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McCormick Works Employees Threading Bolts

Date: 1900
Description: Workers, including some boys, threading bolts with heavy machinery in the Nut and Bolt Department at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by t...
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Children at Morningside Sanitorium

Date: 06 01 1935
Description: Group portrait of children with tuberculosis and their attendants, and with a man and woman in Salvation Army uniforms, sitting in a classroom at the Morni...
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Marx Family Group Portrait

Date: 09 19 1928
Description: Marx family portrait, view 1, taken for Sam Marx.
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Marx Family Group Portrait

Date: 08 19 1928
Description: Marx family portrait, view 2, taken for Sam Marx.
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Marx Family Group Portrait

Date: 09 19 1928
Description: Marx family portrait, view 3, taken for Sam Marx.
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Children's Home

Date: 1910
Description: A view of children piled in a horse-drawn wagon in front of a children's home. The wagon reads, "Springfield Creamery Co." Women wait on the front steps of...
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Local-Option Election

Date: 02 1908
Description: A view of the crowds at an election. The crowd, mostly women, stand in front of the post office. A sign says "God Made the Water." Printed below the image:...
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Y.M.C.A.

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Description: A group of people poses for a portrait in front of a Y.M.C.A. building. A man dressed as a Native American chief stands at the center of the image and a w...
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Funchase Amusement Pier

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Description: Crowds walk along the boardwalk at Funchase amusement pier. A building with flags flying from its turrets features a sign that reads "Funchase Skating". T...
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Amusement Park with Rides

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Description: A carousel, aeroplane, penny arcade, and other rides stand inside an amusement park. There is a lawn at the center of the image and people surround the amu...
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State Normal School Gymnasium

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Description: Composite image including children performing exercises inside a gymnasium and an inset drawing of the exterior of the State Normal School. Text at bottom...
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1926
Description: Holiday card with two parts. The main card is red paper with gold foliage printed on the outside. "Christmas Greetings" is printed on the bottom in black u...
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William Irvine and Child in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with William Irvine (1851-1927) seated in his sleigh next to his daughter Ruth (1891-1987) wearing a hat and wrapped in furs, Chippewa Falls, ...
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Ventriloquism Act

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Description: Ben Bergor, Madison magician, ventriloquist, and entertainment agent, performing with Jerry O'Reilly at a farm show. With Bergor is his wife Alva who often...
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Adkins and Shindo Families

Date: 1978
Description: Adkins and Shindo families posing in yukatas (the garment) at the Adkins home. From left to right back row: Shizuo Shindo, MD, Mrs. Shindo, Loraine Adkins,...
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Narrow Town Street Scene

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Description: Pedestrians pass parked cars along a narrow dirt road lined with shops.
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Town View and Castle Rock

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Description: View featuring stores and dwellings built into hillsides. Castle Rock appears on the right side of a road. Opposite the landform, the Castle Rock Lodging...
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North Vietnam School

Date: 1967
Description: Kindergarten classroom in the North Vietnamese village of Phu Xa, showing the ditch in the center of the room that ran to the air raid shelter. Two men sta...
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Business Section

Date: 1915
Description: View of the business section of town featuring Westbrook Tavern, The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, First National Stores, a drug store, and an ic...
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Celebration on C Street

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Description: View of C Street during a celebration. American flags wave from upper story windows as men and women walk through the street. Published by Pioneer Drug S...

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