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| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | George "Uncle Riley" Thompson and his wife and children posing on their farm. The family are, from left to right: Bessie, mother Julia holding Rosie, Mamie... |
| 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: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of two men standing on a snowy street with the Wisconsin State Capitol visible in the background. They are holding snow shovels. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group of people on a wanigan, the "Dancing Annie," used by Chippewa Lumber and Supply Company near Eagle Rapids. A wanigan is a floating office and supply ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Poling ice blocks to the hoist on the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Five men stand on a city street surrounded by onlookers, perhaps a parade or some other public event. Two of the men in the street are carrying photography... |
| Date: | 02 1914 |
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| Description: | Loggers moving logs onto a horse-drawn wagon in the snow. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Two men sit at the reins of a horse-drawn United States mail sleigh which ran from Sturgeon Bay to Egg Harbor. Another man is kneeling inside the sleigh ne... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A smiling woman holding an axe holding a pose while chopping wood. |
| Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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| Description: | Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A mailman is trudging through the snow with his loaded mailbag. A city street and buildings are barely visible through the snow. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | Two railroad workers are pulling on a chain next to a railroad car carrying coal. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | View from inside a barn towards a farmer moving hay bales by hand out of the wide door. Snow is on the ground, and trees, buildings, a fence are in the bac... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | A railroad worker cleans snow out of a railroad track switch with a broom. He is dressed warmly with a hard hat. |
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| Description: | A woman is being waited on by a man standing behind the counter of a grocery store. Canned goods are stacked on shelves along the wall behind the counter. |
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