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| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Two carpenters pose on the front porch of the Bass family home at 207 Clay Street in the fall of 1897. The Gibbs Brothers, of Packwaukee, were the archite... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A group of men in suits, presumably foremen or supervisors, and several men in work clothes, are in a grain field. Most of the men in suits are either sitt... |
| Date: | 05 31 1898 |
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| Description: | The stake driving crew for the Sells Bros. & Forepaugh Circus. A group of men drive several stakes into the ground. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | "Kearsarge and Alabama: Hauling Down the Flag." A color lithograph published by L. Prang & Co. of Boston. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | General Winfield Scott is chopping down a tall tree with an ax. Eight frightened men cling to the upper limbs. Caption below reads, "The downfall of Secess... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | A group of loggers poses for a group portrait amongst cut logs in a snow-covered wooded area. The men in the middle have their axes in hand, while other me... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Photographic reproduction of a lithograph showing carpenters erecting houses. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with three men and a dog on railroad tracks, also a man in the far background. Two of the men are up on the snowbanks with shovels. "The Grand... |
| 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: | 1870 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Increase Lapham examining a fragment of a meteorite. |
| Date: | 1828 |
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| Description: | Increase Lapham's drawing and description of an earth borer for his handwritten manuscript, Notes and Accounts of Canals, Particularly the Ohio Canal Ne... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 07 01 1871 |
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| Description: | Railroad surveying party in camp somewhere north of Green Bay. The men were surveyors for the Chicago & Northwestern railroad extension. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Catalog cover featuring an illustration of a man fixing a bicycle while a woman and two children look on. The woman's outfit sports "leg o' mutton" (or gig... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Catalog cover featuring miniature elves or fairies harvesting grain with axes. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Front cover featuring a color illustration of a man forging a chain on an anvil. He is wearing a winged helmet with the word "Progress" on the front. The c... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Inside spread of 4-page brochure featuring illustrations accompanying blocks of text explaining the features of Champion machines. The top left shows a man... |
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