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Byron Kilbourn

Date: 1855
Description: Portrait of Byron Kilbourn, Milwaukee businessman.
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Brillion News Print Shop

Date: 1901
Description: Interior view of the Brillion News Print Shop, where a printer and his assistants, two women, are posing around a press and work tables.
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Group Boat Trip

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Description: A group on a boat trip, possibly people traveling with William Arthur Jones.
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Civil War Recruits

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Description: Recruits in their camp grey uniforms, before they were issued their regular blues.
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International Harvester Canal

Date: 1912
Description: Three men in a covered boat on an International Harvester logging(?) canal surrounded by trees on either side.
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International Harvester Sawmill

Date: 1912
Description: Buildings and boats on water at or near an International Harvester logging camp or sawmill. A man is standing on a crane on the right side of the image, an...
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Snow-Covered Railroad Car

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Description: Two men standing on top of a snow-covered railroad car. The top of the steam locomotive is the only area visible of the train. Photograph reads, "On the Ma...
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International Truck W-1 Hauling Rocks

Date: 1930
Description: Two men hauling rocks with International truck models W-1. The crane in the background has a sign that reads: "Garrick Bros. Inc. St. Paul, Minnesota".
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Cigarette Smoking in Vietnam

Date: 12 16 1968
Description: At Thuong Duc, South Vietnam, a U.S. Marine and a Vietnamese youth share a cigarette break. The UPI caption indicated that the boy acted as if he had been ...
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Men Shaking Hands over Contract

Date: 04 1913
Description: Professor Perry Holden and Governor Luther Egbert Hall shake hands over a contract to grow 100,000,000 bushels of corn in Louisiana in 1913. A group of men...
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Students Harvesting Carrots from School Garden

Date: 1913
Description: Group of students working in Woodlawn School Garden. Mr. O.M. Plummer receiving carrots from a student.
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"A Star is Born" scene still

Date: 1937
Description: Scene still of a fictional camera and sound crew shooting Frederic March (playing actor Norman Maine) and Janet Gaynor (as Vicki Lester) on set in David O....
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Armistice Day Street Parade

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Elevated view from building of informal Armistice Day street parade at an intersection of the downtown area. They are celebrating the conclusion of the fir...
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John F. Kennedy Signing the Social Security Amendments

Date: 1961
Description: John F. Kennedy, seated, surrounded by a number of men, including Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, center, standing, and Wilbur Cohen, Assistant Secre...
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Operational Meeting

Date: 01 31 1950
Description: In this large indoor group portrait, C.L. (Neal) Harrington is in the second row, second from the right. The men are attending an operational meeting for t...
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Photographer in Studio

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length portrait of a man posed standing in front of a painted backdrop with a number of large format cameras and other photography equipment.
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J.K. Severson House

Date: 1903
Description: An automobile with driver and four passengers is parked beside the porch of a two-story wood frame house at 1923 East Washington Avenue. On the reverse of ...

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