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Orpheum Theatre Usher

Date: 1936
Description: Orpheum Theatre usher, Rolland W. Hamelin, who had recently received an appointment to West Point. 216 State Street.
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Steam Tractor with Sod-breaking Plows

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a steam tractor on the right, probably a Linnell, attached to sod-breaking plows steered by two men on the left. Behind them...
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Processing Sisal in the Philippines

Date: 1948
Description: Workers processing bundles of sisal in large piles at an International Harvester facility in the Philippines.
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Two Women Model Clothing

Date: 10 08 1963
Description: Two women model clothing. The woman on the left is wearing a wedding dress from 1946, and the other woman is wearing a Mount Mary gym suit.
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Office Work

Date: 1950
Description: Women office workers file and take phone calls in a busy shared work space.
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Employees at Office Christmas Party

Date: 12 1928
Description: International Harvester employees standing around a Christmas tree and Santa Claus during an office party. Many of the workers are wearing party hats and s...
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Fauerbach Palm Garden Refreshment Stand

Date: 09 17 1937
Description: Palm Garden refreshment stand with three men behind a bar, with tables and chairs, and decorative palm trees. The stand was set up at the East Side Busines...
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McKay Nursery

Date: 05 12 1937
Description: Elevated view of a group of employees standing beside nursery stock inside the McKay Nursery warehouse.
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Mrs. Frances Hawkins Painting in the Studio

Date: 04 25 1932
Description: Artist Frances Hawkins sitting in a wicker chair and painting at the easel in her studio.
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Theater Ushers

Date: 09 07 1930
Description: Group portrait of Capitol Theatre and Orpheum Theater ushers.
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Capitol Theatre and Orpheum Theater Ushers

Date: 09 07 1930
Description: Group portrait of Capitol Theatre and Orpheum Theater ushers.
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Charles H. Seals

Date: 04 03 1929
Description: Portrait of Charles H. Seals, janitor at the Security State Bank, 1965 Atwood Avenue. He is standing next to a rubber tree plant and is cleaning the table.
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Air-Lec Doors

Date: 06 15 1927
Description: Schoelkopf Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of Air-Lec power door operators. The doors are in an open position, view from indoors looking out towards t...
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Assembly Work

Date: 1950
Description: A woman looks over parts used as bases for miniature Christmas trees.
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Tinsel Trees

Date: 1950
Description: A woman fashions a miniature hand-made metallic tree, while tables full of others await packing and shipment for the Christmas holidays.
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Governor Walter Kohler, Sr.

Date: 1929
Description: Portrait of Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., taken in the Governor's Office in the Wisconsin State Capitol on his Inauguration Day.
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Zona Gale

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Description: Portrait of Zona Gale, seated indoors holding flowers.
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Frank Hess Sr. Trimming Cattails on Barrels

Date: 1952
Description: Frank Hess Sr., owner of Hess Cooperage, trimming cattails, used to cauk oak barrels.
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Charles H. Cashin and Herbert C. Hale

Date: 12 11 1944
Description: Charles H. Cashin (right) of Stevens Point being sworn in by Clerk of Court Herbert C. Hale as the U.S. Attorney for the Western Wisconsin District.
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Nurse's Aid and Infant by Christmas Tree

Date: 11 21 1944
Description: Mrs. Margaret Horstmeier, nurse's aide at Methodist Hospital, shows a Christmas tree ornament to infant John Monegar.

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