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| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a barn raising on the farm of Alva Paddock in the township of Salem on Geneva Road, Highway 50. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Two carpenters pose on the front porch of the Bass family home at 207 Clay Street in the fall of 1897. The Gibbs Brothers, of Packwaukee, were the archite... |
| Date: | 05 31 1898 |
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| Description: | The stake driving crew for the Sells Bros. & Forepaugh Circus. A group of men drive several stakes into the ground. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Construction crew building a double streetcar track around the Capitol Square on North Pinckney Street. The oversized awnings were common around the Square... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Young men work on woodworking projects in a manual training class at the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Poling ice blocks to the hoist on the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland. |
| Date: | 06 29 1946 |
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| Description: | An African American mechanic works on a car up on the rack for servicing at the gas station Meehan Motor Mart, 209 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Loan collection day at the Memorial Union. Paintings were loaned to students for exhibition. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two students welding at the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Short Course. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two young boys observing as an older man is tightening a bolt on the tiller of a sailboat. Tools and other objects are hanging on the wall behind them. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A deer is standing next to a man as he is boiling maple sap over a fire pit in the woods at Blue Farm. Steam and smoke are rising up into the air. On the r... |
| Date: | 10 20 1951 |
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| Description: | A man at the forge in Albert Smith's blacksmith shop. On the right is an Aetna No. 25 stove. Tools are hanging on the edge of the forge. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A blacksmith working at his forge. He is wearing a leather apron to protect his clothes from the heat. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two young boys are oiling the reel of a fishing rod in a shed. The older boy is sitting on a box, and the younger boy is kneeling. A Springer Spaniel has h... |
| Date: | 04 20 1959 |
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| Description: | An electrical or telephone lineman, is using a burlap bag while attempting to rescue a cat perched on a power pole. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | An Ojibwa woman, Francis Mike, harvesting wild rice in a boat on Totogatic Lake. |
| Date: | 11 20 1962 |
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| Description: | Final cleaning on a critical part of a gyroscope component of Titan II ICBM inertial (missile) guidance system. The assembly is being done by a man, under ... |
| Date: | 06 1973 |
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| Description: | A farm worker shearing a sheep in a shed to harvest its wool. |
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