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Mirror Lake Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Mirror Lake Mill with bridge in foreground. Two women are standing on the bridge looking down at the river.
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Klein Dickert House Painters

Date: 06 03 1935
Description: Three Klein-Dickert Co. painters with two ladders are painting a house located at 2315 Rugby Row.
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Barn at "The House Next Door"

Date: 07 19 1933
Description: View along stone path leading to the side door of barn/carriage house at Ralph Warner's "The House Next Door," aka the Lovejoy-Duncan House, 11219 N. Webst...
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Jonas Staley Holding Shovel

Date: 08 05 1947
Description: Jonas Staley, 1510 Jenifer Street, a 73-year-old man who enjoyed working outdoors in hot weather. He is shown putting in a sewer at 4226 Beverly Road.
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Men Planting Shrubbery

Date: 1938
Description: Four men planting shrubbery along the edge of a brick patio area outside of the Administration Building. A duplex house is visible in the background.
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Man and Woman Grooming Backyard

Date: 1924
Description: A man and woman (possibly husband and wife) maintain a residential backyard. The man, wearing a bow tie, is mowing the lawn with a reel mower, while the wo...
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Attic Angels Site Clean-up Party

Date: 07 12 1952
Description: Attic Angel members (plus a few husbands and children) took part in a clean-up party at the former Louis M. Hobbins house at 102 East Gorham Street that th...
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Changing Tire at Night

Date: 02 1928
Description: A man is standing alongside a dirt road while changing a rear tire on an automobile, blocking the taillight and demonstrating a farm hazard.
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Lutheran Church

Date: 1921
Description: Lutheran church with a fence and trees in front. There is a shed with a ladder propped against it behind the church.
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Young Girl Cooling Canned Corn

Date: 1925
Description: Young girl identified as Jewel Keller using a water pump outside a farm house to cool freshly canned corn.
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Woman Hoeing in Garden

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Description: A woman wearing a checkered dress uses a hoe in a small garden plot. Trees, shrubs, and an open field can be seen in the background.
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In-Ground Swimming Pool on Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: In-ground swimming pool behind large two-story cedar shake-sided house on Madeline Island.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tractor and Trailer Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering Tractors and Trailers. Includes a photograph of men loading brush or shrubs into a trailer hitched t...
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Cooperative Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of the Chaseburg Cooperative Creamery and an attached secondary building.
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Highway 61

Date: 1929
Description: View across road of a gas station and restaurant on Highway 61. There is a man in a pickup truck, and another man has his foot propped on the truck's step....
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Man Tightening Wire Fence

Date: 1921
Description: Man tightening a wire fence. Original caption reads: "R.A. Hayne tightening a wire fence on the John Esch farm."
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Covert Company Truck

Date: 05 29 1937
Description: A man climbs the steps to a residence as he delivers a block of ice. An International D-2 truck owned by the Covert Company parks along the curb. The text ...
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Two Men with Implements and Cigarettes

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Description: Two men in work clothes and hats pose in a yard with farm implements. Both of them are smoking cigarettes.
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View of Pine Gable's on Lake Owen

Date: 1931
Description: View from the water of three boys on the dock at the foot of a steep stairway. There is a large roofed landing with benches half way up the hill, and many ...
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Pine Gables on Lake Owen

Date: 1931
Description: View from lake of a few boys on a dock as well as four wooden boats pulled up along the dock or the shoreline. There is a diving platform at the end of the...

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