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Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin Granite Company — Crushed Granite

Date: 1910
Description: View across open field toward a large group of men posing on a large pile of granite. There is a large industrial building in the background on the right. ...
Book or Pamphlet

Seventh Step in Shocking. Breaking First Cap Sheaf

Date: 1920
Description: A man is building up a shock of wheat in a field.
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Fourth and Fifth Steps in Shocking Wheat

Date: 1920
Description: A man is building up a shock of wheat in a field.
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Tractor with Disk Harrow

Date: 04 13 1911
Description: Three-quarter view from right rear towards a Disk Harrow attached to a tractor in a field. There are farm and factory buildings in the distance.
Book or Pamphlet

WI Telephone Company

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin Telephone Co. building, 946 E. Main Street. In the background is a sign (reading backwards) for "Burgess Battery."
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Family Standing Outside of Tent

Date: 1935
Description: One of a group of images under the headline: "Matanuska Valley Colonists Wait for Mail, Carry Water, Haul Logs." Original caption reads: "Wisconsin colonis...
Book or Pamphlet

Boy Standing in Garden

Date: 
Description: Slightly elevated view of a boy standing in a backyard garden. Another boy is standing behind him on the other side of a fence. There is a chicken standing...
Book or Pamphlet

La Mejor del Mundo Catalog Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Front cover of catalog of McCormick Line of Haying & Harvesting Machines for Argentina. Features a photograph of a man on an oxen-drawn binder in a field w...
Book or Pamphlet

Lake Geneva Scrapbook Page

Date: 
Description: A scrapbook page with six photographs and some captions. One image is captioned: "Was on the Oregon when Spanish fleet was destroyed."
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Outlet of Lake Geneva

Date: 1915
Description: The north shore of the Lake Geneva outlet.
Book or Pamphlet

Hotel Lane

Date: 1915
Description: A view of Lake Street, looking West from Broad Street. Hotel Lane is on the right side, and several automobiles are parked backed-up to the curb in front.
Book or Pamphlet

Main Street

Date: 1915
Description: A view down Main Street looking east from the Y.M.C.A. building.
Book or Pamphlet

Lake Geneva Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: A view across water towards the Lake Geneva Hotel, also called Hotel Geneva. There are several boats and piers at the water's edge. Two men are boating in ...
Book or Pamphlet

Hotel Glenwood

Date: 1910
Description: The centerfold of a promotional brochure features a photograph of the Hotel Glenwood and a description of the springs on the grounds. The hotel, with large...
Book or Pamphlet

The Buckeye Catalog with Calendar — January & December

Date: 1895
Description: Front and back cover of catalog, for the months of January and December. January features a buck running through the woods, with the year "1894" over a lar...
Book or Pamphlet

Hillside Home School Brochure

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of a booklet about Hillside Home School for 1895-1896, the school's eighth year. Includes a circular framed photograph of the front of the school.
Book or Pamphlet

Building on Superior Street

Date: 1969
Description: Building on the west side of Superior Street where Joseph Ruelle was shot.
Book or Pamphlet

Helicopter Spraying DDT

Date: 04 1968
Description: Helicopter treating elm trees with DDT to kill beetles that carry Dutch Elm Disease.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Deering Plow Catalog Cover

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for moldboard an disk plows for tractors or horses. Features a photographic illustration of a man plowing a field with a Fa...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Deering Seeding Equipment Catalog Cover

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for McCormick-Deering seeding equipment. Features two photographs of men using horse-drawn and tractor driven grain drills.

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