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| Description: | Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas... |
| Date: | 09 1908 |
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| Description: | Carpenter standing with his hand on a C. Parker bench vise attached to a work bench at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was b... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Employee standing at a work bench with his hand on a hammer, most likely at International Harvester's Osborne Works. |
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| Description: | Portrait of sculptor Adolph Weinman. He sculpted the South Pediment at the Wisconsin State Capitol, and the seated figure of Abraham Lincoln that sits in f... |
| Date: | 10 23 1930 |
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| Description: | Repairmen at Kidder's Radio repair department posing next to their workbench. |
| Date: | 09 09 1895 |
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| Description: | Two men with scythes stand in front of a sorghum patch planted on May 20th, 1895. The view was taken near Osceola. |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Charles Edward Shepard posing with an axe. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a lumberjack wearing a hat, fringed shirt, trousers, suspenders, and what appear to be spiked boots. He is holding a peavey and is posin... |
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| Description: | A police officer sitting on a stool in a woodshop. |
| Date: | 09 08 1948 |
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| Description: | The repair and conditioning committee of the West Side Business Men's Association that was in charge of preparing the auction site for the sale to benefit ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Robert E. Clough, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as an inventor, using a large drill press. Part of a yearbook created by clas... |
| Date: | 04 19 1950 |
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| Description: | "Cully" Schlict, manager at the Blackhawk Country Club, re-winding the shaft of a driver in the clubhouse. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | John Groeschel, a member of the Theresa Fire Dept, is restoring this old 1924 Boyer fire truck. He has spent 400 hours on this project. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | Greg Hunt has converted this barn into a fine workshop for making high quality harnesses. He has two full-time employees. His harnesses are shipped to some... |
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| Description: | Tintype portrait (slightly tinted) of Isaac Wagner Acker (left) and an unidentified individual. Acker was born in 1837 in Whetstone, Crawford County, Ohio.... |
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| Description: | Portrait of artist, Lester Bentley, wearing an apron and sitting in his studio holding a brush, a pipe and a painters palette. |
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| Description: | Man posed squatting on a wooden floor holding a drill in his hand. He is next to a piece of farm machinery, possibly a manure spreader or cranberry picker ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A man sits in his shop, holding a violin. Five more violins are arranged next to him. Caption with original negative reads "Old-time fiddle-maker in his sh... |
| Date: | 05 1899 |
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| Description: | View of William Krueger sitting on a bench next to the house, weaving a willow basket and smoking a pipe. In the background is a pedal grinding/sharpening ... |
| Date: | 06 1994 |
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| Description: | "Ossie Reimer, Lomira handyman, is pictured in his well-stocked workshop. He spends up to 60 hours, 7 days a week, in his shop." |
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