Lehigh Coal and Iron Company. A group of men are posing in the foreground.
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Railroad Station

Date: 1900
Description: View across railroad tracks with a view of a railroad station and a Western Union telegraph office. Men are standing on the porch of the railroad station, ...
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Lindaur Mill Flume

Date: 1909
Description: The Lindaur Mill Flume. A man is standing in the left foreground. In the distance is the Court House with clocktower. Caption reads: "Lindaur Mill Flume, M...
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McCormick Auto-Mower

Date: 07 24 1900
Description: Engineer E.A. Johnston operating a single-cylinder version of the McCormick Auto-Mower at the McCormick Works. Johnston was Director of Engineering for the...
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Loading Melons

Date: 1972
Description: An unidentified worker, probably in California, loading crates of melons onto a refrigerated railroad car.
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Munger's Mill and Dam

Date: 1895
Description: Munger's Mill and dam, with men standing on and around the dam.
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Filmite Oil Corporation Building and Employee

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Madison branch of the Filmite Oil Corporation building (a Trachte metal building), located at 828 East Main Street. Also pictured is W.K. Wilson, warehous...
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Cities Service Oil Company Explosion

Date: 12 29 1944
Description: Man standing on bulk tanks at Cities Service Oil Company Plant, 815 East Main Street, where an explosion killed welder Harold Michelson.
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Man with Horse Team and Wagon

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Description: Man driving team and wagon from livery stable. On the right is a ramp at the side of a building, which possibly leads to the paint shop owned by John Grube...
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Interior of Repair Shop

Date: 1900
Description: Two men in a repair shop, probably the repair shop of Leslie Werner. Leslie Werner is identified as the man wearing the hat on the left.
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Bicycle Repair Shop

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Description: Two men in a repair shop, probably the Repair Shop of Leslie Werner. Leslie Werner is identified as the man wearing the hat on the right.
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Men Delivering Milk to Creamery

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Description: Men bringing cans of milk to a building, probably a creamery by a river.
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Men at Creamery

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Description: Men bringing cans of milk to a building, probably a creamery by a river.
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Man at Creamery

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Description: Man with cans of milk at a building, probably a creamery.
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Man Packing Butter in Creamery

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Description: Man packing butter in a creamery.
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Pile-Pontoon Bridge

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of John Lawler's pile-pontoon railway bridge over the Mississippi River. Three men are standing and sitting on the bridge in the foreground. Bu...

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