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| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A ticket collector for the Milwaukee Electric Railway is sitting at her station. |
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| Description: | An unidentified engineer and fireman in the cab of a Wisconsin & Michigan locomotive. |
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| Description: | Richard Taschek, an Austrian immigrant, poses in front of his business, the T. Richard Merchant Tailor shop. |
| Date: | 04 03 1947 |
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| Description: | CUNA (Credit Union National Association) female receptionist in an office, taken for The Bridge Magazine. |
| Date: | 03 18 1944 |
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| Description: | George I. Wallace, signmaker, making signs at his shop at 439 West Main Street. He wrote an editorial column for the newspaper, "A Layman's View of Religio... |
| Date: | 08 16 1944 |
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| Description: | John J. Flad, architect, and John Guy Fowlkes, professor of education at the University of Wisconsin, viewing the exhibit "Modern Architecture for Modern S... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Portrait of an older man in a pin-striped suit and holding a cane standing outside of two doors marked 606 and 600. The man is likely an employee of Intern... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | International truck driver, identified as "driver of the month," standing in front of his truck. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The photographer stands beside an automobile with a 1935 Wisconsin license plate. Four large (possibly Norwegian) trunks with decorative painting are tied ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A boy wearing a coat and hat standing on a sidewalk while delivering newspapers to nearby homes. Attached to his newspaper bag is a sign reading: "Cook Cou... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Beatrice Orvold, the manager of the Western Union office. Beatrice later married Leon Lamoreux, and they both taught at the U.S. Naval Training School (Rad... |
| Date: | 04 07 2006 |
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| Description: | "Scoot Pastorius is shown with our Fish Fry's outside of J.O.'s, at 334 Main Street, Kewaskum. J.O.'s is primarily a take-out business." |
| Date: | 06 1953 |
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| Description: | Col. Robert K. Haskell (left) receiving the one millionth shell manufactured by the Malleable Iron Range Co. of Beaver Dam in a ceremony at the manufacturi... |
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| Description: | A young woman and a very tall man stand together in front of the cookhouse wagon. She is holding a bottle of soda and offering him a hotdog; he has his arm... |
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| Description: | Wood carver Jerry Holter outside his studio in Clam Lake. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Captain William Hogbin stands on the steps of his tailor shop at 414 West Gilman Street. Captain Hogbin was born in England and trained as a tailor there. ... |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Madison magician Ben Bergor, who performed as Bennie Golden Berger during the early years of his career. He billed himself as the faste... |
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| Description: | Madison magician Ben Bergor standing in front of the Leota Theatre. Bergor was born Ben Goldenberger, and first performed in vaudeville as Bennie Golden Be... |
| Date: | 01 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Dena Smith is the private secretary for her husband, Warren Smith, the Wisconsin State Treasurer. |
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