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Savidusky's Cleaners

Date: 05 14 1937
Description: Clerk and customer at Savidusky's cleaners, located at 113 Monona Avenue.
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Circus Canvasman at Work

Date: 07 14 1897
Description: James Whalen, boss canvasman with the Ringling Brothers circus, at work in a van.
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McCormick Works Employee

Date: 03 31 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors in front of a building. He is wearing eyeglasses, and overalls over a shirt, vest and necktie.
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Two Men Sitting Underneath a Parts Display

Date: 1910
Description: Two factory workers dressed in dark work clothes, light aprons, and dark hats sit on a crate below a numbered display of parts, most likely at Internationa...
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Four Workers Seated Below Parts Display

Date: 1910
Description: Factory workers sit on a wooden bench with a large wheel or gear resting on their legs below a display of implement parts, most likely at International Har...
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Man Sitting on a Cart in a Factory

Date: 1910
Description: A factory worker is sitting on a cart on at International Harvester's Osborne Works. Behind him are stacked pieces of lumber. Hooks hang from the ceiling. ...
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Worker Resting Against Cart

Date: 08 15 1911
Description: A man dressed in light overalls and a stripped button-up shirt is leaning against a cart in a factory yard at International Harvester's Osborne Works (late...
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Factory Worker Standing in Osborne Works Yard

Date: 05 25 1912
Description: A man dressed in work clothes and an apron stands in a factory yard at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). Behind the ma...
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Sid Skiing Christmas Card

Date: 
Description: Composite of two images: one a photograph of a rock, the other a cutout photograph of Sid on skis. The image is depicting Sid flying through the air on sno...
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Sailors Considering Tattoos

Date: 05 05 1955
Description: Elevated view of two men in naval uniforms standing on the sidewalk in front of a fire hydrant looking upward. One is smoking a cigarette and the other is ...
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Break from the Hunt

Date: 10 1931
Description: John Clarence Cudahy, left, and Walter Vail Johnston are resting against a split rail fence during the Washington County Fox Hunt. Both were members of the...
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December Days

Date: 1955
Description: A man sawing the top log in a pile of firewood with a handsaw. There is snow on the ground, and he is dressed warmly. Behind him is a tree, a stone and woo...

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