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Baking Bread for Communion

Date: 09 25 1963
Description: Elevated view of two women, one pulling loaves of bread from the oven and the other glazing crusts in the church kitchen.
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Fixing a Bicycle Wheel

Date: 06 16 1988
Description: One boy steadies a bike while his friend tightens the nut on the front wheel to complete a tire repair.
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Richmond McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view from across street of men posing with farm and lawn equipment along the storefront of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. Thre...
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Print Shop

Date: 1874
Description: Lithograph from Plate 12 in "Prang's Aids for Object Teaching-Trades & Occupations."
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Men's Fashions

Date: 12 18 1966
Description: A man models what was touted as the latest styles for men.
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Girls with Braids

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Description: A line of girls, all with their hair in braids, stand with their backs to the camera.
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Kraut Fest Celebrities

Date: 07 26 1981
Description: Maynard Entringer of South Milwaukee is awarded the World Championship of the Kraut Eating Contest by the Queen of the Kraut Festival, Sharon Kerkman of Bu...
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Frances Willard

Date: 01 08 1898
Description: The last photograph taken of Frances Willard, a leader in the temperance movement and women's activist in the Methodist church.
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Daniel Steele Durrie, Librarian

Date: 1892
Description: Portrait of Daniel Steele Durrie (1819-1892), American librarian. Durrie served as the librarian for the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (now the Wi...
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McCormick-Deering Thermometer

Date: 05 17 1934
Description: A thermometer advertising an International Harvester dealership. The text on the thermometer reads: "South Arkansas Implement Company" and "McCormick-Deeri...
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Yeomen International Truck

Date: 06 15 1926
Description: A man loading milk pails into an International truck used by the Yeomen City of Childhood. A large barn with a weathervane on the roof, a silo, and a small...
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John Belushi on Stage

Date: 1968
Description: John Belushi performing a scene with Virginia Newcomb from the play Night Must Fall at UW-Whitewater. Newcomb is sitting in a wheelchair and Belushi...
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E. W. and Martha M. Adams

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Description: Oval-framed portrait of a couple. E. W. Adams was Secretary of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company.

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