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Steeplejacks Repointing Chimney

Date: 08 05 1931
Description: Steeplejacks Don Coffey, in the foreground, and Bruce Russell, in the cap, repointing the University of Wisconsin heating plant chimney. The photograph was...
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On a Goat Farm

Date: 05 10 1953
Description: Two goats on a goat farm are standing near two milk cans next to the side of a building.
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Steeplejacks Repointing Chimney

Date: 08 05 1931
Description: Close-up of Don Coffey, in the foreground, and Bruce Russell, wearing the cap, steeplejacks repointing the University of Wisconsin heating plant chimney. P...
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Men Working on a Roof

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Description: View from roof towards two men working on the roof of another building.
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Woman at a Brick House

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Description: View across field towards a European American woman posing sitting on the porch of a two-story brick house. A ladder is leaning against the porch roof.
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Halcyon Brick Works

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Description: Outdoor view across yard towards a man posing standing by a group of buildings, including a tall wooden building in the background. There is a large kiln o...
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Man on a Ladder

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Description: A man is posing standing sideways on a ladder holding a bucket in front of a brick building and a window. The building is identified as the school building...
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Wisconsin Ice and Coal Company Truck

Date: 09 21 1937
Description: A man stands in a lift attached to the bed of an International Model DR-60 truck owned by the Wisconsin Ice and Coal Company. Another man stands atop a rai...
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WPA at Work

Date: 05 18 1936
Description: A Works Progress Administration (WPA) crew at work laying a stone terrace in Stevens Point.
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Gordon Loehrke's Auto Repair

Date: 02 09 1978
Description: "Gordon Loehrke's Auto Repair."
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Men Working on the Roof of the Tomter Building

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Description: View of men working on top of a roof. Location identified as the roof of the Tomter Building at 106 Main Street in Black River Falls, which was a bank, pos...
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Two Roofers Spreading Tar

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Description: Outdoor view of two men standing on top of a building. Identified as probably the top of the Jackson County Bank from the photography studio of Van Schaick...
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Workman at Jackson County Bank

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Description: Outdoor view of a man posing standing on a tall ladder propped up against a brick building identified as the Jackson County Bank at the intersection of Fir...
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Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron works. Large group of men posing in yard. The boardinghouse is on a hill in the far background. Early iron was mined at Mayville...
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Jackson County Bank

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Description: View from street towards a man posing sitting high up on a ladder set up on the sidewalk in front of the Jackson County Bank on the southwest corner of Mai...
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Widmer Cheese Factory Chimney

Date: 03 1979
Description: "Mason, Reuben Schuster, lays brick on the Widmer Cheese Factory chimney."
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Winter Entrepreneur

Date: 1973
Description: View down hill towards a boy kicking at a door to see if they want their walk shoveled after a snowfall.
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Exterior of Brick Building

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Description: The exterior of a brick building, most likely a recently built school. Workers are near the building planting and working the soil around the base of the b...
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Groundbreaking Ceremony

Date: 1970
Description: "Pastor Hahn takes a turn with the shovel at the groundbreaking at St. Peter's Lutheran Church."
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View of the Fairchild House from the Garden

Date: 06 08 1896
Description: The Lucius Fairchild home at 302 Monona Avenue (later Martin Luther King Blvd.) seen from the back garden. Lush foliage surrounds the back door, where a br...

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