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New Water Tower

Date: 05 23 1997
Description: "Workmen weld the base of the water tower."
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New Water Tower

Date: 05 27 1997
Description: "On the following pages workmen assemble Theresa's new water tank."
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New Water Tower

Date: 05 27 1997
Description: "Theresa water tower construction."
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Group of Women and Girls in the Woods

Date: 1892
Description: Six young women are posing on a ladder in a woods. There is a young girl in front of them. A woman and a young girl are standing off to the side.
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Demolition of Old Water Tower

Date: 09 10 1997
Description: "Dismantling Theresa's Water Tower."
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Demolition of Old Water Tower

Date: 09 10 1997
Description: "Theresa's water tank, erected in 1953, is systematically cut up for scrap by Phillips Demolition Co. of Peoria, Illinois."
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Christmas Joy

Date: 1939
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a man and three boys positioning a ladder to hang holiday decorations on the exterior of the settle...
Print

Cleveland All-Purpose Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: A man uses the power take-off on the Cleveland All-Purpose crawler tractor. A belt is running off of the tractor into a barn. The caption reads: "The Cleve...
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Iron River Deer Camp

Date: 1933
Description: Exterior view of hunting camp in the snow. Six bucks are hanging from a tree trunk propped between two trees on the left. Icicles hang off the edge of the ...
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Lakewoods Resort Diving Platform on Namakagon Lake

Date: 1931
Description: View across water of men and children swimming around and diving off of a diving platform at Lakewoods Resort on Namakagon Lake. In the distance is the far...
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Steamboat Quincy Sinking in the Mississippi River

Date: 1906
Description: Group of people stand on pier near the Diamond Jo line steamboat Quincy, sunk in 1906. It was raised and renamed the J.S. There are men on th...
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North Pier Lighthouse

Date: 
Description: Three men pose standing on ice around North Pier lighthouse. In the background is the town along the shoreline.
Postcard

Reef Light House, Three Miles from Shore

Date: 
Description: Hand-colored postcard view of the Reef Lighthouse in Lake Michigan off the shore of Racine. A person is standing to the left of the lighthouse. Caption rea...
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Sheboygan Falls Tannery

Date: 1878
Description: Elevated view of several buildings making up the Sheboygan Falls Tannery, which was owned by proprietor C.S. Weisse. Weisse is at the far right, standing w...
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Typical Home in Site I

Date: 08 14 1935
Description: Man in coveralls standing outside a small house. A ladder leans against the side of the house on the left. There are four wooden posts in the foreground.
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Aftermath of Fire

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: View of the badly damaged house at left, and a pile of rubble at right where the home of William and Gladys McGrath once stood. Both McGraths were killed i...
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Workers in Stone Quarry

Date: 1976
Description: Color photo of workers cutting blocks of limestone in a quarry. There are what appear to be moveable platforms on tracks at the bottom of the face of the a...
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Football Field and Bleachers

Date: 1925
Description: View of football field and bleachers from railroad embankment. In the foreground is rubble against a wooden fence. In the middle of the football field a nu...
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Mechanic and Trucks at Truck Stop

Date: 1966
Description: Mechanic pushing a hydraulic car jack at an American Oil Company truck stop. Three trucks are parked at the gas pumps in the background.
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Gas Attendant Cleaning Windshields

Date: 1962
Description: Gas attendant Sam Fry cleans the windshields of two International Harvester trucks parked near gas pumps. The original caption reads: "UPPER STORY. Gas Att...

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