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Cotton Gin

Date: 01 13 1938
Description: Two men use horse-drawn wagons to haul loads of cotton near a cotton gin powered by an International PD-80 unit. A sign on the barn reads: "Bassett Gin."
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Conklin Ice House

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Description: Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. A man is standing in the snow-covered yard in the foreground near a sleigh, and a carriage with a sign painted on the si...
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Conklin Ice House

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of men posing on horse-drawn wagons parked in front of the Conklin Ice House. In the background on the right is Lake Mendota.
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Man Driving Industrial Tractor

Date: 04 11 1929
Description: A man is driving a McCormick-Deering industrial tractor. He is pulling an open wagon with a stack of metal loaded on it. Behind him is an open garage door ...
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New Findorff Mill

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Description: Elevated group portrait of men posing in front of the J.H. Findorff, Contractor, Planing Mill & Lumber Yard building. A smaller brick building on the far r...
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Blacksmith Shop

Date: 12 28 1928
Description: View across road towards a blacksmith shop. The sign on the front reads: "C.C. Nelsen & Son Shoeing General Blacksmithing." A wagon is parked on the left.

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