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"Plowboy" Approaching the Mission Dock

Date: 1904
Description: View from shoreline of the steamboat "Plowboy" approaching the Mission Dock at La Pointe. The Plowboy was the first steam ferry to go to Madeline Island. T...
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Important Potawatomi Men

Date: 1890
Description: A group of locally important Potawatomi Indians, apparently photographed in a government or law office at Escanaba, Michigan. Left to right standing are Fr...
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Man Working Machine at West Pullman Works

Date: 1944
Description: A factory worker is sitting with his back to the camera as he works at a machine at West Pullman Works. Coils of wire are lying on the floor.
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West Pullman Works Employees

Date: 1944
Description: Two factory workers use machinery mounted along a workspace counter at West Pullman Works.
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Woman at Machine at West Pullman Works

Date: 1944
Description: A female factory worker operating a machine at West Pullman Works.
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Navy "E" Award Ceremony

Date: 05 25 1944
Description: Factory workers from International Harvester's McCormick Works line up on a stage to receive the Army-Navy "E" award, given to manufacturing plants achievi...
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Badminton Game at Campsite

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Description: Four individuals, presumably the Jonas family, play badminton at their campsite. A horse grazes behind the individuals playing badminton.
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Wisconsin School for the Deaf Chapel

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Description: Interior view of the chapel at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. Rows of empty, bow back chairs face a stage, where more chairs are set up under bunting a...
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Visitors at Camp Harvey

Date: 1898
Description: Women and children visit soldiers at Camp Harvey. A long building with other people on a long porch is in the background.
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Mrs. H. and Edward Schildhauer

Date: 1898
Description: Mrs. H. and Edward Schildhauer rest on a large tree limb near lake Mendota. They are, presumably, resting from a bike ride along Mendota Drive.
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Loading Sugar Cane

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Description: Several men loading sugar cane bales into train cars using a hoist. The text "USS Corp. 24" (partially obscured) is painted on one of the train cars.
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Alfred's Big Potato

Date: 09 1902
Description: Looking at the camera, Alfred Holt is holding up a big potato, possibly a double potato. Younger sister Eleanor Holt is standing to the right of Alfred Hol...
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Sledding

Date: 1920
Description: Herbert Paul Brumder posing sitting on a sled with his children Herbert Edmund, center, and Barbara. They are in the front yard of their home at 2030 East ...
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Men at Archaeological Dig in Algeria

Date: 11 20 1926
Description: Six people, including Alonzo Pond (standing in the hole on the right side), work at an archaeological dig site in Algeria. The diggings were worked in leve...

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