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| Date: | 04 04 1943 |
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| Description: | A member of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School uses the traditional pharmacist's tool of a mortar & pestle to grind medicinal ingredients for a pre... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | Staged scene of a toddler playing with shot gun shells and a hammer. This photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Departm... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Sculptor Jean Pond Miner working on her statue "Forward" in the Wisconsin Building at the Columbian Exposition. |
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| Description: | A stonecutter, a cooper or smith (identified by the tools of their trade) and a girl with a pail are standing on the left in contrast to a group of ladies ... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | A family is seated on the wrap-around porch, with two men posed holding shotguns standing below them at foundation level. There are two windows in the ston... |
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| Description: | Person's hands, one with with wedding ring on left hand, using a ruler, pencil, and protractor to draw a land cover map for Wisconsin Land Economic Invento... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Hammered copper pike found with prehistoric bison bones. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Two men seated inside a tent at the digging site at Interstate Park. |
| Date: | 03 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Professor J.F. Kienitz, on the left, and Edward J. Law, committee member of the Historic American Buildings Survey in Wisconsin, examining a miniature mode... |
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| Description: | Five examples of typical Wisconsin flint weapon points. The upper row of points are notched sides and base, and the lower are notched convex base. |
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| Description: | Five examples of typical Wisconsin flint weapon points found at Interstate Park. |
| Date: | 02 06 1947 |
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| Description: | Virgil H. Titus, watchmaker, 201 Dean Avenue, posing with the tools of his trade. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon depicts four men in a semi-circle looking at a personified wrench standing on a rais... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Cartoon from an International Harvester technical manual. The cartoon depicts a repair man dropping a pair of pliers on the shelf of an open, personified r... |
| Date: | 01 28 1949 |
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| Description: | Dan Roth and August Knoche in the composing room arranging stories into page forms. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of the inside of a shipping manufacturer, with men working near a ship in drydock. Text at bottom reads: "On The Job For V... |
| Date: | 06 14 1950 |
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| Description: | Hildur Hanson, receptionist in the "Wisconsin State Journal" editorial rooms, looks over the 25-piece tool kit which will be awarded for the best construct... |
| Date: | 07 07 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby racer John Bock of 19 Paget Road, right, is shown prizes to be awarded to the top racers by Jean Behling, staff writer for the "Wisc... |
| Date: | 08 08 1950 |
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| Description: | Paul Hennie, wholesale metal engraver, working on a large trophy in his office at 23 North Pickney Street. |
| Date: | 07 22 1951 |
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| Description: | Five of the winners in the Soap Box Derby competition pose with their prizes. Left to right are Billy McFarland, Darlington, winner of the best upholstery ... |
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