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| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | A man in bow tie and suspenders sits in front of a small tent. Next to him is a rocking chair with a sign on it that says "Don't you see I'm Lonely." Writt... |
| Date: | 09 15 1930 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., (with flower in his lapel), who was campaigning for re-election, took time out for a baseball game at Horlick Athletic Fiel... |
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| Description: | Young farmer Harvey A. Nelson, holding onto a large horse's lead, is standing next to an International truck at Gray View Farm. The truck's front bumper be... |
| Date: | 05 16 1957 |
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| Description: | Kenneth Mills, 10, with his toothpick sculpture that he named "Pickalator." The work was part of an exhibit of children's art at Racine's Wustum Museum of ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The Taylor Orphan Asylum, view from the rear. Children are playing on the lawn in front. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View of Horlick's mill and dam, also known as "Ye Old Mill." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Racine, Wis. in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main Stre... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Four individuals sit in four-seat runabout parked in a wooded area. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A group of men stand in front of the Schwaller building on Pine Street with two male deer carcasses on the board sidewalk. The man touching the antlers is... |
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| Description: | The eagle "Old Abe" was used for many years by J.I. Case Company, of Racine, Wisconsin, as the firm's trademark, and is shown on these advertising cards is... |
| Date: | 08 08 1984 |
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| Description: | The winner of the sauerkraut eating contest, Don Bauer, standing triumphantly before his clean plate. A U.S. flag and a sign for the 34th Kraut Festival ad... |
| Date: | 08 27 1910 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of members and families of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry, Local 118. The g... |
| Date: | 03 10 1942 |
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| Description: | Two illegal gambling machines in a tavern on Highway 41, about one mile south of the Racine County Line. A man in a hat stands on the left, facing away. |
| Date: | 1987 |
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| Description: | This 1987 map of Racine and Kenosha counties, Wisconsin, shows towns, sections, cities and villages, zip code boundaries, highways and roads, bicycle route... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Aerial view drawing of a velodrome with racers on the oval track and stands full of spectators. Signage on the outer wall indicates that it is the Racine A... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Three men (Charles Crane, unidentified man, and Stuart Harbridge) in racing gear on a triplet tandem bike in front of racer Al Bauman on the Racine Athleti... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin National Guard encampment at Racine County fairgrounds. Several tents are set up in the background, while visitors mingle in... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Scene in a small city park showing a group of local women serving luncheon to soldiers recently returned from service in the first World War. Very possibly... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View from infield of two bicycle racers at the starting line of the quarter-mile cement bicycle track maintained by the Racine Athletic Association. Two me... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Watercolor design for a conservation poster made by a Wisconsin high school student as part of a competition. The poster has an image of pine trees in a me... |
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