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Girl at a Well

Date: 1927
Description: A Kabyle girl holding a pail at the well, with another pail sitting on the ground at her feet. The well has a stone wall around it with a rope and pulley s...
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Meadow Brook Resort on Highway 13

Date: 1925
Description: View across lawn of the main building of Meadow Brook Resort. An automobile is parked in the drive and a group of young women are posed sitting in front of...
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Cozy Nook Cottages at "Wee Hoose" Service Station

Date: 1929
Description: Two small guest cottages on the side of a road. A well is on the right, and a birdhouse is on the left near a bench. The White House hotel is across the ro...
Photograph

Bauer's Rooms — 814 Elm St.

Date: 1931
Description: View from street of a house in a residential neighborhood with rooms available for tourists.
Photograph

Oxen at the Well

Date: 1929
Description: Three men working with an oxen to draw water from a well with a skin bucket. The well has a stone structure holding the pulley.
Map or Atlas

City of Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Date: 1966
Description: The map shows streets, wells, school land, parks, cemeteries, railroads, and the Delbrook Golf Course. The bottom of the map reads: "January 11, 1962 May 2...
Photograph

Well Drilling

Date: 07 1901
Description: Two men drilling a well in the Will's woods using a cable tool drilling rig powered by a team of two horses. A wagon, various pipes, and other drilling equ...
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Drilling a Well

Date: 07 1901
Description: Two men drilling a well in the Will's woods using a cable tool drilling rig powered by a team of two horses. One man is standing next to the drill holding ...
Photograph

Family in Front of their Home

Date: 1905
Description: View across yard of an unidentified family posing in front of their home. In the foreground is a hand-pump. From the left a young boy is sitting in a rocki...
Photograph

Posing Next to a Well

Date: 1950
Description: Three women and man posing next to a water well under a pavilion in a park. The women pose while the man pretends to drink from a bucket.
Photograph

Man with Mower in Farmyard

Date: 1900
Description: Man with horse-drawn mower in yard of farm. There is a horse-drawn carriage on the drive in front of the large farmhouse.
Map or Atlas

Luck, Wisconsin : Water Map

Date: 1960
Description: This blue line print map shows pipes, valves, well site, and elevation tank, as well as lot and block numbers and dimensions. The map includes inset of con...
Map or Atlas

Geological Map of Wisconsin Showing Location of Wells

Date: 1905
Description: This map shows the location of artesian wells. Includes a legend depicting various levels of ground water, locations of flowing and non-flowing wells. Incl...
Photograph

Serbian Draw Well in Valjevo

Date: 1914
Description: A soldier is using a draw well in a yard and is drinking water from the bucket. Another man is standing nearby. It appears to be raining or snowing.
Photograph

Water Wheel in the Desert

Date: 1915
Description: Water wheel in the Syrian desert.
Photograph

Oil Drilling — TD-9

Date: 1949
Description: Three men are working outdoors. Subject: "Oil Drilling — TD-9." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-9 owned by South Bend Oil Co., Br...
Photograph

Power Lines & Utilities — TD-6

Date: 1949
Description: Subject: "Power Lines & Utilities — TD-6." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-6 owned by Bradley Producing Co. and Empire Gas & Fuel...
Photograph

Back Porch

Date: 1925
Description: A hand pump and dinner bell flank the screen door of a porch at the Henriette (Mrs. George) Brumder summer home at Pine Lake. The walls of the house are st...
Photograph

Drilling Well at Camp 8

Date: 1935
Description: Two men working at a well at Camp 8.
Manuscript

Page 1 from "A Few Glimpses of Stanley McCormick School"

Date: 02 08 1921
Description: Page from booklet with a photograph at top with caption that reads: "Stanley Hall and the Green Mountains — looking north from School Building." There is a...

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