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Planting Trout

Date: 04 26 1936
Description: Planting trout in Waupaca County. Left to right on bank: S.A. LaVoilette, Joe Samz, Lloyd Pinkawski, Edwin Kargewski, W.M. Geiger, G. Moder, Billy LaVoilet...
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Big Falls Logging Crew

Date: 1900
Description: Four men from a logging crew posing standing in the snow with teams of horses and oxen.
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Plowing the Fields

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Description: Farmer plowing a field with two horses.
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"McCormick Day"

Date: 06 03 1899
Description: Crowd gathered on the main street to witness the delivery of McCormick binders, mowers and other machines to customers. McCormick Harvesting Machine Compan...
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Logging in the Blue Snow

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Description: Winter view with men logging on the Little Wolf River during the winter of the "blue snow". Logs are being decked on the ice and along the shore. Horse te...
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Cutting Crew in the Woods

Date: 1900
Description: A cutting crew of three men posing in the woods with a work horse next to felled trees.
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MacArthur Week Scrap Collection

Date: 1942
Description: Men working on a "MacArthur Week" scrap drive near an International Harvester dealership. Two men are on the flatbed of a truck, and there is also a horse-...
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Snagging Sturgeon from Bridge

Date: 1870
Description: A large group of men are snagging sturgeon from a bridge over the Wolf River. A sturgeon is hanging from a line. More men are sitting on a bridge support, ...
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Mink Trapping on the Wolf River

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Description: A hunter, sporting cold weather attire and thigh-high rubber boots, pulls a mink in a trap off the shoreline and on to his small, motorized, fishing boat. ...
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Pumping Water from Wolf River

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Description: A man pumps water from the Wolf River into the back of a horse-drawn wagon to haul to a steam engine. There is a building on the left, and more buildings o...
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Frank Otto Threshing Crew

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Description: A group of farmer workers stand with pitch forks in front of the first gas engine for threshing on the August Krenke farm. A horse-drawn vehicle is also vi...
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Readfield

Date: 1920
Description: Copy photograph of a man and boy standing at the road. This location would later become the site of Jung's General Store. The photograph has a horse and bu...
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Saloon

Date: 1920
Description: Copy photograph of the exterior of a saloon. A group of men lounge on the porch of the establishment.
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Manawa Rodeo

Date: 07 1995
Description: "Manawa Rodeo."
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Manawa Rodeo

Date: 07 1995
Description: "Manawa Rodeo."
Postcard

Main Street Big Falls

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Description: Photographic postcard view down center of unpaved street in the central business district of a rural community. On the left is a general store, and on the ...
Postcard

North Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photograph looking across unpaved North Main Street towards commercial buildings. Two horse-drawn carriages and one horse-drawn freight wag...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View looking across unpaved Main Street towards commercial buildings, including a meat market and the First National Bank. There are horse-drawn vehicles p...
Postcard

Four Wheel Drive Doing Its Bit

Date: 1918
Description: Postcard with two photographs of four wheel drive (F.W.D.) trucks, which were manufactured in Clintonville, Wisconsin. They are carrying supplies and troop...
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Gathering of Sleighs

Date: 1910
Description: A gathering of sleighs near Scandinavia.

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