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The Union House Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi...
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Woman Pumping Water from Farm Well

Date: 04 1923
Description: A bundled-up woman hand pumps water from a well into a pail. The ground is covered with ice and snow. Two cars and a farmhouse are in the background.
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School Children Playing "Baby in the Hole"

Date: 05 20 1924
Description: Country school children playing "Baby in the Hole." There is a hand-pump in the background under trees.
Book or Pamphlet

Lily Cream Separator Catalog

Date: 1916
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester's Lily brand of cream separators showing a woman drinking a cup of water from a hand-pump, and ...
Photograph

International Power Unit

Date: 1949
Description: International power unit powering a large pump.
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Men Gathered at Water Pump

Date: 1909
Description: Group of men and a boy gathered near a body of water. The men are sitting around a water pump.
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Octagon School House

Date: 1961
Description: Front view of the octagon school house.
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Wetzel Residence

Date: 1966
Description: Button factory at the Wetzel residence. At one time, bone buttons were manufactured in this building. A cat and a hand pump are in the foreground.
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Company Low Spread Manure Spreaders

Date: 1914
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester Low Spread manure spreaders. Features an illustration of a man encouraging his horses to drink ...
Postcard

Pumping Station

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of a pumping station with a tall smokestack. Caption reads: "Pumping Station, Racine, Wis."
Photograph

Pile Driver and Cenrifugal Pump at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 1911
Description: Steam-powered pile driver and centrifugal pump (in shed) at work at the Wisconsin River dam site. Men and children are watching the work.
Photograph

Motorized Water Pump

Date: 1923
Description: View of what appears to be a water pump powered by an International Harvester stationary engine on the farm of Albert Guenther.
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McCormick-Deering Engine

Date: 11 26 1923
Description: Motorized water pump powered by a 1.5 H.P. McCormick-Deering engine on the farm of Walter Stange(?).
Poster

International Engines Advertising Poster

Date: 1924
Description: Chinese advertising poster for International engines. Features a color illustration of a stationary engine and two illustrations of engines powering machin...
Photograph

Pumping Station for Lake Forest at Arboretum

Date: 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Arboretum station was built when the site was a proposed site for a model city called Lake Forest, a scheme which fail...
Photograph

Charles Brown at Pump

Date: 1925
Description: Charles E. Brown stands beside a chain and crank operated water pump. Brown was the curator of the museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and ...
Photograph

Man Operating Hand Water Pump

Date: 1916
Description: A man stands on a wood platform and uses a hand operated water pump to fill a metal bucket.
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Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view from railroad tracks of the Depot. Four men are standing alongside the depot building near a wheeled cart. The building features two signs, o...
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Middleton High School

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the Middleton High School.
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Leaky Top of Well

Date: 02 1928
Description: A boy wearing a winter coat and hat is pumping water from a well into ladles two other boys are holding. A shed, wheelbarrow, and wood scraps are in the ba...

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