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| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A group of loggers at work in the woods with horses and a team of oxen. The men are cutting down fir trees to eventually be sold at market. |
| Date: | 04 15 1916 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger concrete breaker on a residential street with a operator in the cab. Men are working in the street, and trees and power lines are l... |
| Date: | 04 18 1916 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered concrete breaker on a residential street with an operator in the cab and men working on the ground. Houses and yar... |
| Date: | 04 1966 |
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| Description: | Roman (Bud) J. Engels strips off last wrapper chain from International 8066 Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET). |
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| Description: | The exterior of a brick building, most likely a recently built school. Workers are near the building planting and working the soil around the base of the b... |
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| Description: | A man is standing on a walkway on top of a mechanical conveyor belt machine in a quarry, loading a truck with sand and gravel. A man with a shovel is stand... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Four men planting shrubbery along the edge of a brick patio area outside of the Administration Building. A duplex house is visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Men work to level the ground for foundations to be poured for homes. Exposed brick walls of partially constructed homes are on the left and right, and a di... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Marine Private First Class Gilbert E. Bailey shovels heavily caked mud from the tracks of his International TD-18 Diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor). The... |
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| Description: | A man is sweeping the bunk house at Hatton Lumber Company Camp. Caption reads: "Hatton Lbr. Co. Camp No 3." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Men working at tables in the metal finishing room of the McCormick Reaper Works factory. Stacks of parts are piled on the floor, and a hat and coat are han... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across foundry floor of factory workers in a large room with high ceilings, vent hoods and skylights at McCormick Works. Two men in the middle ground ... |
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| Description: | A view of two Seminole Native American women grinding corn for "Sofka," a meat stew thickened with vegetables and meal. A man and dog are on the left. Capt... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Two men wearing hats pouring cement from a bucket into a wooden form to build a foundation for a silo. Behind them is a farm building. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Men working on the construction site for a new silo. Three men work in a pit to establish the foundation, and three other men work in the background near a... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Rear view of three men wearing hats, and pants with suspenders, using grain cradles to harvest a field crop. Multiple buildings, including a barn, are on a... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | The state seal of Wisconsin appears in the upper left corner. To the right reads: "Head Quarters 18th Reg. Wis. Vol, Camp Trowbridge, Milwaukee" On t... |
| Date: | 12 11 1983 |
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| Description: | Delmer Staus of Waukesha County shoveling contents of one of his cow barns into a manure spreader. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Factory workers in the machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Mill workers in the yard at Ramsay & Jones Mill. |
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