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Mautz Paint & Glass Company Chemist

Date: 04 24 1929
Description: Chemist at workbench at the Mautz Paint & Glass Company, 939 E. Washington Avenue.
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Man Posing in Factory Office

Date: 1905
Description: Man lounging against a full bookcase in an office area at McCormick Works in Chicago. A second man can just be seen behind the bookcase. A large dark room ...
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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Two Women with Potted Flowers

Date: 11 26 1944
Description: Two women in an alcove filled with potted flowers and plants. The older woman is sitting and the other woman, wearing a fur coat, is standing behind her.
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Stewart Douglas House

Date: 11 15 1951
Description: Interior view of the living room at 811 Farwell Drive, including plants and vines in foreground. Homeowners Jean and Stewart Douglas are sitting and looki...
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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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With Best Wishes

Date: 1932
Description: Holiday card with a silhouette of a couple and their three Scottie dogs walking in front of a big picture window with red drapes and a pine tree decorated ...
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Man Standing on Barrel

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man is standing on a wooden barrel which is resting on a wooden box on concrete entrance steps near a door. He is using a hammer to fix a window frame. T...
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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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Patrons' Mercantile Company

Date: 1925
Description: View from street of the Patrons' Mercantile Company consumer cooperative. A group of men stand outside the building. A row of horses and carriages are park...
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Man Working on International Motor Truck

Date: 1959
Description: A factory worker leans through the windshield of an International motor truck while adjusting one of its parts. The photograph was possibly taken at the co...
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Valentine's Day

Date: 02 12 1978
Description: "With the approach of Valentine's Day, the camera looks through the decorated windows of the Bob Bernhard home. Brenda watches her brother, Scott, playing ...
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Beck Funeral Home

Date: 02 15 1978
Description: "Lester Beck, Undertaker. In 1913, Lester's father, Fred Beck, and Robert Kietzer formed a partnership as undertakers and, in 1917, Fred went on his own in...
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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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Factory Workers at the McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: "Knotter men" work at tables in the McCormick Twine Mill. Windows line one wall of the brick room, and a system of belt-driven machinery is arranged along ...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service Luncheon

Date: 10 20 1954
Description: Among those attending the Madison Visiting Nurse Service fall luncheon at the Blackhawk Country Club are, from left to right: Mrs. John Lobb, newly elected...
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Sixth District School No. 2, Fifth Grade Class

Date: 1901
Description: Milwaukee Public school, Sixth district School no. 2, Fifth grade class. teacher Miss H. Kather, Patrick Shaunnessy Principal. Boys: Emil Dankert, Charles ...
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Plum Grove School, Class Photo

Date: 02 12 1900
Description: Front Row: Edyth Jobe, Joe Nunamaker, Tommy Bradshaw, Bob Winnett, Jack Williams, Alex Nunamaker, Lee Winnett, and Ethel Baumgartner. Second Row: Cora Jobe...
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Group Portrait of the Wisconsin Rural Mail Carriers

Date: 1930
Description: Large group portrait of the Wisconsin Rural Mail Carriers showing men, women, and a few children on the front steps of, and in front of, a brick and browns...
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Group Portrait of the Wisconsin Rural Mail Carriers

Date: 1930
Description: Large group portrait of the Wisconsin Rural Mail Carriers Association showing men, women, and a few children on the front steps of, and in front of, a bric...

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