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Linden Blacksmith

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: View of the Linden blacksmith shop, showing forge and equipment. The introduction of motorized farm equipment and automobiles led to the virtual disappeara...
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Liegeois Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1892
Description: Interior of shop. John Liegeois is sitting on bench, Louis is at wheel. A young child with a hat sits on a bench, and another man is also standing near the...
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"Romance of the Reaper" Film Still

Date: 1929
Description: Scene from the film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the building of the first practical reaper on the McCormick farm in Virginia. Actors playing the parts ...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Blacksmith Shop

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Description: The interior of the University of Wisconsin-Madison blacksmith shop. A man stands with his hands crossed in the shop, surrounded by various blacksmith impl...
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Mining Company Blacksmiths

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Description: The blacksmiths of the mining company pose in their shop with the tools of their trade. The man on the right holding a sledgehammer is probably Dave Endriz...
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Otto F Schultz

Date: 1962
Description: Otto F. Schultz, at age 81, uses the same tools his father used in his blacksmith shop.
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Tool Shop

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Description: Otto F. Schultz working in his tool shop.
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Metal Foundry

Date: 1960
Description: Joe Weyenberg and two other men work with molten metal at the Roloff Manufacturing Company.
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Blacksmith Shoeing Horse

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Description: Blacksmith posed shoeing a horse in the snow-covered lumberyard of a sawmill, while another man holds the horse's reins. A third man is posed standing next...
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Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1918
Description: Slightly elevated exterior view of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, Company C's blacksmith shop.
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National Peace Jubilee Banquet Menu

Date: 10 19 1898
Description: Front cover, first illustration, and menu page for the "National Peace Jubilee Banquet tendered to The President of the United States and distinguished gue...
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Men Working Near a Large Building

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Description: A group of eleven men is posing outdoors in front of a two-story building. On the far left is a man working a large bellows, perhaps for blacksmithing. Mos...
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Blacksmith Shop

Date: 12 28 1928
Description: View across road towards a blacksmith shop. The sign on the front reads: "C.C. Nelsen & Son Shoeing General Blacksmithing." A wagon is parked on the left.
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Man Repairing Farmall Tractors at Blacksmith Shop

Date: 02 04 1929
Description: A man is working inside the Harvey See Blacksmith shop repairing Farmall tractors.
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Man Repairing Farmall Tractors at Blacksmith Shop

Date: 02 04 1929
Description: A man is working inside the Harvey See Blacksmith shop repairing Farmall tractors.
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Harvey See Blacksmith Shop

Date: 02 04 1929
Description: View across unpaved road towards the Harvey See Blacksmith shop.
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The Blacksmith

Date: 10 20 1951
Description: A man at the forge in Albert Smith's blacksmith shop. On the right is an Aetna No. 25 stove. Tools are hanging on the edge of the forge.
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Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Four men are posing inside the blacksmith shop at Montello Granite Co.

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