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Mexican Migrant Workers

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: A Mexican woman and her six children are standing on the porch of the multiple-family housing provided to them by the pea cannery for which their husband a...
Drawing

Franklin. Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye view of Franklin.
Map or Atlas

Sheboygan, Wis. Population 18000

Date: 1890
Description: Bird's-eye view of Sheboygan on an advertisement for Kempf's Magical Salve, distributed by E.J. Kempf, "Legitimate Bill Poster and Distributor."
Photograph

Making Cheese

Date: 10 1929
Description: Corner of Swiss cheese-making room, showing a cheesemaker stirring ingredients in a copper kettle.
Photograph

Train Wreck

Date: 05 18 1948
Description: Elevated view of wreck of a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad freight train. The derailment is so severe that the train station has been knocked off...
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Flood Damage on Railroad Tracks

Date: 05 05 1905
Description: Observing the flood damage to railroad tracks in the business section of town.
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Young "Girl" in Curls

Date: 11 1938
Description: A young boy sits while getting his hair curled with an electric curling iron. According to an article that appeared in the January 9, 1939 Life maga...
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Storefront Portrait

Date: 1898
Description: Two well-dressed women in aprons and two smartly dressed men pose in front of the open entrance of J. Buntman's fruit and confectionery store at 1005 North...
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Preparing Cheese Molds

Date: 10 1929
Description: A man gets brick molds ready as part of the process of making cheese at the Wisconsin Cheese Producers Federation.
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Clipping the Cow

Date: 01 28 1931
Description: Dairyman Martin Hopper uses a pneumatic clipper hooked-up to the hose of his milking machine to groom his cow.
Photograph

First Train

Date: 05 03 1948
Description: Elevated view of a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train, which is the first across a new bridge in Sheboygan. There is a group of people standing near ...
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Mrs. A.C.G. Gysbers Scholten

Date: 
Description: Mrs. A.C.G. Gysbers Scholten, who sang Dutch songs for collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
Photograph

Lake Seven

Date: 1947
Description: Aerial view of Lake Seven, surrounded by trees. Agricultural fields fill the foreground. Another lake is in the upper right. Caption reads: "Lake Seven Ade...
Print

Old Mission House Buildings (Lakeland College)

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Description: View of a few buildings with a grove of trees in the yard, and a fence running across the foreground. The school buildings of the old Mission House, showin...
Photograph

Butternut House

Date: 1953
Description: View of the Butternut House in the Kohler Foundation restoration project. The service building at the right in the background is operated by the Conservati...
Photograph

Butternut House

Date: 1950
Description: View of the Butternut House without the cupola. The Butternut House was the residence of Sylvanus Wade's eldest daughter and her husband.
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Butternut House

Date: 1952
Description: View of the Butternut House, a Kohler Foundation restoration project. The home was erected in the early 1850's by Charles W. Robinson, son-in-law of Sylvan...
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First Methodist Church

Date: 1950
Description: View of the First Methodist Church, with two women standing on the church steps, and another woman standing on the sidewalk. The church was built in 1854 b...
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First Methodist Church

Date: 1950
Description: View of the First Methodist Church and the corner of the Service Building. The church was built in 1854 by Charles Robinson, the builder of Butternut House...
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Mullet River

Date: 1952
Description: View of Mullet River, showing the former site of a grist mill and dam.

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