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Two Police Trucks

Date: 12 30 1926
Description: View across street towards two police trucks parked along the curb near a large brick building. The signs on the side of the trucks reads: "Bureau of Polic...
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First Toll Bridge

Date: 1866
Description: First toll bridge over an unidentified river.
Postcard

U.S. Weather Bureau Kiosk

Date: 
Description: A weather kiosk located on Capitol Square, Department of Agriculture. It indicates temperature, precipitation, air pressure and humidity. A stationery shop...
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Man Driving International Truck

Date: 09 03 1927
Description: Driver's side view of truck parked in front of a brick building. The canvas on the sides of the truck bed are rolled up. The sign on the side of the trucks...
Postcard

Columbus Community Club Building

Date: 1935
Description: Colorized postcard view of a fraternal lodge building. Automobiles are parked along the curbs. Caption reads: "Columbus Community Club Building, Green Bay,...
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Making a Birch Bark Canoe

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Description: Three women are kneeling and binding birch bark to a canoe frame. A girl is standing behind the canoe in the center. Buildings are in the background.
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International Model 63 Meat Truck

Date: 02 09 1924
Description: International Model 63 truck operated by "Frank Woidat U.S.Y." "Wholesale Meat". The truck is in front of a building with a sign reading: "U.S. Veterans' B...
Photograph

Rubber Glove Rack

Date: 12 05 1943
Description: Three Wisconsin women and a man pose in front of a building. In the foreground is a rack holding rubber gloves. Names, left to right, are Lieutenant Kathle...
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Brule Fish Hatchery

Date: 11 16 1929
Description: Slightly elevated view towards an unidentified man standing in the doorway of a simple wood frame, single story building. A sign on the roof identifies the...
Photograph

Old Bridge Area Manufacturing Plants

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of several buildings, with bridge and railroad tracks, and the Fox River. In the foreground on the right is the Commercial House, with three ...
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Chief Sharp Nose and Captain William C. Brown

Date: 1899
Description: Two men smiling and shake hands outdoors. The man on the right is wearing a military uniform, and the man on the left is holding a rifle. There is a buildi...
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Harrison Street Community Garden

Date: 04 1917
Description: Children working in an urban community garden. Original caption reads: "Scene in Harrison Street Community Garden showing each plot staked off. Up to 1917 ...

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