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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A man and a woman stand on the customer side of the counters. Phil Hof stands with a large knife behind a tabled covered with meat, while Sam and Herman Ho... |
| Date: | 07 15 1919 |
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| Description: | An unidentified boy stands and watches as a bushel of cherries is weighed on a scale. There are other baskets and covers on the ground. |
| Date: | 09 08 1956 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin football player Gene Melvin weighs in at 163 pounds and is the lightest player on the 1956 team. At right is the Wisconsin State... |
| Date: | 09 08 1956 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin football player Bob Nelson weighs in at 239 pounds and is the heaviest player on the 1956 team. At right is the Wisconsin State ... |
| Date: | 10 01 1928 |
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| Description: | One man is standing on an IH industrial tractor driver's seat while three other men are loading what appears to be a farm implement onto a trailer. The "In... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | An older man is standing in an office, possibly a weigh station of the Philadelphia Street Department. He is at a bench with papers and various office supp... |
| Date: | 09 26 1969 |
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| Description: | Walter Scott of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources weighs the 4,499-page transcript of Wisconsin's DDT hearings. |
| Date: | 09 18 1981 |
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| Description: | A beekeeper, wearing a bee suit, including gloves, and a hat with a veil, is crouching down and weighing a beehive that is attached to a birdhouse. |
| Date: | 02 20 1960 |
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| Description: | Mike Merkle, left, packs away his catch after weighing in at the annual Yahara Fisherman's Club Percharee on Lake Mendota. With Mike are his sister, Marcia... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Farm produce for sale from farm trucks at the Municipal Market on the Capitol Square. The Municipal market was established by a committee of women in July,... |
| Date: | 07 01 1961 |
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| Description: | Four members of the Bethany Methodist Youth Fellowship "weigh in" to determine what their contribution will be to the United Nations Children's Fund. Karen... |
| Date: | 09 08 1961 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin football coach Milt Bruhn watches as two of his players weigh in. Bill Smith (center) is the lightest on the team at 155 pounds. Pa... |
| Date: | 03 1979 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a Scout Body suspended on a scale, weighing 348 lbs. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Dr. A.N. Kittelsen (left) seated at the table, his brother Bernhardt Kittelsen (right) seated on a fur covered bed, both of Stoughton, Wis. and Norman Torr... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View across street towards Ehrman's Delicatessen, located at 300 State Street, on the corner at Henry Street. Two people are walking on the sidewalk near t... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Sack of "Crystal Sugar, 100 LBS net weight. American Crystal Sugar Co. Oxnard, California," on a Toledo scale. |
| Date: | 12 15 1978 |
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| Description: | NEW: View of a man sitting on a stool at a work table with a piece of machinery, probably at the Gisholt factory. He is wearing eyeglasses and is smoking ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Seven women in white uniforms measuring five children, including one infant. Caption reads: "Lincoln School, Madison, Wis. Weighing and Measuring Campaign ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Mackey weighing a large fish near a log cabin. The lake is partially visible in the background on the right. |
| Date: | 06 19 1924 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a dealership. Agricultural implements are displayed on the floor. On the left is a counter and a floor scale, and on the right are three c... |
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