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Workers Entering McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1886
Description: Elevated view of factory workers entering the Oakley Avenue gate of the McCormick Reaper Works. The men are filing in from the street, passing railroad box...
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Two Horses Pulling Street Waterer

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Description: Two horses pull a street waterer. When Main Street was a dirt road, the local merchants paid to have it sprinkled during the summer to keep the dust down. ...
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Pigs Loose in Nakoma

Date: 02 25 1947
Description: Four men wrestling with escaped pigs in the backyard of a home in the Nakoma neighborhood. A truck loaded with about 80 hogs overturned in the 3600 block o...
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Loganville Bank Robbery

Date: 02 24 1947
Description: Reuben Black (seated), cashier of the Loganville State bank who was held-up for $2,836 Monday noon by an armed bandit, is shown at Madison police headquart...
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Toy Bank Collector

Date: 04 19 1947
Description: Paul Pierce with his collection of toy banks.
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Battle of New Orleans

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Description: Engraving of the Battle of New Orleans by Hall after W. Momberger. The Battle took place in January 1815 at the end of the War of 1812. American Forces wer...
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Group of People on Footbridge

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Description: View from shoreline towards a man and woman posed standing on a footbridge over a small waterfall. On the right a woman sits with a child in her lap on the...
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Barbershop Scene

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Description: Interior of a barbershop. Two barbers are shaving two men.
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Parade on Main Street

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Description: View down unpaved street towards a marching band parading up Main Street during a patriotic celebration. Pedestrians watch from the sidewalks.
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People with Automobile Near Lake

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Description: View of A.G. Zimmerman sitting in his automobile near the lake shore. He has one arm resting on the steering wheel; the other on the seat back. Two women a...
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Albert G. Zimmerman with Horsless Carriage on Rustic Bridge

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Description: View looking towards A.G. Zimmerman driving a horseless carriage, or early automobile over a rustic bridge. The bridge has board flooring and railings made...
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Threshing on Peter Pflaum Farm

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Description: Farm workers spreading hay onto two haystacks on farm on the east side of Highway 51 north of Pflaum Road. Three teams of horses, wearing fly-nets, are pro...
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Up-To-Date Club

Date: 03 23 1896
Description: Group portrait of twenty men and women, posing casually, but wearing suits and dresses. The image reverse identifies them as members of the Up-To-Date Club...
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Elijah Hinkson with Buck

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Description: A man wearing a hat and suit is posing in front of a building and holding a buck, which appears to be dead. The man is holding the buck by its antlers and ...
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Homing Pigeons

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Description: Fortress homing pigeons being released.
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George Brumder, Sons and Friends

Date: 1890
Description: An outdoor group portrait of George Brumder, sitting in a bent willow chair at far left; Dr. Herman Duemling, sitting in the center, and Julius Andrae, sit...
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"Plowboy" Ferry

Date: 1889
Description: The steamboat "Plowboy" on the water.
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Charles Brown and Vivian Morgau

Date: 05 30 1931
Description: Charles Brown and Vivian Morgau are at the excavation site of mound No. 5 at the Reynolds farm.

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