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| Date: | 07 17 1971 |
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| Description: | The moving of the Gates of Heaven Synagogue from West Washington Avenue to James Madison Park. Crowds line the streets, and a crane is in the background. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Log driving crew for the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company. Crew members are in the process of breaking a jam at the Big Eddy. One of the men is carrying a yo... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Frank J. Hess and Sons barrel-making factory, 1952 Atwood Avenue at Schenck's Corners. Pictured l to r: Frank Jr., Edward, Joseph, Tony, a... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The farmer and his wife are making soap outdoors. Lye is made by letting rain water seep through wood ashes for several months. Lye and fat produce soap. T... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Loggers at dinner in the woods north of Glen Flora. The man in the center is filing his saw. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
| Date: | 03 26 1968 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of prison cooks preparing dinner for inmates. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. Men are lined up along a wall with open windows. They are each using a stand to hold a wheel while wrappi... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Women preparing food for an annual Norwegian church supper at the Trinity Lutheran Church. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Cheesemaker standing on ladder putting cheese on storage shelf, along with rows of other cheeses. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the shop in Eilert Farm Equipment Company, showing the drill press and the big vise, in the center. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Loggers breaking up a log jam in the Peshtigo River area. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Workers chipping imperfections from a rough casting. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters on ladders climbing up to the windows of a burning building. |
| Date: | 06 18 1952 |
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| Description: | A hosiery window display with mannequins at Hills Store, 202 State Street. A sign in the window reads: "Fruit-of-the-Loom Nationally Famous Nylons, 99 cent... |
| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Men and boys with wagonloads of milk at the Rockdale Creamery. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | A crew of construction workers paving North Main Street with brick. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | A father standing over a pan wearing an apron. He is cooking and smoking a cigar. |
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