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Knives on Display

Date: 1969
Description: Knives and shears in a display case behind a show window, which is reflecting buildings and clouds in the sky.
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Children Sitting Outdoors

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Description: A group of four young children sitting in a circle on the grass. Several buildings are in the background, and a few bare trees are on the right. The buildi...
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Side Wall of Country Home

Date: 10 18 1964
Description: View of a side wall and rear entrance of a small country home owned by Mrs. Kay Curtis. A collection of yard tools hang from the siding near a screen door,...
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Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...
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City Employees

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Description: A group of about two dozen male city employees, three carrying shovels, stand in front of the double doors of a large brick building. There is a wooden wal...
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Groundbreaking Ceremony

Date: 1970
Description: "Pastor Hahn takes a turn with the shovel at the groundbreaking at St. Peter's Lutheran Church."
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New York Electric and Gas Corporation Maintenance Truck

Date: 1937
Description: A man unloads a ladder from the top of an International D-2 truck owned by New York State Electric and Gas Corporation and used for maintenance purposes. T...
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Christmas Joy

Date: 1939
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a man and three boys positioning a ladder to hang holiday decorations on the exterior of the settle...
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Saving Energy with Insulation

Date: 1979
Description: During an energy tour of his district Congressman Obey visited various sites to observe projects to increase energy efficiency. Here a workman is preparing...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A view of the central business district. A creamery on the left. A house on the right with a woman in a rocking chair and two children in front. Some men s...
Postcard

High School Fire

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Description: Photographic postcard view of firemen fighting a high school fire. A small crowd of people are watching from the street.
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Elevated View of First Street

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Description: Elevated view of a street, with showing several men and children in the standing around a group of dogs. Location identified as First Street, just south of...
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Dinosaur Entrant for UW Circus

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Description: Two men are standing on either side of a large costume of a six-legged dinosaur in front of the Armory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
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Edgar William Gordon

Date: 01 15 1987
Description: View looking out window at a man who is washing the window. Caption reads: "Edgar Gordon spreads cleanliness and happiness." Edgar William Gordon was a ...
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Winter Entrepreneur

Date: 1973
Description: View down hill towards a boy kicking at a door to see if they want their walk shoveled after a snowfall.
Postcard

Fireplace at Wingspread

Date: 1961
Description: Interior view of Wingspread, featuring the central chimney. Text on the top on reverse reads: "The central chimney features five fireplaces." On the bottom...

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