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Sunday in a Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

Date: 1900
Description: Sunday morning in a lumber camp bunk house.
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Brillion News Print Shop

Date: 1901
Description: Interior view of the Brillion News Print Shop, where a printer and his assistants, two women, are posing around a press and work tables.
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Chris Copus Family

Date: 10 29 1934
Description: Portrait of seven of the twelve members of the Chris Copus family standing beside a pot belly stove in their makeshift garage home on Roth Street. They wer...
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Tom Brown, Cartoonist

Date: 11 10 1932
Description: Tom Brown, cartoonist, drawing at his kitchen table beside a large Queen's Best wood burning stove.
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Peterson Family at Home

Date: 1915
Description: Mr. Peterson is sitting in a rocking chair reading the newspaper and smoking a pipe, while Mrs. Peterson is standing at the stove with their young son, Jam...
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Railroad Employees at Waukesha

Date: 1915
Description: Employees of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway in the company's Waukesha office. Left to right they are Carl Mix, Ruth McGeen, Clarence Mica (seat...
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Robert Neal Baking Cornish Pasty

Date: 1942
Description: Robert Neal baking Cornish pasty at Pendarvis.
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International Harvester Dealership

Date: 04 1929
Description: Elevated view of a customer at the sales counter of O.T. Kercheval's International Harvester dealership. Advertising posters and a calender are on the wall...
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Man Reading in Living Room

Date: 1912
Description: Otto G. Ansorge sits in his home on Lake Avenue and reads. Ansorge was a jeweler and band director in Winneconne.
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Man in Winnebago County Asylum Kitchen

Date: 1930
Description: A man wearing an apron stands in a large kitchen located at the Winnebago County Asylum. Above him are pots and pans hanging from the ceiling. There is a l...
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Lesson on Eradication of Cattle Tick

Date: 1915
Description: A group of men, women, and children sitting on wooden benches inside Cottage Hill School as they watch Professor P.G. Holden give a presentation on the era...
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Cotton Presentation

Date: 1915
Description: View from back of classroom of Dr. W.B. Hinds pointing at a graph as he delivers an agricultural lecture on cotton to students seated at North Alabama Bapt...
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Stag Party

Date: 1913
Description: Forest Middleton, far right, poses with a group of men in high spirits. One man, second from left, holds a jug. The room is furnished with a makeshift tabl...
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Man Reading Near Stove

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man is sitting in a wooden chair while reading and resting his foot against a woodstove. The photograph was staged at International Harvester's Hinsdale ...
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Maple Syrup Shack

Date: 1966
Description: View of a maple syrup shack on the side of a hill. Smoke is billowing out of the doorway, which is blocked by a wheel barrel full of wood. Two men are in t...
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Devil's Lake CCC Barracks

Date: 1935
Description: Interior view of Civilian Conservation Corps barracks at Devil's Lake State Park. Several men can be seen sitting leisurely on their bunks. Two heating sto...
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Bar Interior

Date: 1908
Description: Two men standing at a bar with a bartender. The back of the bar is mirrored and reflects some of the room, with a wood stove seen in the reflection. A cash...
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Christmas Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Family holiday scene in a living room or parlor. A Christmas tree is perched on a table in the center of the image. It is trimmed with tinsel garland, shin...
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Carl Sandburg Poses with Two Guides

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Carl Sandburg posing with two of the guides at Wade house during his visit to the restored stagecoach inn for its dedication as a historic site. Speaking a...
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Mess Hall and Tents

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers standing around portable stoves at the mess hall for American troops. Also shows the bench seated tables and tents used by soldiers.

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