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Tractorette Instruction

Date: 1942
Description: Women sitting on grass watching a lecture on maintenance of Farmall A and Farmall M tractors. The lecture was part of International Harvester's "Tractorett...
Book or Pamphlet

48 - Woman Shearing Angora Rabbit

Date: 1943
Description: Woman shearing angora rabbit on table. The rabbit is shown in various stages of being shaved, and there is also a group of woman shearing rabbits on a long...
Photograph

Menominee Performers

Date: 1958
Description: Peavey Falls group of dancers and musicians from the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin. The group is standing in front of a building with a sign th...
Photograph

Otis Elevator

Date: 1954
Description: A view of the ornate Otis elevator originally installed in the Historical Society building in 1900. This picture, taken on the second floor during remodeli...
Photograph

Sextonville Alert Hall

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Description: Exterior of Alert Hall. Near the roof line is a sign with the date "1905". Posters are in the windows and a broadside is posted outside underneath a window...
Photograph

Viola Court House

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Description: Exterior view of the "Viola Court House" — a small wooden building where one can find the Justice of the Peace. Posters on the exterior walls promote an up...
Photograph

Man Displaying Two Horses

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Description: View across yard towards a man posing standing in the center displaying two horses. On the right is a large horse hitched to a buggy, and on the left is a ...
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Girl Standing Against Wooden Building

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Description: View towards a small girl posing standing on a wooden walkway against the front of a wooden building. Above her is a sign that reads, in part: "Judge Taft....
Photograph

Men Posing at Lumber Yard

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Description: View across field of scrub grass towards a group of men, some in work clothes and other men wearing suits, standing in a lumberyard at a logging camp. Ther...
Photograph

Woman and Child with Dog

Date: 1898
Description: Exterior portrait of a woman, a small girl and a dog standing in front of a wooden building. A weathered Fourth of July poster is pasted on the side of the...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1908
Description: View down unpaved street with a few wooden commercial buildings. The building in the center background has a group of people gathered in front, and along t...
Photograph

Two Blacksmiths

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Description: Two men are standing in a blacksmith shop. One man is working at an anvil, the other stands with his hands on his hips. They are wearing leather aprons. Hu...

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