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Photograph

John Parman's Blacksmith, Wagon & Carriage Shop

Date: 1873
Description: John Parman's Blacksmith, Wagon & Carriage Shop. A large group of men, including workers in leather aprons, are standing with carriages and wagon wheels ou...
Photograph

Railroad Crew and Boy on Handcar

Date: 1872
Description: Group portrait of a railroad crew on and around a handcar. A man and a young boy stand on the left near a track switch. In the background is a variety stor...
Photograph

Group Posing with Motorcycles and Cars

Date: 
Description: Eleven motorcyclists wearing sashes are standing in between two news service cars in front of the Milwaukee Journal building. Another row of men are...
Photograph

Wheat Storage

Date: 10 08 1925
Description: View from distance of men and a young boy standing in front of piles of bags filled with wheat and covered with tarps near a brick building. The photograph...
Photograph

Hoffman Feed Company Building Destruction

Date: 08 04 1953
Description: Children walking along the sidewalk near the Hoffman Feed Company building, 503 Regent Street, which is being torn down to widen the street at the intersec...
Photograph

Schierl's Blacksmith Shop

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Description: Leander Schierl, Wendelin Schierl, and a young boy inside Schierl's Blacksmith Shop. Leander bends over, shoeing the horse, while his father observes. On t...
Photograph

International Diesel Demothon

Date: 08 21 1967
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of farmers and businessmen gathered to attend International Harvester's "Diesel Demothon." In the foreground two men and a young g...
Photograph

Depot and Train

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Description: View down railroad tracks of a train arriving at the Brooklyn depot. A man in a suit with a briefcase stands on the platform. Standing near the tracks by t...
Photograph

Photographer at Parade

Date: 1964
Description: "Mayville photographer, Edgar G. Mueller, covers a parade in Theresa."
Print

Tractor Uses

Date: 1925
Description: Advertisement for the La Crosse kerosene tractor featuring photographs of the tractor in use on farm jobs. The headline reads: "The HAPPY FARMER Really Bur...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 132-138

Date: 
Description: As though the tree inclined lacked discipline, pruned of its working part
Photograph

View of a Blacksmith Shop

Date: 1880
Description: John Parman's “Blacksmith, Wagon & Carriage” shop, with workmen and others posed with vehicles in front.
Photograph

Men Using Tractor to Pull Trailer with Tank

Date: 1910
Description: Left side profile view of men with 12-25 Horse Power tractor parked in a cobblestone street. The tractor is pulling a trailer with a large tank that has a ...
Postcard

Korlman Meat Market

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Description: View across unpaved street towards a butcher shop with an awning over the front windows. There is an adjacent house on the right. Four people are posing on...
Photograph

Glander Art Studio, Future Home

Date: 1914
Description: View across street towards a group of children standing in front of the Glander Building under construction on the northeast corner of S. 9th and Washingto...
Photograph

Group Portrait at Capital City Flour Mill

Date: 05 24 1904
Description: J.H. Findorff bought the Capital City Flour Mill which had been built by Dow and Sons. Caption reads: "On May 24, 1904 J.H. Findorff bought the Capital Cit...
Photograph

Photography Gallery

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Description: View across snowy street towards a two-story commercial building with a false front. The sign painted on the front reads "Photograph Gallery." A man and a ...
Photograph

Citizen Protest in De Forest

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Description: Caption reads: "DeForest, Wis. Protest raised by citizens when dealer put implements in a city park. Picketing."

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