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Cook with Ice Sculpture

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Ottoman Parrhysius, cold meat cook at the Loraine Hotel, posing with a parrot ice sculpture that he created.
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Ice Harvesting

Date: 1910
Description: Poling ice blocks to the hoist on the Milwaukee River.
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Auburndale Camp

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Description: Elevated view of logging crew posed outside a log cabin in winter. Several horses are at the back of the group. The foreman, Mike Baltus, is possibly at fr...
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Wisconsin Ice and Coal Company Truck

Date: 09 21 1937
Description: A man stands in a lift attached to the bed of an International Model DR-60 truck owned by the Wisconsin Ice and Coal Company. Another man stands atop a rai...
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Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed standing in a snow-covered logging camp. In the background a man stands with an ox, and another man displays a team of two horses.
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Ice Cutters

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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...
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Building a Raceway

Date: 04 24 1936
Description: Men are working on a project at the State Fish Hatchery. There is new concrete lining a raceway in the foreground, where a man is working on the floor. Woo...

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