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| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Color chromolithograph illustration for the Deering All-Steel Binder with steel bundle carrier, produced by William Deering & Co. Includes an illustration ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a group of workers posing on the east bank of the Wisconsin River at the power dam construction site. One man is strumming his shovel like... |
| Date: | 04 14 1911 |
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| Description: | Workers posing inside the forms for the east shore abutment at the power dam site. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A group of men in suits, presumably foremen or supervisors, and several men in work clothes, are in a grain field. Most of the men in suits are either sitt... |
| Date: | 04 15 1925 |
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| Description: | Boys using hand tools to work in a field. A mule-drawn wagon is in the background. They are all wearing hats and overalls. |
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| Description: | Group of men posed with 13,260 feet of cut lumber on a horse-drawn sled in winter. Some of the men hold cant hooks. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | A woman, possibly Anna Neary, gathering pieces of chopped wood in her arms as she kneels near a wood pile on the A.E. Bancroft farm. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | National Youth Administration workers cutting stone in the quarry near the Grignon House. A sign behind the group of boys says: USA Work Program." |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Man tightening a wire fence. Original caption reads: "R.A. Hayne tightening a wire fence on the John Esch farm." |
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| Description: | Outdoor scene of a crew of men building a barn. A smaller building is next to the tower structure for a windmill. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Three men use two International trucks to transport logs through a wooded area. The trucks were owned by F.J. Jacks, logger and retail lumberman. |
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| Description: | Four men posing with stumps they are pulling in an open field. In the background is a winch powered by two horses in the background. There are power lines ... |
| Date: | 08 09 1927 |
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| Description: | View towards a truck with equipment for installing telephone poles. There is a large auger suspended from the back of the truck. Men are standing along the... |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a railroad crew laying tracks. The ties are in place and the rails are being positioned on the first level. The bank behind the crew is terr... |
| Date: | 04 11 1985 |
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| Description: | Five men are working on a highway, placing tar and covering it with tissue. A line of cars are passing in the opposite lane. A field and farm buildings are... |
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