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Vintage Airplanes

Date: 07 27 1988
Description: Vintage aircraft always attract attention. In 1988 on their way to the EAA convention, the national organization of owners of World War II trainers made a ...
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The Old Wood Train

Date: 03 29 1933
Description: "The old wood train." It is a class H3 train built in 1880 by Manchester Locomotive Works. John Rhine, the engineer, is shown. A large group of men are sta...
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Kissel War Workers

Date: 1918
Description: Workers leaving the Kissell Motor Car Company have their identification badges checked. The Hartford company was then building trucks of the Four Wheel Dr...
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Highway Mowing with International A Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: Man mows grass with an International A tractor and mower. Caution flags are mounted on the tractor. Original caption reads: "International A used with an I...
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Walded Supper Club — Interior

Date: 12 19 1997
Description: "Dawn Stott is our waitress at Walden Supper Club, Perch are $8.95." From left to right; Shirley Widmer, Ralph Widmer, Dawn Stott, Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, a...
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Little Red Inn — Interior

Date: 01 02 1998
Description: "Vicki, waits on our group at the Little Red Inn in St. Lawrence." Pictured (Clockwise around the table); Ralph Widmer, Shirley Widmer, Parker Hren, John B...
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Anderson's Country Dining — Interior

Date: 01 30 1998
Description: "Stacey is our waitress at Andersons on Friess Lake, (near Holy Hill). Perch are $9.95." From left to right; Stacey, Ralph Widmer, and Shirley Widmer.
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Round the Clock — Interior

Date: 05 22 1998
Description: "Jo Wery is our waitress at Round The Clock restaurant. She also is a meat cutter at Pick N Save. A perch place for $8.95, includes soup or salad and a sco...
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Timmer's — Interior

Date: 07 24 1998
Description: "At Timmer's on big Cedar Lake, our likable waitress, Julie Buck, sits down and chats with us." Pictured (clockwise around the table, starting on the left)...
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The Country Retreat — Interior

Date: 09 25 1998
Description: "Karen Catania is our waitress at the Country Retreat, 3461 High Road, Hartford, WI." From left to right; Bob White, Jean White, Shirley Widmer, Karen Cata...
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Amber Inn — Interior

Date: 11 13 1998
Description: "Ann Koehnke is our waitress at the Amber Inn in Slinger, WI." From left to right; Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Ralph Widmer, Shirley Widmer, Rudy Heinecke, and ...
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Jail House Restaurant — Interior

Date: 05 14 1999
Description: "At the Jail House Restaurant our waitress, Amy, informs us that she is a dental hygienist." Pictured (clockwise, starting on the left): Shirley Widmer, Ru...
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Knights of Columbus Hall — Interior

Date: 10 01 1999
Description: "At the Knights of Columbus in West Bend, Cy Wietor, who supervises a group of waiters, stops to chat with us at our table." From left to right; Shirley Wi...
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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 05 13 1926
Description: A man operates a manure spreader pulled by two horses in a field. There is a dog standing in the foreground on the right. The original caption reads: "Bern...
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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 05 13 1926
Description: Rear view of a man wearing a hat operating a horse-drawn manure spreader in a field pulled by two horses. A dog is running along a row beside the manure sp...
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Hartford Store Poll Watchers

Date: 1967
Description: Two men sitting in front of Hartford Store cucumber receiving station watch over polls on union election day. The ballot box is on the left side of the tab...
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Construction Work

Date: 06 1984
Description: "Reconstruction work is being done on Hwy 28, between Kewaskum and Hwy 41. This view is from the intersection of 28 and 41, looking due east."
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Hartford Canning Company

Date: 1969
Description: Site of Libby McNeil and Libby canning company. In 1968, workers in Hartford staged a walkout to support Obreros Unidos (United Workers) to show dissatisfa...
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Migrant Barracks

Date: 1969
Description: Clothes hanging and drying on clotheslines in front of migrant workers' barracks. Libby McNeil and Libby Company was a major employer of migrant farm worke...
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Dry Fields

Date: 05 08 1986
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man driving a tractor across a field, sending dust clouds into the air. Caption reads: "Dry fields were evident as a farmer pre...

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