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| Date: | 08 16 1950 |
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| Description: | A lifeguard observes swimmers at the beach in Vilas Park. A rowboat used by the lifeguard is on the beach. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Factory worker Lorraine Larsen, a lathe operator, tends to a bolt body for the 20 mm cannon at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. |
| Date: | 07 10 1942 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of four people standing in a muddy excavated hole for a footing at the Ordnance Steel Foundry. The Foundry may have served as part of Interna... |
| Date: | 11 03 1950 |
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| Description: | Two Wisconsin daily newspaper editors are shown as they tour the U.W. Lake Laboratory. Will Conrad, Medford Star News editor, and Charles E. Brought... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated winter scene with Sylvester Dankoler (b. 1895) standing on ice and mounds of snow near a broken pier along a shoreline. The shadow of the photogra... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A factory worker wearing eyeglasses is holding a metal part while standing at a large machine in International Harvester's Tractor Works. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an iron ore ship unloading. Several workers are on board the ship. Caption reads: "Unloading Iron Ore At Sparrows Point, MD." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of several ships at the ore docks of Maryland Steel Company. Text on the ship on the left may read "Craigeab" (text is difficult to make out). The nam... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men and women on horseback in a strem. On the shoreline at the right is a horse-drawn carriage . Trees are further down the shoreline, and... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a cowgirl and cowboy on horseback. Their horses are facing each other as they look at the camera. A lake or river is in the background. Caption... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of eight cowgirls on horseback lined up on a low rise with a river or stream behind them. Caption reads: "No. 116 Cowgirls, 101 Ranch, Oklah... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View across water toward six cowgirls on their horses, with their reflection in the water. Ranch outbuildings are in the background. Caption reads: "Cowgir... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Two large clay block silos stand beside a river. There is a large building, possibly a mill, behind the silos, a barn to the right and a shed on the left. ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of man standing against fence near a horse-drawn wagon heavily loaded with dirt, with the wheels sunk deep in water-logged mud. |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Farmers work cooperatively with their horse teams on silo-filling activities early in autumn. Rows of green forage are created in the fields and carried to... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Two workmen in overalls and hardhats stand on a wooden walkway in the East River. The slick water-level walkway leads into a group of pilings and the back... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A tugboat captain leans on a handrail and squints into the sun on a tug in the East River. Part of the wheelhouse is visible behind him. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A man holding the bridles of two mules stands near a farm building and a large round water basin. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Two men fill the packs of mules lined up outside a building which has a tiled mission roof. The side of the building is labeled: "Fabrica de Aguas Minerale... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A man is operating an International 8-16 tractor around a wet area in a field at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. On the right is a tr... |
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