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Circus Performers and Animals

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Description: Fred and Ella Bradna, equestrian director and performer for Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey. There are several other performers and a dog, relaxing in t...
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Workers at Schlitz Brewery

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of workers on the bottling line at the Schlitz Brewery.
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Milwaukee Electric Railway Ticket Collector

Date: 1917
Description: A ticket collector for the Milwaukee Electric Railway is sitting at her station.
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Allis-Chalmers Company

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Description: Plate Steel Spiral Casing for 70,000 horse-power Niagara Falls hydraulic turbine unit at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company erecting shop. The castin...
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Tire Factory Interior

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. Men are lined up along a wall with open windows. They are each using a stand to hold a wheel while wrappi...
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Richard Nixon and the Honey Queen

Date: 1958
Description: Richard M. Nixon welcomed by Barbara Bird, Honey Queen, and Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson with cheese package at the Oshkosh Airport.
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North Hearing Room Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: The mural depicts a party of Indians on horseback, on an upland, striking the trail (adapted from a photograph, by permission, made in the National Park). ...
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Damaged Car in Schultz Garage

Date: 07 09 1941
Description: Three-quarter rear view from right of a damaged car in Schultz Body Co. garage, 1336 Regent Street. A mechanic is standing in the background.
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Model of Spanish Galleon

Date: 10 26 1926
Description: Model galleon in front of backdrop with projection reels in the background.
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Baby Carriage

Date: 2009
Description: A baby carriage used in Patch Grove for Valentine Humphrey Krueger in about 1902.
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Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater

Date: 2009
Description: Trapdoor mechanism in Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater.
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Pabst Theater

Date: 2009
Description: Close-up of Gus Knickelbein's single counterwieght fly system in Pabst Theater.
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Al. Ringling Theatre

Date: 2009
Description: Close-up of the original pin rail fly system backstage at the Al. Ringling Theatre.
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Carts at Woodman's

Date: 2008
Description: A row of carts at Woodman's Grocery entryway.
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Interior of a Train Station

Date: 04 2010
Description: A woman is on her cellphone in the foreground, while two women run up the escalator in the background.
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Mother and Child at Woodman's Grocery Store

Date: 2008
Description: A child is sitting in a shopping cart while her mother is looking over frozen goods at a grocery store.
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H.H. Bennett and Charles Brainard - Anaglyph

Date: 1889
Description: Stereogaph of Henry Hamilton Bennett working on a camera in a private car. This is the private car the Wisconsin Central Railroad provided for Bennett and ...
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Two Boys Writing with Quill Pens

Date: 05 29 1963
Description: Caption with photograph: "Quill pens with a modern touch are being used by Richard Rice, 12, (left front) and Russell Guth, 10; and behind them is Daniel N...

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