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Edgerton Pottery on West Lawton Street

Date: 1890
Description: Pauline pottery building. Standing in front are the potters who work there.
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Wisconsin State Journal Paper Carriers

Date: 06 29 1948
Description: Group portrait of 110 Wisconsin State Journal paper carriers taken prior to leaving for Blue Mounds State Park for the annual all-day outing.
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Crushing Rock for Road Resurfacing

Date: 1910
Description: A crew of men crushing rock for Senator James H. Stout's improved highway.
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The Frank H. Russell Glove Company

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Description: A boy and girl are leaning out from a window on the third floor of the Frank H. Russell Glove Company building. The structure was constructed in 1910.
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Scenic View — Railroad

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Description: A view down railroad tracks near the Bridgeport depot. A woman with her hands behind her back poses on one track. Three boys wearing overalls pose on the m...
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Street Scene

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Description: View across an intersection of a man standing at the corner entrance of an untitled shop. Down the sidewalk on the left a young boy leans over to talk with...
Photograph

Crowe and Payne Implement Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys are posing with McCormick husker-shredders (corn shredders) in the street in front of Crowe and Payne, a McCormick dealership. Signs over plat...
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A.F. Werner Store Advertisement

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Description: Woman posing outdoors standing next to an advertisement for the A.F. Werner Store, which is attached to a sleigh on a snow-covered street. The large poster...
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A.F. Werner Store Advertisment

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Description: Small girl posed outdoors on a fur rug in front of an advertisement for the A.F. Werner Store. The poster is attached to a sleigh on a snow-covered street,...
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International Sprayer

Date: 1910
Description: An International Harvester "sprayer" mounted on a wagon, possibly intended for pesticide application (or in this context, window washing?). The wagon is pa...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: Tin Cans Clean-up

Date: 04 1935
Description: Page from an album kept by Neighborhood House, with a group of Boy Scouts and some of the 12,000 tin cans they collected in a neighborhood clean-up campaig...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: Boy Scouts

Date: 1935
Description: Page from an album kept by Neighborhood House, with three images of a Boy Scout troop: a group portrait in front of the settlement house with men and boys ...
Photograph

Depot and Train

Date: 1913
Description: View down side of railroad tracks towards the Spring Green depot, with a locomotive just pulling in. A group of passengers are standing on the platform. In...
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Men and Boys Posing in front of Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: View from street of men and boys posing in front of a dealership. The building is made of brick and stone, and has arched openings with metal gates and gra...
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Daisy Reaper in Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Daisy Reaper set up on cobblestones in the foreground. In the background is a guardhouse, and larger factory buildings beyond. A barefoot boy is standing a...
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Woman Driving Tractor

Date: 04 09 1917
Description: Miss Josephine Huddleston seated on the big IHC tractor at the plowing of the first tract of land at Harrison and Jefferson Streets for Chicago's City Gard...
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Woman Driving Tractor in Urban Garden

Date: 04 09 1917
Description: Miss Josephine Huddleston seated on the big IHC tractor at the plowing of the first tract of land at Harrison and Jefferson Streets for Chicago's City Gard...
Postcard

Condensory

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the condensory. A group of workers are gathered outdoors on the left. Caption reads: "Condensory — Johnson Creek, Wis."
Postcard

Sheboygan in its Infancy

Date: 08 12 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Sheboygan in its Infancy." A pioneer family posing in front of their log cabin, sitting on logs. The man has a dog in his lap, the wo...
Postcard

In Its Infancy

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Sheboygan, Wis., In Its Infancy." A pioneer family posing in front of their log cabin, sitting on logs. The man has a dog in his lap,...

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