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Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership During Expansion

Date: 1921
Description: Elevated view from across street of the construction to expand the Schoelkopf building at 210-216 E. Washington Avenue. Men from the construction company a...
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Mazo Motor Company

Date: 12 08 1921
Description: View from street towards construction of the Mazo Motor Company, which sold and serviced Ford and Fordson vehicles and agricultural machines. Standing in t...
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Mazo Motor Company

Date: 12 20 1921
Description: View from street of the construction of the Mazo Motor Company, which sold and serviced Ford and Fordson vehicles. Standing in the snow in the right foregr...
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Ford Garage

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Description: View from street of five men posing outside a Ford garage, a two-story brick building in an unidentified small Wisconsin town. Above the entrance is a "Gar...
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Portrait of a Schoelkopf Service Station Attendant

Date: 1924
Description: Portrait of a Schoelkopf Service superintendent posing with hands on hips against a brick wall outdoors. He has a button on his shirt that reads: "4, Schoe...
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"We Are Power Farmers"

Date: 1924
Description: A smiling man dressed in coveralls and a hat stands on a lawn next to a sign that reads: "We Are Power Farmers Using Fordson Tractor Purchased from Schoelk...
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We Are Power Farmers

Date: 1924
Description: A middle-aged man stands holding an agricultural implement in a field of tobacco plants. A sign next to him reads: "We Are Power Farmers Using Fordson Trac...
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Ice Harvesting Machine

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Description: A man stands near an ice harvesting machine on a lake. A label on the machine reads: "Wisconsin." There is open water behind him, and in the far background...
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Brand New Ice Harvesting Machine

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Description: Left side view of a brand new ice harvesting machine sitting on a frozen lake covered with snow. The machine is sitting over tracks and cuts in the ice, pr...
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Biplane on a Landing Strip

Date: 1932
Description: Men stand near a 1932 biplane on an airfield. Three men stand on the left side of the biplane, and two men in leather flying helmets stand near the cockpit...
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Double Negative: Three Farmers in Corn Field

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Description: Three farmers on a double exposure negative with a cornfield in the background. The man in front is wearing overalls and eyeglasses. All three men are wear...
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Farmer and Small Boy

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Description: A farmer is holding a small boy by the hand while standing on a lawn. In the background are trees and shrubs.
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Man Posing with Child on Tractor

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Description: A man and child pose sitting on a tractor in a farmyard. In the background is a barn, and piles of hay behind a fence on the right. In the far background i...
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Building a Silo

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Description: Three men pause in their work of building a silo nest to a barn. The steel rings of the silo are in place, with wood scaffolding.
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Roofers and Visiting Ladies on the Roof

Date: 1922
Description: View along roof of four men in hats and work clothes, and two women in summer dresses posing on the side of the roof. One of the men is holding a hammer. I...

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