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| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Possibly Louis J. Ropson, a farmer and violin maker from Luxemburg who lived in Dyckesville. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A man dressed in coveralls and a hat inspects a part on the rear of an International truck built for the U.S. Military. The side panel on the vehicle is li... |
| Date: | 06 18 1952 |
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| Description: | William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows... |
| Date: | 08 31 |
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| Description: | A mason at work is putting mortar on a brick. |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | "High over the rooftops of Theresa, Jim Polster and son, Kieth, have the scary job of applying new shingles on the building that houses the fire department... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the carpenter's shop at Stonefield. Carpenters are operating lathes. |
| Date: | 08 17 1958 |
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| Description: | Building for a new “supermarket” food and household necessities store, under construction on the outskirts of the Milwaukee area. In the background is a ba... |
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| Description: | A large group of ice cutters posing for a portrait. They are holding a variety of implements and are sitting and standing on blocks of ice. Fence and build... |
| Date: | 10 13 1977 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a hardhat and carrying a tool is walking along railroad tracks. Caption reads: "A railroad worker walked along a line in the Menomonee Valley... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View of the construction site of the Glander Building on the northeast corner of S. 9th and Washington Streets. A masonry crew is constructing the foundati... |
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| Description: | Two men are standing in a blacksmith shop. One man is working at an anvil, the other stands with his hands on his hips. They are wearing leather aprons. Hu... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Five men standing in the J.W. Meiklejohn & Son's Prison City Garage. The men on the right are wearing business clothes and hats, the men on the left are we... |
| Date: | 07 06 1914 |
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| Description: | A man standing outdoors in a factory yard is pulling twine through a binder mechanism. A brick factory building is in the background. |
| Date: | 03 03 1916 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view towards two men working near railroad cars and a brick building. One man is holding a shovel, and the other man is standing at the t... |
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