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John Gund Bottling Department

Date: 1890
Description: Brewery workers, posed in front of stacked beer barrels. Pictured (2nd row, far right) is Louis Schreiber (1861-1923) who immigrated to Wisconsin from Bava...
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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja...
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Schmidt and Glade Brewers

Date: 1870
Description: Group portrait of workers, a young boy and a dog outside the Schmidt and Glade Brewery posing with tools and barrels.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1411: Witching Up

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a group of men "witching up."
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Men in Sorghum Field

Date: 09 09 1895
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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Couple with Three Children outside of Home

Date: 1874
Description: A couple with three children posing in a yard. The woman has a sewing machine, the man has a table saw and lathe. The two-story frame house has a glass pan...
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Senior High School

Date: 1897
Description: Workers pose on scaffolding in front of the Senior High School during construction. A child and a man with a bicycle are on the lower left side underneath ...
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Mr. Edward Schildhauer

Date: 1897
Description: Mr. Edward Schildhauer sits in a rocking chair at an angled architect desk. The desk is covered with papers and various drafting tools such as a protractor...
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Blacksmith Wanamaker

Date: 1870
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of a studio portrait of Blacksmith Wanamaker and an unidentified man standing on either side of an anvil. The man on the left is holding ...
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Examining the Wisconsin Meteorite

Date: 1868
Description: Stereograph of Increase Lapham examining a fragment of a meteorite.
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Log Driving Crew

Date: 1890
Description: View from shoreline of a driving crew standing on a log raft on the North Branch of the Popple River, a tributary of the Pine River. They are holding long ...
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A "Landing" — Lake Ice 2 or 3 Feet Thick

Date: 1890
Description: View of a man standing on a log among a large pile of logs spread out on the snow-covered ice of a lake. He is leaning on the handle of what may be a cant ...
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Weavers Guild, La Crosse

Date: 1895
Description: Studio group portrait of fifteen men and women posing together in front of a painted backdrop. Some of the people are holding weaving tools.

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