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Felling White Pine

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Description: Two lumberjacks pose at the base of a tree with a double-handled saw poised to cut.
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Howard Russell and Dog Team

Date: 1920
Description: Howard Russell with dog team bringing the mail to La Pointe.
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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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Wisconsin Rotunda at World's Fair

Date: 1964
Description: Construction begins of the Wisconsin Rotunda at the New York World's Fair. Principals of the project are standing in a group, and include Michael Pender, W...
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First Four-Wheel Drive

Date: 1909
Description: Five men pose with the first successful four-wheel drive vehicle, which was made in Clintonville in 1909. The inventor, Otto Zachow, is the man seated at t...
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Packinghouse Workers Session

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Description: Packinghouse Workers session in Highlander: Vice President Russell Lasley, top row, right; Secretary-treasurer, Hathaway, front row, second from left. Myle...
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Plastic House

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: Exterior view of a modular home under construction in Wisconsin Rapids. The house was a project developed by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper C...
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Post-World War II Housing

Date: 03 11 1946
Description: Concrete block basement for a factory-built house in Wisconsin Rapids. The house was a product of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper, and it was ...
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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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Logging in the Blue Snow

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Description: Winter view with men logging on the Little Wolf River during the winter of the "blue snow". Logs are being decked on the ice and along the shore. Horse te...
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Moore & Galloway Lumber Company Camp and Workers

Date: 1891
Description: Lumber company workers pose in front of buildings at the Moore & Galloway Lumber Company camp, about a quarter of a mile east of Pike Lake. The man in a wh...
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Men Sawing Pine Tree

Date: 1913
Description: Two lumberjacks pose with a saw which they're using to fell a pine tree.
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P&H Gasoline Crane Mounted on Flatbed Railroad Car

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered crane mounted on a 5-ton standard flatbed railroad car with a grab bucket. A man is standing on the ground on rail...
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IBP Labor Strife

Date: 1965
Description: Iowa Beef Packers, later IBP, revolutionized the meat industry during the 1960s by introducing numerous innovations including the hiring of low paid worker...
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IBP Labor Strife

Date: 1965
Description: Iowa Beef Packers, later IBP, revolutionized the meat industry during the 1960s by introducing numerous innovations. The use of low wage workers led to con...
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Rural Mail

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Description: Man delivering mail in winter using a sled pulled by two horses.
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Tanana Valley Railroad

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Description: Several men and a child stand near a train equipped with a snow plow. A passenger car sits nearby, and three men, possibly railroad employees, stand on the...
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Harvesting Wheat

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Description: Several men are shown using harvesting machinery in a field of wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling the machinery.
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A Steam Hauler Pulling Logs

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Description: A view of a steam hauler pulling logs across ice on sleds. Four men are posing, with one man sticking his head out of a window of the hauler; one man is s...
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Farmer with Cows

Date: 02 1910
Description: Farmer and two cows standing outside near a barn in winter.

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