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Lappley Bros. Lumberyard

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Description: Winter view of exterior of Lappley Bros. Lumberyard and Feed Mill.
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Warner and his Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Arthur Pratt Warner, Wisconsin's first aviator, in front of the office of the Warner Instrument Company in Beloit. Warner, who held the patent for an autom...
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 01 13 1898
Description: Elevated view of State Historical Society of Wisconsin, under construction, showing the first floor of building, with Music Hall in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

Cotton King Disk Harrow Catalog Cover

Date: 1910
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Cotton King disk harrows sold by International Harvester. Features an illustration of a view framed by trees and a fenc...
Photograph

Hammonds Camp

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Description: Two separate views. Left image: E.S. Hammond's Camp at Gillette. Spur(?). Several buildings are behind railroad tracks. Right image: Louis Boudry, the coo...
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of dormitories under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Men are working in different areas on the site. Lake Mendota...
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of dormitories under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Men are working in different areas on the site. Lake Mendota...
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 1925
Description: Men working on construction of dormitories on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Construction works are on top of a partially constructed frame an...
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Man with TracTracTor

Date: 04 26 1937
Description: A man uses an International Model TD-35 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to haul a sled loaded with logs. The photograph was taken in Fort Frances, Ontario, C...
Photograph

Blackhawk Ski Jump

Date: 12 18 1950
Description: Two men bring up a plank for a brace during construction of the Blackhawk Ski Club ski jump in preparation for the second annual jumping meet at Tomahawk R...
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Group with Bestline Truck

Date: 1972
Description: Elevated view of a group of salesmen and "Cameo Girl" saleswomen from Bestline Incorporated. They are standing in a snow-covered parking lot in front of tw...
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 1931
Description: View from shoreline of a crane lifting machinery to workers at the top of the bridge during construction. Words on the crane reads, "Stevens Brothers and S...
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 1931
Description: The entrance to the bridge during construction. A worker works on the side of the bridge on the right. Other workers in the middle of the bridge lay boards...
Photograph

Weston Fuel and Supply Company Truck

Date: 02 02 1938
Description: Two men use an International coal dump truck owned by B.L. Ogilvie & Sons Incorporated to transfer fuel from the bed of the truck down a chute to a residen...
Photograph

Loading a Bobsled with Logs

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Description: Group of men posed standing near and on two bobsleds loaded with logs and pulled by teams of four horses. There is an empty sled pulled by a team of four h...
Book or Pamphlet

Canton Plows Advertisement

Date: 10 10 1909
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for P&O Canton plows, manufactured by Parlin and Orendorff. Includes an illustration of a farmer using a horse-drawn plow ...
Photograph

New Water Tower

Date: 03 17 1997
Description: "Work begins on the new water tower south of Theresa."
Print

Open Gate to Farm Profits

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Dayton-Dowd Leader 16-32 tractor featuring two half-circle illustrations of farm scenes and text reading: "The Open Gate to Greater P...
Book or Pamphlet

Bullock Creeping-Grip Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Bullock Creeping-Grip tractor featuring an illustration of a farmer using the tractor in a field against a setting...
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar in the Woods

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising: "The Caterpillar in the Woods." The illustration depicts two men using a Caterpillar tractor to haul logs through a ...

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