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Painting

Peshtigo Fire

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Description: Families huddled in a field in the Sugar Bushes, attempting to escape the Peshtigo Fire.
Photograph

Villa Louis Flood Scene

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Description: Men with shovels during the flood at Villa Louis.
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Workman Filling International Model "63" Coal and Ice Truck

Date: 1927
Description: African American workman filling an International Model "63" coal and ice truck. The truck was owned by George Jaekel & Son Coal and Ice Company based in ...
Photograph

International Model S-26 Truck Delivering Coal to Residential Home

Date: 1930
Description: Worker unloading coal from a truck onto a chute on Seneca Parkway in Rochester. The chute appears to be leading to a residential home. However, there is c...
Photograph

Groundbreaking at Preschool

Date: 11 20 1963
Description: A three-year-old poses with a man-sized shovel of soil during a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of a new preschool. Behind him is a large steam shovel.
Photograph

Zinc Miners

Date: 1910
Description: Zinc miners posing with an ore bucket down in a mine.
Photograph

Shoveling Snow

Date: 1925
Description: Winter scene with a man and young boy shoveling snow from a sidewalk after a heavy snowfall.
Photograph

Construction Of Streetcar Tracks

Date: 1905
Description: Construction crew building a double streetcar track around the Capitol Square on North Pinckney Street. The oversized awnings were common around the Square...
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Arnold Zander Making Slush for Ice Skating Rink Border

Date: 01 15 1946
Description: Arnold S. Zander making slush for ice skating rink border at 175 Virginia Terrace.
Photograph

Kilowatt Clubhouse

Date: 10 17 1928
Description: Two men are standing with shovels outside the Kilowatt Clubhouse, 5311 Tonyawatha Trail, on Lake Monona. It became the home of Fred Rasmussen.
Photograph

Kilowatt Clubhouse

Date: 10 17 1928
Description: Two men are standing in front of the Kilowatt Clubhouse, 5311 Tonyawatha Trail, Monona, on the shore of Lake Monona. It became the home of Fred Rasmussen.
Photograph

Ginseng Beds

Date: 1938
Description: Workers preparing ginseng beds in northern Wisconsin.
Photograph

Big Falls Fire Fighters

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire.
Photograph

Children by the Reverend Abraham Jacobson Home

Date: 1877
Description: Three children stand at the corner of the home of the Reverend Abraham Jacobson (1836-1910) and his wife Nicoline Hegg Jacobson. Two adults stand in a tree...
Photograph

Railroad Crew and Boy on Handcar

Date: 1872
Description: Group portrait of a railroad crew on and around a handcar. A man and a young boy stand on the left near a track switch. In the background is a variety stor...
Photograph

Winter Street Scene

Date: 1899
Description: Winter scene of two men standing on a snowy street with the Wisconsin State Capitol visible in the background. They are holding snow shovels.
Book or Pamphlet

Drain the Wet Land

Date: 04 15 1930
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The cover shows a man standing near a drainage ditch. The bookl...
Photograph

View, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Date: 03 04 1881
Description: Winter scene from the corner of 7th Street after the "big snow" of 1881, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Lewis Flisram, Madison Parks Caretaker

Date: 07 05 1945
Description: Lewis Flisram, age 79, started working for the Madison Parks Commission in 1897. He worked there until 1911. He left to work for his mother for a period of...
Photograph

Two Men Sifting Compost for a Garden

Date: 06 1923
Description: Two men sifting compost soil through a screen.

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