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Barn Raising

Date: 1895
Description: A large group of men pose on the wooden framework of a barn that they are building.
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Black River Falls Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Man in the interior of the Black River Falls powerhouse.
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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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Farmer Making Soap

Date: 1910
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...
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Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.
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Red Dot Potato Chip Workers

Date: 1939
Description: A group portrait of female workers at the Red Dot Potato Chip Company. Fourth from the left in the top row is Vivian Harrison Matheson, identified by Ellis...
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The Dionne Quintuplets in Superior

Date: 1943
Description: The five Dionne quintuplet girls, their sister and parents standing at the end of the observation car occupied by the Dionne party. They were in Superior t...
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The Net Mender

Date: 07 1951
Description: A man repairing fishing nets wound on large reels at a fishery.
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Paper Converting

Date: 1952
Description: Interior view of the Bay West Paper Company with paper converting machinery. Men in uniform are running the equipment.
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Vanishing Ways

Date: 1955
Description: A blacksmith working at his forge. He is wearing a leather apron to protect his clothes from the heat.
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Grab a Line

Date: 01 1963
Description: A man on a ship is tossing a coiled rope to two men below on the wharf. Ice encrusts the ship. Several other men are standing on the deck. Another ship and...
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Newspaper in the Raw

Date: 08 1963
Description: Elevated view of newspaper pulp wood stacked along the Fox River near the Combined Locks Paper Company. A crane is moving the logs, and workers are standin...
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Pilgrim Congregational Church

Date: 1971
Description: A crane setting a new steeple on the Pilgrim Congregational Church. People are standing near the crane on the ground, and men are standing on the roof help...
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Warming Work

Date: 1974
Description: Two railroad workers are pulling on a chain next to a railroad car carrying coal.
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Canning Factory

Date: 1977
Description: Slightly elevated view of women who are working processing corn on a canning assembly line at the Fall River Canning Company. They are wearing aprons and g...
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Woman Gathering Stones near Dam

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Description: A woman gathers stones at the bottom of a falls near a dam, probably the Hatfield Dam.
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Downriver from Grand Avenue Bridge

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Description: Schooners docked on river. The view is downriver from the Grand Avenue Bridge.
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Gridley Dairy Milk Wagon

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Description: A man holding a bottle of milk is standing and posing next to a horse-drawn Gridley Dairy milk wagon. Two other men are standing on the left near a brick b...

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