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| Date: | 02 20 1915 |
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| Description: | A woman and boy are using "sedge brush" brooms to sweep a dirt yard as two women — possibly social workers or Agricultural Extension employees — look on. A... |
| Date: | 04 1923 |
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| Description: | Woman carrying a bucket of water back to her farmhouse in winter. |
| Date: | 10 18 1984 |
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| Description: | Young boy and girl make the autumn chore of leaf-raking fun. |
| Date: | 06 03 1935 |
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| Description: | Three Klein-Dickert Co. painters with two ladders are painting a house located at 2315 Rugby Row. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Henry Bigalk relaxes in a wheelbarrow holding an axe in his left hand, while Emil Kuney (Keune) is grabbing the wheelbarrow handles as if to transport Biga... |
| Date: | 01 15 1946 |
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| Description: | Arnold S. Zander making slush for ice skating rink border at 175 Virginia Terrace. |
| Date: | 09 27 1936 |
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| Description: | Mr. Liebenberg standing on a ladder measuring a 14 foot tomato plant growing in his garden. Mrs. Liebenberg is standing beside the plant. |
| Date: | 10 17 1928 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing with shovels outside the Kilowatt Clubhouse, 5311 Tonyawatha Trail, on Lake Monona. It became the home of Fred Rasmussen. |
| Date: | 11 20 1927 |
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| Description: | Harrison Smith house, 523 Farwell Drive, Maple Bluff. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A boy is standing at the entrance to a teepee. He is dressed in Native American clothing, and is holding an axe. |
| Date: | 01 13 1956 |
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| Description: | Edna Kern washing the windows outside her house. A cat is lying on the lawn in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Young woman, possibly a University of Wisconsin student, whittling while seated outdoors on a cellar doorway or bulkhead. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View down driveway towards a farm family posing in front of their farmhouse and farm buildings. An older man and woman are sitting. Three women are standin... |
| Date: | 04 13 1945 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Lillian Helfrecht raking her lawn with the help of her neighbor, six-year-old George Armstrong. George helped Mrs. Helfrecht with various chores becau... |
| Date: | 08 31 1927 |
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| Description: | Samuel Hightower(sp?) stands in a grassy yard and holds up a cradle for harvesting grain. |
| Date: | 04 15 1916 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger concrete breaker on a residential street with a operator in the cab. Men are working in the street, and trees and power lines are l... |
| Date: | 04 18 1916 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered concrete breaker on a residential street with an operator in the cab and men working on the ground. Houses and yar... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Potawatomi family standing in front of a log cabin. Elders identified the woman in the center as Mrs. Frank Young, and the man on the right as community le... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | A man in a work uniform and hat is placing a wooden tray of tools into the back of an International pickup truck. The truck is parked along the side of a r... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A copy of an older photograph of the William Plocker (Plokker) Tavern south of Fairwater. An unidentified couple sits in the front yard; the man holds a ra... |
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