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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: View of three Trappist monks from Our Lady of the Valley abbey harvesting apples. Two men are standing on ladders and picking the fruit, while the third ma...
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First American Covenant of the Sisters of St. Joseph

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Description: 1836 illustration of a log structure that has a cross of the roof. A nun stands in front of the building, while two other nuns walk down a path on the left...
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Wisconsin Granite Company Quarry

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Description: Ladders extend into the quarry at Wisconsin Granite Company, and factory buildings and towers can be seen above. Three men stand near a railroad car at the...
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Cherry Picking

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Description: Girls pick cherries in an orchard. Some hold buckets and sit on ladders.
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Bernard Arms and Nofsinger Family

Date: 06 03 1929
Description: Bernard Arms is standing high on a scaffold attached to a house, while two women from the family of his neighbors, the Nofsingers, are standing below him o...
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River Pine Sanitarium

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Description: Exterior of River Pine Sanitarium, which opened in 1906. Trees surround a sanitarium building with porches on the front and back. Caption reads: "River Pin...
Print

Christmas 1952

Date: 1952
Description: Holiday card with a scene of a village in New Mexico. Adobe dwellings with hills, fences, a ladder, trees and a burro can be seen in the background. Six fi...
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Painting and Decorating Class

Date: 1910
Description: Two young boys work on a wall in a school room as part of a vocational painting and decorating class.
Postcard

Tornado Damage

Date: 1924
Description: Damage caused by a tornado to a barn near Reseburg. The caption notes that the farm was rented and that "moonshine" was being made there. Some locals at t...
Photograph

Construction of a Paper Mill

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Description: Elevated view of workers during construction of a paper mill.
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Wisconsin Power and Light Truck Side View

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Description: Wisconsin Power and Light truck with bed box built by the Ideal Body Company. Two men are standing by a fence behind the truck on the right near a lake.
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Wisconsin Power and Light Truck Rear View

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Description: Rear view of a bed box built by the Ideal Body Company for the Wisconsin Power and Light Company. A man is standing on the right of the truck, which is par...
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Interior of Ideal Body Company

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Description: Elevated view of cars inside the Ideal Body Company on Park Street.
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Devil's Lake CCC Workers Standing at a Saw

Date: 1935
Description: Group of Civilian Conservation Corps workers standing at a table saw. One man, probably a supervisor, wears a hat and tie.
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Young Boy with Two Dogs

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Description: A young boy wearing work clothes, boots and a knit cap stands on a hill with his two dogs. Behind him a man holding what appears to be a coil of wire is st...
Print

Chris. Schroeder & Sons Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Christian Schroeder & Sons, a real estate, loan, and insurance agent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of a residence, two m...
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Station

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Description: View across railroad tracks of group of children awaiting the arrival of a train outside Lehigh Valley Railroad Station.
Drawing

Fort Defiance

Date: 1994
Description: Drawing of Fort Defiance.
Photograph

Two Children with Snowman

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Description: Two children posing in front of a large snowman in front of a brick building. The smaller child is sitting on a ladder supported by the older boy. The snow...
Poster

Co-op Poster

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Description: A poster featuring a man in a tri-corner hat directing a group of people as they raise the frame of a barn. The text reads, "NEIGHBORS built America" and "...

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