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Men Clearing Field for Playground

Date: 05 25 1928
Description: ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) men clearing area for playground at Burr Jones Field at 1800 E. Washington Street.
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 01 13 1898
Description: Elevated view of State Historical Society of Wisconsin, under construction, showing the first floor of building, with Music Hall in the background.
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Capitol Square with Street Sweepers

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Description: Capitol Square with street sweepers and iron fence.
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Capitol Square with Street Sweepers

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Description: Capitol Square with street sweepers and iron fence.
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Cutting Weeds

Date: 08 1929
Description: A man using a scythe to cut weeds from a pasture of wild carrots.
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Men Cutting Wood

Date: 1900
Description: Three men cutting points on logs for fence posts.
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Group of People Digging

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Description: Several people, most wearing goggles and hats, are digging and moving dirt. Three men are behind a wire fence. On the left is a man in a suit. The rest of ...
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Portrait of Four Workmen

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Description: Four workmen, two sitting and two standing, pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing hats, and there is a wood rusti...
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Husker and Shredder Crew at Barn

Date: 1913
Description: Men working with wagons and husker-shredder near a barn. The husker-shredder is powered by a Titan 18-35 tractor. A dog is walking by a fence, and milk can...
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Crew with Husker and Shredder

Date: 1915
Description: Six men are standing by a husker-shredder, wagon, and two horses in a farm yard. A tractor, possibly a Mogul 8-16 is on the right. Barns and farm buildings...
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Osborne Spring Tooth Harrow

Date: 05 29 1912
Description: Farmer wearing a hat is walks=ing behind a horse-drawn Osborne spring tooth harrow in a field. Trees and a fence are in the background.
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Seminole Women Grinding Corn

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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...
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Men Working on Construction of Silo

Date: 1915
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...
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Cattle Eating Clover at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 07 1930
Description: Man feeding cattle sweet clover hay from stock on an International Harvester demonstration farm.
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Boy with Pail

Date: 1915
Description: A boy wearing overalls and a straw hat is carrying a metal pail across a barnyard.
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Convict Laborers

Date: 1915
Description: A group of convict laborers are wearing striped jumpsuits as they work to construct a road. Railroad tracks run through the foreground and people are stand...
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Unsafe Farm Tool

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man is standing on a crate while using a sledge hammer to strike a piece of wood being held in place by another man who is standing in front of him. Two ...
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Threshing Crew on Krenke Farm

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Description: A threshing crew of men pose on tractors and threshing equipment on the Krenke farm. The tractor is powered by an engine and the threshing machine is pulle...
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Old Bridge and Construction Gang

Date: 08 29 1930
Description: Workers pose at the entrance of the old bridge. There are railroad tracks in the foreground with signs that read, "free bridge," "men working," and "cautio...
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Loading Lumber onto D-35 Truck

Date: 07 23 1937
Description: Two men from the Alliance Lumber Company Limited load lumber onto the bed of an International D-35 truck. The truck features a 179-inch wheelbase.

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